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

Knowing the word count of a post you are writing can be extremely useful, especially for SEO. In the WordPress classic editor the word count used to be on the bottom left but the block editor has hidden it in a new info menu.

Let’s not waste any time and get right into it.

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 info icon at the top of the editor with the i in the circle.

This screen will give you information about your article including word count, characters, heading count, paragraph count, and blocks used.

The info menu also gives you a document 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.

If you’re having issues with word count in WordPress just let us know in the comments below!