Article Word Count

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

5 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 2 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 89% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 56% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ Jamie

   3.6y ago

   very happy with this, I was looking for an easy way to get a word count for all the pages (not posts) on my site, and various code snippets didn’t work with divi. I installed this, activated and boom, there’s the word count so I can do it. Does exactly what it says on the tin, good job!

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2. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   3.6y ago

   Hi Priit Thank you for this fine lil’ plugin! I had to the following lines of code (at the end) to make the word count column sortable in the reusable blocks view: add_filter('manage_edit-wp_block_sortable_columns', function($columns) { $columns['word_count'] = 'word_count'; return $columns; }); Consider adding it to the plugin:) Thanks again!Oliver

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3. ★★★★★ pk2000

   3.7y ago

   Super light-weight plugin to add the word count to post and page list.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.2

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-05-22 2K+ → 1K+ down after 336 days in tier
2. 2025-06-20 3K+ → 2K+ down after 34 days in tier
3. 2025-05-17 2K+ → 3K+ up after 17 days in tier
4. 2025-04-30 3K+ → 2K+ down after 6 days in tier
5. 2025-04-24 2K+ → 3K+ up after 3 days in tier
6. 2025-04-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 7 days in tier
7. 2025-04-14 2K+ → 3K+ up after 2 days in tier
8. 2025-04-12 3K+ → 2K+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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Article Word Count: 1K+ active installs, 5.0★ (3 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-10-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/article-word-count-column