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Post Admin Word Count

v2.0Not updated in over a year

Adds a sortable word count column to the admin post list for all public post types. Efficient, lightweight and built with modern best practices.

by Jon Bishop · Website

admin columnsContent analysiscustom post typespost word countword count
Rank
#4,474 24h 3 · 7d 8
Est. installs
2,798 High confidence
Total downloads
13K all time
Rating
3.5 ★ 6 reviews
Official installs
2,000+ public bucket
Support threads
0 last 2 months
Support resolved
— of threads
Tested up to
WP 6.8.11 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

1.4 years ago

Last release

Version
2.0
Requires WP
5.0
Requires PHP
7.2
On WP.org since
2012

About Post Admin Word Count

Post Admin Word Count is a WordPress plugin by Jon Bishop, first published on WordPress.org in 2012. It has 2,000+ active installations and 13,048 downloads in total, and ranks #4,474 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 8 places. Users rate it 3.5 out of 5 across 6 reviews. Version 2.0 was released 1.4 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 6.8.11 and requires WordPress 5.0 and PHP 7.2 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under admin columns, Content analysis, custom post types, post word count and word count. Plugins with a similar focus include Dynamic Fields Engine, Sortable Word Count Reloaded and SFN Easy FAQ Manager.

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