Adds a sortable word count column to the admin post list for all public post types. Efficient, lightweight and built with modern best practices.
As of April 2026, Post Admin Word Count is a WordPress word count plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 3.5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Reading Time WP.
Post Admin Word Count adds a sortable “Words” column to the WordPress admin for all public post types. This lightweight plugin automatically calculates and stores word counts when posts are saved or viewed in the admin, ensuring performance and accuracy without scanning your entire site. It supports custom post types, integrates cleanly with the WordPress admin UI and adheres to modern coding standards. Ideal for publishers, bloggers and content editors who want quick insight into post length directly from the dashboard.
just blank post page
this plugin save one post meta for each post. totally unnecessary.
I really like this plugin, just what I was looking for. I would like to update oldest posts with better content, so I wanted to order all posts and start from those where there is barely something written.
This plugin works ok without any errors, even though sadly it wasn’t updated in a while. Hopefully the author didn’t ditch this plugin, it really is useful.
Was fiddling myself to get the count in the admin posts overview, but this sollution is clean and simple, did some tweaking to get the column on the right spot for me 🙂
Great to sort posts!
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
The current version is 2.0 (2025.05.21)
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