WordPress word count plugins

Reading Time WP creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content or by using a shortcode.

Count the words on your WordPress site instantly.

Adds a sortable word count column to the admin post list for all public post types. Efficient, lightweight and built with modern best practices.

Adds a sortable column to the posts and pages admin list with the word count of each page/post.

Displays the word count for each post and page in the WordPress admin panel.

Calculate your writing statistics on your WordPress site.

Updates the Dashboard's At a Glance widget to show the total word count of all the published posts and age of this WordPress website.

A simple plugin for exceprts that allows you to change the word count and to replace the elipsis (...) with text. Not compatible with all themes.

Reading Time shows the estimated reading time and puts an animated progress bar inside the post.

The Word Counter plugin offers a dedicated dashboard view that tracks the word count, post count, pages wordcount, and custom post types across your e …

Post or page content editor on dashboard changes color based on number of words as you write

With Timify, let your audience know about the last modified date, publish date, and reading time of your articles. You can also customize each setting …

Set a minimum word count required to publish a post.

ACF WYSIWYG Character Limit adds max-character controls to ACF editors, improving content quality, and editorial standards across WordPress.

A simple but useful plugin that gives the word count of your articles.

License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html Count number of words and characters in uploaded file.

Asian Word Count is a plugin for WordPress that gives you word count statistics for your blog's posts and pages which supports Asian languages.

Calculate and display total reading time| Calculate and display Characters and Words | Progress Bar

SettiMize is your go-to plugin for all-in-one WordPress settings, custom fields, and additional optimization features on your dashboard.

This Wordpress plugin will work as part of wp-admin and report on correlation between word count and social shares.

Webmaster.Net Post Quality Analyzer is a simple lite-weight plugin to analyze the quality of your posts.

Reading Time lite plugin enables an estimated reading time that inserted above or bottom in post. Insert anywhere using shortcode too.

Wordcounter replaces wordpress's built in word counter feature and adds a character count as well.

Displays wordcount below posts on front end of wordpress site.

Zipfstats provides a widget plotting the frequency each word appears in a post/page and its rank (most frequent->least) against a Zipf distribution …

Statistics about posts length and reading time on dashboard and/or sidebar widget. Optionally, display estimated reading time before each post.

Display word count and reading time on your article with a nice and clean like YouTube progress bar.

Show the reading time and number of words in your post.

Make your Search Engine Re-Optimization easy with SERO. Get insights into important metrics to help increase your organic traffic, therefore increasin …

Display reading time and word count for posts and also simple use shortcode ['reading-time']. Automatically or via shortcode. Simple and SEO-friendly.

A simple plugin to showcase the word & character count and reading time.

Show your reader how much time they need to read and how many words in a post.

Count the words and letters of WordPress articles, as well as calculate the time needed to read

SJ Reading Time helps you to quickly estimate your content read time and insert using a shortcode.

The Reading Time & Progress Bar plugin enhances your blog with an estimated reading time and a stylish progress bar.

Wordbar creates a simple wordcounter / progress bar as a Widget on your Wordpress blog

Track your writing progress, set word count goals for posts, and stay consistent as a blogger or author — directly inside your WordPress editor.

Word Count Sorter adds a sortable "Word Count" column to the WordPress admin post list, allowing users to sort posts by word count in ascend …

Analyze word counts across post types and taxonomy terms in WordPress.