WordPress · shail-mehta · Feb 14, 2026 · Feb 14, 2026 · Feb 14, 2026 · Feb 14, 2026
@@ -772,8 +772,8 @@ Show minutes required to finish reading the post. Can also show a word count. ([
 
 -	**Name:** core/post-time-to-read
 -	**Category:** theme
--	**Supports:** anchor, color (background, gradients, text), interactivity (clientNavigation), spacing (margin, padding), typography (fontSize, lineHeight), ~~html~~
--	**Attributes:** averageReadingSpeed, displayAsRange, displayMode, textAlign
+-	**Supports:** anchor, color (background, gradients, text), interactivity (clientNavigation), spacing (margin, padding), typography (fontSize, lineHeight, textAlign), ~~html~~
+-	**Attributes:** averageReadingSpeed, displayAsRange, displayMode
 
 ## Title
 

@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@
 	"textdomain": "default",
 	"usesContext": [ "postId", "postType" ],
 	"attributes": {
-		"textAlign": {
-			"type": "string"
-		},
 		"displayAsRange": {
 			"type": "boolean",
 			"default": true
@@ -45,6 +42,7 @@
 		"typography": {
 			"fontSize": true,
 			"lineHeight": true,
+			"textAlign": true,
 			"__experimentalFontFamily": true,
 			"__experimentalFontWeight": true,
 			"__experimentalFontStyle": true,

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import migrateTextAlign from '../utils/migrate-text-align';
+
+const v1 = {
+	attributes: {
+		textAlign: {
+			type: 'string',
+		},
+		displayAsRange: {
+			type: 'boolean',
+			default: true,
+		},
+		displayMode: {
+			type: 'string',
+			default: 'time',
+		},
+		averageReadingSpeed: {
+			type: 'number',
+			default: 189,
+		},
+	},
+	supports: {
+		anchor: true,
+		color: {
+			gradients: true,
+			__experimentalDefaultControls: {
+				background: true,
+				text: true,
+			},
+		},
+		html: false,
+		typography: {
+			fontSize: true,
+			lineHeight: true,
+			__experimentalFontFamily: true,
+			__experimentalFontWeight: true,
+			__experimentalFontStyle: true,
+			__experimentalTextTransform: true,
+			__experimentalTextDecoration: true,
+			__experimentalLetterSpacing: true,
+			__experimentalDefaultControls: {
+				fontSize: true,
+			},
+		},
+		interactivity: {
+			clientNavigation: true,
+		},
+		__experimentalBorder: {
+			radius: true,
+			color: true,
+			width: true,
+			style: true,
+		},
+	},
+	migrate: migrateTextAlign,
+	isEligible( attributes ) {
+		return (
+			!! attributes.textAlign ||
+			!! attributes.className?.match(
+				/\bhas-text-align-(left|center|right)\b/
+			)
+		);
+	},
+	save: () => null,
+};
+
+export default [ v1 ];
@@ -1,19 +1,9 @@
-/**
- * External dependencies
- */
-import clsx from 'clsx';
-
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import { __, _x, _n, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { useMemo } from '@wordpress/element';
-import {
-	AlignmentControl,
-	BlockControls,
-	InspectorControls,
-	useBlockProps,
-} from '@wordpress/block-editor';
+import { useBlockProps, InspectorControls } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
 import {
 	ToggleControl,
 	__experimentalToolsPanel as ToolsPanel,
@@ -29,9 +19,7 @@ import { count as wordCount } from '@wordpress/wordcount';
 import { useToolsPanelDropdownMenuProps } from '../utils/hooks';
 
 function PostTimeToReadEdit( { attributes, setAttributes, context } ) {
-	const { textAlign, displayAsRange, displayMode, averageReadingSpeed } =
-		attributes;
-
+	const { displayAsRange, displayMode, averageReadingSpeed } = attributes;
 	const { postId, postType } = context;
 	const dropdownMenuProps = useToolsPanelDropdownMenuProps();
 
@@ -128,22 +116,10 @@ function PostTimeToReadEdit( { attributes, setAttributes, context } ) {
 		averageReadingSpeed,
 	] );
 
-	const blockProps = useBlockProps( {
-		className: clsx( {
-			[ `has-text-align-${ textAlign }` ]: textAlign,
-		} ),
-	} );
+	const blockProps = useBlockProps();
 
 	return (
 		<>
-			<BlockControls group="block">
-				<AlignmentControl
-					value={ textAlign }
-					onChange={ ( nextAlign ) => {
-						setAttributes( { textAlign: nextAlign } );
-					} }
-				/>
-			</BlockControls>
 			{ displayMode === 'time' && (
 				<InspectorControls>
 					<ToolsPanel

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import initBlock from '../utils/init-block';
 import metadata from './block.json';
 import edit from './edit';
 import variations from './variations';
+import deprecated from './deprecated';
 
 const { name } = metadata;
 export { metadata, name };
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ export const settings = {
 	edit,
 	variations,
 	example: {},
+	deprecated,
 };
 
 export const init = () => initBlock( { name, metadata, settings } );
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/blocks/core__post-time-to-read__deprecated-v1.html b/test/integration/fixtures/blocks/core__post-time-to-read__deprecated-v1.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!-- wp:post-time-to-read {"textAlign":"left"} /-->
+
+<!-- wp:post-time-to-read {"textAlign":"center"} /-->
+
+<!-- wp:post-time-to-read {"textAlign":"right"} /-->
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/blocks/core__post-time-to-read__deprecated-v1.json b/test/integration/fixtures/blocks/core__post-time-to-read__deprecated-v1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+[
+	{
+		"name": "core/post-time-to-read",
+		"isValid": true,
+		"attributes": {
+			"averageReadingSpeed": 189,
+		    "displayAsRange": true,
+		    "displayMode": "time",
+			"style": {
+				"typography": {
+					"textAlign": "left"
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		"innerBlocks": []
+	},
+	{
+		"name": "core/post-time-to-read",
+		"isValid": true,
+		"attributes": {
+			"averageReadingSpeed": 189,
+		    "displayAsRange": true,
+		    "displayMode": "time",
+			"style": {
+				"typography": {
+					"textAlign": "center"
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		"innerBlocks": []
+	},
+	{
+		"name": "core/post-time-to-read",
+		"isValid": true,
+		"attributes": {
+			"averageReadingSpeed": 189,
+		    "displayAsRange": true,
+		    "displayMode": "time",
+			"style": {
+				"typography": {
+					"textAlign": "right"
+				}
+			}
+		},
+		"innerBlocks": []
+	}
+]
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/blocks/core__post-time-to-read__deprecated-v1.parsed.json b/test/integration/fixtures/blocks/core__post-time-to-read__deprecated-v1.parsed.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+[
+	{
+		"blockName": "core/post-time-to-read",
+		"attrs": {
+			"textAlign": "left"
+		},
+		"innerBlocks": [],
+		"innerHTML": "",
+		"innerContent": []
+	},
+	{
+		"blockName": null,
+		"attrs": {},
+		"innerBlocks": [],
+		"innerHTML": "\n\n",
+		"innerContent": [ "\n\n" ]
+	},
+	{
+		"blockName": "core/post-time-to-read",
+		"attrs": {
+			"textAlign": "center"
+		},
+		"innerBlocks": [],
+		"innerHTML": "",
+		"innerContent": []
+	},
+	{
+		"blockName": null,
+		"attrs": {},
+		"innerBlocks": [],
+		"innerHTML": "\n\n",
+		"innerContent": [ "\n\n" ]
+	},
+	{
+		"blockName": "core/post-time-to-read",
+		"attrs": {
+			"textAlign": "right"
+		},
+		"innerBlocks": [],
+		"innerHTML": "",
+		"innerContent": []
+	}
+]
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/blocks/core__post-time-to-read__deprecated-v1.serialized.html b/test/integration/fixtures/blocks/core__post-time-to-read__deprecated-v1.serialized.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!-- wp:post-time-to-read {"style":{"typography":{"textAlign":"left"}}} /-->
+
+<!-- wp:post-time-to-read {"style":{"typography":{"textAlign":"center"}}} /-->
+
+<!-- wp:post-time-to-read {"style":{"typography":{"textAlign":"right"}}} /-->