Plugin: Wordometer
When writing an entry, I like to have an idea of how long it is. I often use the Body as an article lead-in and try to keep it between 50 and 75 words, but when I start to throw some HTML into the mix it can be difficult to estimate. Wordometer will count the words for me.
In addition to the Body, Wordometer will also count how many words are in the Extended field, and provide a tally of these two fields. Additionally, Excerpt, Keywords, Tags, and even text custom fields will be counted. As you type, the word count is incremented. Wordometer will ignore HTML tags and anything in them.
A minimum and maximum word count highlight can also be added to the Body and Extended fields. This is particularly helpful when you want to write a lead-in in your Body of, say, roughly 100 words. The highlighter could be set to between 75 and 125 words as sort of a “goal” area.
Documentation
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Prerequisites
- Melody 1.0 beta 1 or higher
Or:
- Tested on Movable Type 4.2x; should work on 4.x
- Config Assistant 1.8 or higher
- Movable Type 3.3x
Get Wordometer
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