Title: Word Count
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Word Count

 *  [bbommarito](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bbommarito/)
 * (@bbommarito)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/word-count/)
 * I didn’t write this, but I came across it after some hunting, and thought that
   someone out there might like it.
    The address is: [http://tidakada.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=3680](http://tidakada.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=3680),
   and it allows you to add the word count of the entry into the posts on your WordPress,
   or B2 blog.

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 *  [Mike Little](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikelittle/)
 * (@mikelittle)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/word-count/#post-24716)
 * Hi bbommarito
    I have this and a few other b2 hacks working on my WordPress blog
   at [http://zed1.com/b2](http://zed1.com/b2) As François suggests at the end of
   that thread, it could be done more efficiently. Mike
 *  Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/)
 * (@matt)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/word-count/#post-24719)
 * Yes I suppose you could calculate every possible piece of metadata and stick 
   it in the database, but for such relatively trivial operations I wonder if that’s
   the wisest course.
 *  [southerngal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/southerngal/)
 * (@southerngal)
 * [22 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/word-count/#post-24731)
 * I have used the word count and it’s a cool thing if you are into that. 😉 It’s
   basically for people that want to know if they are too long winded in a post,
   at least that’s why I used it!
 *  [Cena (a11n)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cena/)
 * (@cena)
 * [22 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/word-count/#post-25024)
 * Got the basic word count working. Now, is there a hack that’ll keep a running
   total of the number of words? I saw Matt had something like this on his site (
   although much more complex; in the Zeitgeist section) but the script has since
   been disabled and I wonder if he will release it to the public. 🙂

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