Time to Read: Change word count character based on word count type (#71920)

t-hamano · scruffian · web-flow · commit 5beedbfe7bfa · 2025-09-26T20:39:27.000+09:00
Co-authored-by: t-hamano &lt;wildworks@git.wordpress.org&gt;
Co-authored-by: scruffian &lt;scruffian@git.wordpress.org&gt;
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/post-time-to-read/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/post-time-to-read/edit.js
@@ -118,11 +118,18 @@ function PostTimeToReadEdit( { attributes, setAttributes, context } ) {
 
 		// Add "word count" part, if enabled.
 		if ( showWordCount ) {
-			const wordCountString = sprintf(
-				/* translators: %s: the number of words in the post. */
-				_n( '%s word', '%s words', totalWords ),
-				totalWords.toLocaleString()
-			);
+			const wordCountString =
+				wordCountType === 'words'
+					? sprintf(
+							/* translators: %s: the number of words in the post. */
+							_n( '%s word', '%s words', totalWords ),
+							totalWords.toLocaleString()
+					  )
+					: sprintf(
+							/* translators: %s: the number of characters in the post. */
+							_n( '%s character', '%s characters', totalWords ),
+							totalWords.toLocaleString()
+					  );
 			parts.push( wordCountString );
 		}
 
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/post-time-to-read/index.php b/packages/block-library/src/post-time-to-read/index.php
@@ -57,10 +57,14 @@ function render_block_core_post_time_to_read( $attributes, $content, $block ) {
 
 	// Add "word count" part, if enabled.
 	if ( $show_word_count ) {
-		$word_count_string = sprintf(
+		$word_count_string = 'words' === $word_count_type ? sprintf(
 			/* translators: %s: the number of words in the post. */
 			_n( '%s word', '%s words', $total_words ),
 			number_format_i18n( $total_words )
+		) : sprintf(
+			/* translators: %s: the number of characters in the post. */
+			_n( '%s character', '%s characters', $total_words ),
+			number_format_i18n( $total_words )
 		);
 		$parts[] = $word_count_string;
 	}
