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Article Word Count

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

By pk2000·Pages·Free
5(3 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Article Word Count is a WordPress pages plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2023. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 45% this week. Top alternative: WP-PageNavi.

5/53 reviews
2.0K+active installs
13K+total downloads
3 yearssince 2023

Overview

This plugin adds a custom column to the list of posts and pages in the WordPress admin area, and displays the word count for each post and page in the column. It also makes the column sortable, so you can easily sort the posts and pages by their word count.

New Feature

• If a “word_count” postmeta exists, sorting by “Word Count” uses it for precise numeric ordering.
• Otherwise, sorting uses an approximate calculation based on spaces.

Adds the word count of each post to the post list in the admin area and makes the column sortable.

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Ratings & Reviews

53 reviews
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Recent Reviews

works with divi for page word counts
by Jamie·2 years ago

very happy with this, I was looking for an easy way to get a word count for all the pages (not posts) on my site, and various code snippets didn’t work with divi.

I installed this, activated and boom, there’s the word count so I can do it.

Does exactly what it says on the tin, good job!

Works well
by Oliver @ WebMatros.com·3 years ago

Hi Priit

Thank you for this fine lil’ plugin!

I had to the following lines of code (at the end) to make the word count column sortable in the reusable blocks view:

add_filter('manage_edit-wp_block_sortable_columns', function($columns) {
    $columns['word_count'] = 'word_count';
    return $columns;
});

Consider adding it to the plugin:)

Thanks again!
Oliver

Does one thing right
by pk2000·3 years ago

Super light-weight plugin to add the word count to post and page list.

Download Trends

Today: 10Yesterday: 10This week: 68Period total: 5K

Compatibility

WordPress4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.4
87.2%
v1.3
12.8%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.4.0

  • Added fallback sorting method if “word_count” postmeta is missing (approximate count via spaces).
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

pk2000pk2000
Plugin Info
Version
1.4.1
Last Updated
Feb 16, 2025
WP Requires
4.5+
Tested Up To
6.7.5
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
2.0K+
Downloads
13K+
Added
Feb 28, 2023
Business
Free

Tags

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Developer

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pk2000
1 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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