How many words must one person type before they enter a state of deep rooted paranoia as a result of their inability to judge whether their post is too long? Too short? I have no idea, but we can all find out together with WordPress.com’s latest feature: Word Count.
Below the post text box, you can now see how many words you’ve typed. The number updates itself as you go (don’t be too harsh, it’s not always super bright) for that sweet hit of instant gratification.
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Ooooh, recursion!
All we need now is a spell check, and wordpress will BE the internets!
The Bagel of Everything, WordPress already has a spelling checker. It’s been there for as long as I can remember.
An interesting feature for sure.
Nice!!!
More templates PLEEEEAAASSSEEE!!!
WordPress Rocks!
cool feature..but it doesn’t work for the Arabic language 😦
Less is more, keep the limits
That’s a great feature, thanks.
Nice little feature. I like it. It’s sounds like MS Word. Nah, it’s better… Thanks so much!
Helpful…thanx
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I find that it helps to write my posts backwards
You guys are the bomb!!! this is cool! Thanx
very nice feature!
Nice feature… now all we need is a computer with telepathy so I dont need to type 🙂
Thanks – move on with nice things.
Maybe you add them in the admin pages and allow sorting – so I know how much to write next time 😆 .
i do a lot of deleting… seems the word count doesn’t take that into, well, account. type five words, backspace three, type five more – word count says 10.
i’m no human calculator, but…
still, a neat feature for general guestimation.
-lq
point noted 🙂
It’s so much easier now to write all those nano fiction…:)
When I wrote and hit “Save and continue” the counter starts counting from 1, so I cant count how many words I wrote in the WHOLE post.
Fun, thanx!
Okay, this really WOWed me.
good features.
WOW just simply WOW thanks for the update
wow..thanks man! 🙂
The feature is very helpful. Thanks!! 😉
Ah yes, I saw what you did there.
Very useful, as always. Thanks a lot!
Hadn’t noticed it. But do now. Thanks
Thanks for the update. How long until most people get bored? 200 words?
Very interesting! Generally, I tend to vary in the length of posts, depending on the content, the information I have and the relevance I’ll give to the post. And thanks for this feature!
What would be really great is the posibility of having editable layouts for those users who don´t have a personal server. I kinda like my template, but I’d rather prefer to tune it a while.
Also, letter size and font buttons for posting would be superb!
Greetings!
r u trying to get 87 responses?
This is a great feature, specially for those who are concern about their readers. I hope one day we can come up with a yardstick for excellent content. Is that possible?
nifty…
It’s new! And I love it, thank you!
Yeah I like this. seeing I’ve written 234 words or whatever gives a sense of achievement.
HAHA I NEED TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE MORE
Thats great…Thanks a lot!!!
Thanks people! I’m your biggest sucker.
That’s cool!!
cool 😀
cool na cool
I think this is a good idea, but it is flawed – if you type not in words but in pictures, it should count 1000 words per picture…
o.k. – i begin to understand!
As a person who always writes too many words the word count will be very helpful – for my friends. Thanks
Gibts das auch auf Deutsch??
cutie : hey this is zoha that is soooo cool thanks byeeeeee
that sounds like a useful feature.but any justification.why 87.why not more or less.