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 …
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Snappy Post Word Countv1.0.0
Lightweight sortable word count column for your posts list. See exactly which posts need more content, right in your WordPress admin.
Adds a sortable column to the posts and pages admin list with the word count of each page/post.
Word Count Goal Trackerv1.4.1
Track your writing progress, set word count goals for posts, and stay consistent as a blogger or author — directly inside your WordPress editor.
Brevio Reading Durationv1.0.0
Displays an estimated reading time at the top of each blog post.
Fattami Reading Timev1.0.0
Shows an estimated reading time badge on your posts, with Unicode-aware word counting (Arabic, French, CJK) and a simple shortcode.
Simply Excerptsv1.7
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 WPv2.0.18
Reading Time WP creates an estimated reading time of your posts that is inserted above the content or by using a shortcode.
Word Counter Plusv1.2.7
Track, sort, and filter word counts for your WordPress posts right from the admin Posts screen.