How to View Word Count in WordPress for Any Post/Page

Keeping track of your word count is useful for SEO and content planning. The WordPress block editor doesn’t show it as prominently as the classic editor did, but it’s still easy to find. Here’s how to view word count in WordPress.

How To Check Word Count On WordPress

Seeing the word count of a post or page in WordPress is extremely easy in the block editor.

Just click the little document overview icon at the top of the editor with the lines.

This screen will give you information about your article, mainly the block structure. You’ll need to click the outline section for information about your article including word count, characters, and time to read.

The document overview menu also gives you an outline of all your post heading titles. Great for quickly navigating longer articles.

That by far is the easiest way to see word count for a post in WordPress. If you need more detailed word count data on your WordPress site keep reading.

WP Word Count Plugin

Using the WP Word Count plugin will allow you to see a combined word count for all of your published articles in WordPress. It also offers other useful tools like sorting your content by word count so you can see which articles on your site have the most words.

Here’s a preview of what the site gives you access to.

They also offer a pro version with more word count features.

Seeing Word Count in WordPress Classic Editor

Many WordPress users are still using the Classic Editor so here was how you looked at word count in the classic editor.

Seeing the word count of a post or page in WordPress is fairly easy in the classic editor. You’ll see the current word count on the bottom left of the visual or text editor.

Those are a few ways to check word count in WordPress. The built-in document overview works for individual posts, while the WP Word Count plugin is helpful if you want stats across your entire site.