Mustapha Samios

MD Taxonomy Totals provides a simple and efficient way to display the total number of published posts on your site. Use the <code>[mdtt_total_posts]</code> shortcode anywhere on your site to show post counts.
Features: 
* Display total published posts count 
* Filter by category (name, slug, or ID) 
* Filter by tag (name, slug, or ID) 
* Combine category and tag filters 
* Automatic number formatting based on locale 
* Admin instructions page accessible via Tools menu
Perfect for: 
* Showing total blog posts on your homepage 
* Displaying category-specific post counts 
* Tag-based post statistics 
* Portfolio or gallery post counts 
* Any content that needs post count displays

MD Taxonomy Totals

Display total published posts count using the [mdtt_total_posts] shortcode, with optional filtering by category or tag.

jojaba

This plugin replaces the word count info in bottom of the edit post window by the characters/words count (on the fly). Additionnaly, you can limit the characters/words count for defined user roles.
Here’s the list of the settings (see screenshots for further infos):
<ul>
<li>Enable or disable characters/words count limit.</li>
<li>Max characters and words count setting</li>
<li>Warning characters and words count setting (the count before max count when the warning is fired)</li>
<li>Output Format. You can define how you would like to see the output displayed using different placeholders : <code>#chars</code> (the character count that has been typed), <code>#words</code> (The number of words), <code>#maxChars</code> (the max characters allowed), <code>#leftChars</code> (the characters count left),<code>#maxWords</code> (the max words allowed), <code>#leftWords</code> (the words count left).</li>
<li>Choose what user role should be limited. Default set to contributor role.</li>
<li>Choose the post types that should be limited. Default set to post.</li>
<li>Set customised messages for warning or for contributor submission.</li>
</ul>
Availabe languages : english and french.

WordPress Word Count and Limit

Counts dynamically the characters/words in edit post window and limit the characters/words count if needed for one or more user roles.

MD Taxonomy Totals vs WordPress Word Count and Limit