Title: Post word count
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Post word count

 *  [kaly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaly/)
 * (@kaly)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-word-count-2/)
 * I got the word count plugin from [http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/post-word-count/](http://dev.wp-plugins.org/browser/post-word-count/)
   and I was just wondering, is there a way to make it count the words of EACH post
   individually, instead of adding those of all the posts together?
 * Thanks in advance! *I really should get learning some php or one of these days
   I’ll be banned from the forums, LOL*

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-word-count-2/#post-190157)
 * [http://lee.org/blog/archives/2005/01/14/words-in-post/](http://lee.org/blog/archives/2005/01/14/words-in-post/)
 *  Thread Starter [kaly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kaly/)
 * (@kaly)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-word-count-2/#post-190187)
 * GREAT!!!! Thanks!!
 *  [angsuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angsuman/)
 * (@angsuman)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-word-count-2/#post-190278)
 * str_word_count(strip_tags($post->post_content))
 * I use it like this inside index.php (replacing the old the_content method):
    
   <?php the_content(‘Read the rest of this entry (‘ . str_word_count(strip_tags(
   $post->post_content)) . ‘ words) »’); ?>

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 * Last reply from: [angsuman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angsuman/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-word-count-2/#post-190278)
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