Title: WordBar
Author: woganmay
Published: <strong>November 9, 2010</strong>
Last modified: November 9, 2010

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# WordBar

 By [woganmay](https://profiles.wordpress.org/woganmay/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wordbar.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordbar/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordbar/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordbar/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordbar/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordbar/)

## Description

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

The widget counts all the words in all the published posts in your Posts table. 
It then outputs either a progress bar, or a box with the total word count across
your blog.

Useful for contests like NaNoWriMo, or just for showing off how much you’ve written
and published.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The widget configuration boxes in the admin panel.
 * [[
 * The widget in action, giving a total of all words on the blog.
 * [[
 * The widget in action, giving the total as a percentage of a target.

## Installation

 1. Unzip and upload the `wordbar` folder to your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Edit your Widgets, drag in a new Wordbar Widget
 4. (Optional) Configure the widget with a custom title and wordcount target

## FAQ

#### Is this cross-browser compatible?

The result has been tested in Chrome, IE and Firefox (Windows). It uses very primitive
CSS and HTML, though (not even any Javascript) so most browsers shouldn’t have trouble
rendering it.

#### How often does it update?

Every time the widget is rendered it gets the total from the WordPress database 
from scratch.

#### What if I only want to list posts with a particular category, or tag?

The code for the plugin itself can be edited. There is only one `$wpdb` call in 
the `wordbar_render` function, and it can be edited to bring back posts in any combination.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“WordBar” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this
plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ woganmay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/woganmay/)

[Translate “WordBar” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wordbar)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordbar/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wordbar/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordbar/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wordbar/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * First version

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **16 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.0.5**
 * Tags
 * [progress bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/progress-bar/)[word count](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/word-count/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordbar/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

 *   [ woganmay ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/woganmay/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wordbar/)

## Donate

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