Title: Single post issue
Last modified: September 18, 2025

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# Single post issue

 *  Resolved [WP Gang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merkucio/)
 * (@merkucio)
 * [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-issue/)
 * Hello,
 * Thank you for your help with this issue: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/small-issue-below-the-post-title/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/small-issue-below-the-post-title/)
 * My client now wants to place the reading time not below the title, but above 
   the content on single posts and pages ONLY. In all other places they should remain
   below the post titles.
 * I know this isn’t possible from the settings, but if you could tell me which 
   PHP file and what piece of code to use, maybe I can move it to be above the content.
 * P. S. There are too many posts, so I can’t just disable to show estimated read
   time on single posts and then use a shortcode for them.
 * Thanks.
    -  This topic was modified 8 months, 1 week ago by [WP Gang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merkucio/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsingle-post-issue%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Aradhy Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsfaradhy/)
 * (@bsfaradhy)
 * [8 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-issue/#post-18652924)
 * Hi [@merkucio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merkucio/),
 * To get the exact information, I have reached out to my team. I will update this
   thread once I have anything to share.
 * Kind regards,
    Aradhy 😊
 *  [Aradhy Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsfaradhy/)
 * (@bsfaradhy)
 * [7 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-issue/#post-18672947)
 * Hi [@merkucio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merkucio/),
 * I apologize for the delay.
 * Your query involves custom code that is beyond the scope of official support,
   so we can’t provide full guidance on implementation. That said, I will leave 
   this to the community if there’s any developer who can jump on this thread and
   help you out.
 * However, to give you a starting point, you can try adding the following filter
   to your site:
 *     ```
       function move_reading_time_above_content( $content ) {
           if ( is_singular( array( 'post', 'page' ) ) && in_the_loop() && is_main_query() ) {
               $reading_time = do_shortcode( '[read_meter]' );
               return $reading_time . $content;
           }
           return $content;
       }
       add_filter( 'the_content', 'move_reading_time_above_content' );
       ```
   
 * Please test carefully first, ideally on a staging site, since this is a custom
   tweak.
 * Kind regards,
    Aradhy 😊
 *  [Aradhy Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsfaradhy/)
 * (@bsfaradhy)
 * [7 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-issue/#post-18686158)
 * Hi [@merkucio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merkucio/),
 * It’s been a while since I posted my response, and we haven’t heard from you since
   then. I assume that you have fixed this or have reached out to us.
 * I am marking this thread as Resolved due to inactivity. Feel free to start a 
   new thread if there’s anything else related to this plugin, we can help you with.
 * Kind regards,
    Aradhy 😊
 *  Thread Starter [WP Gang](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merkucio/)
 * (@merkucio)
 * [7 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-issue/#post-18686316)
 * This issue was not resolved due to PHP errors after adding your code snippet.
 *  [Aradhy Singh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsfaradhy/)
 * (@bsfaradhy)
 * [7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-issue/#post-18699585)
 * Hi [@merkucio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merkucio/),
 * Thanks for the update.
 * I tested the code on my end, and it seems to be working fine, without generating
   any error messages. Could you please try the code without any other plugins active,
   just in case it might be coming from a conflict? In case the issue persists, 
   kindly share the exact error message so that we can get a better clarity.
 * Kind regards,
    Aradhy 😊

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 * Last activity: [7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-issue/#post-18699585)
 * Status: resolved