Mike Martel

BP Limit Activity Length is a simple plugin that forces users to keep the length of their activity updates limited by amount of characters or words.
The plugin adds a character/word countdown next to the Post Update button, and prevents users from typing further than the specified limit. Only new activities will be truncated to the set amount of characters or words
The amount of characters is a simple setting in the BuddyPress administration screens.

BP Limit Activity Length

Even after not being updated in 5 years, this plugin still works!

This plugin still works

Limit the length of your BuddyPress activity updates like Twitter

Hugh Lashbrooke

“Post Length Indicator” displays a dual-coloured bar along side the browser’s scrollbar that shows readers what portion of the page contains the actual post content and what portion contains the comments. This is perfect for blogs that receive a lot of comments as it indicates to readers how long the article is and saves you from having readers turn away because your post appears too long.
The indicator will show on all posts that have comments, or that have comments enabled even if there are no comments yet. Text labels will display next to the indicator when a user hovers over it and clicking on each of the indicator sections will scroll the page to the top of the post content or the comments, depending which secion was clicked.
The colours of the indicator can be changed from the plugin settings page, as well as the post types for which it must appear.
Contribute to this plugin on GitHub: https://github.com/hlashbrooke/Post-Length-Indicator
<h3>Usage</h3>
Simply install the plugin and go to “Settings > Post Length Indicator” to configure the colours of the indicator as well as for which post types it must display.

Post Length Indicator

Displays a dual-coloured bar alongside the scrollbar to indicate how much of the page contains the post and how much contains the comments.

BP Limit Activity Length vs Post Length Indicator