Eighty-seven
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.
Sep 7th at 8:20 am
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.
Sep 7th at 8:26 am
An interesting feature for sure.
Sep 7th at 11:59 am
Nice!!!
More templates PLEEEEAAASSSEEE!!!
Sep 7th at 2:03 pm
WordPress Rocks!
Sep 7th at 2:34 pm
cool feature..but it doesn’t work for the Arabic language
Sep 7th at 2:49 pm
Less is more, keep the limits
Sep 7th at 7:34 pm
That’s a great feature, thanks.
Sep 7th at 9:15 pm
Nice little feature. I like it. It’s sounds like MS Word. Nah, it’s better… Thanks so much!
Sep 7th at 11:17 pm
Helpful…thanx
Sep 8th at 1:50 am
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I find that it helps to write my posts backwards
Sep 8th at 7:51 am
You guys are the bomb!!! this is cool! Thanx
Sep 8th at 10:24 am
very nice feature!
Sep 8th at 12:31 pm
Nice feature… now all we need is a computer with telepathy so I dont need to type
Sep 8th at 2:08 pm
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
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Sep 8th at 5:27 pm
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
Sep 8th at 5:45 pm
point noted
Sep 8th at 6:39 pm
It’s so much easier now to write all those nano fiction…:)
Sep 8th at 9:17 pm
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.
Sep 8th at 10:42 pm
Fun, thanx!
Sep 9th at 10:22 am
Okay, this really WOWed me.
Sep 9th at 11:14 am
good features.
Sep 9th at 1:59 pm
WOW just simply WOW thanks for the update
Sep 9th at 3:59 pm
wow..thanks man!
Sep 9th at 5:37 pm
The feature is very helpful. Thanks!!
Sep 9th at 8:05 pm
Ah yes, I saw what you did there.
Sep 10th at 5:25 pm
Very useful, as always. Thanks a lot!
Sep 10th at 7:00 pm
Hadn’t noticed it. But do now. Thanks
Sep 11th at 5:25 am
Thanks for the update. How long until most people get bored? 200 words?
Sep 11th at 3:12 pm
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!
Sep 11th at 10:35 pm
r u trying to get 87 responses?
Sep 12th at 3:46 am
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?
Sep 12th at 6:17 am
nifty…
Sep 12th at 9:27 am
It’s new! And I love it, thank you!
Sep 12th at 9:39 am
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
Sep 12th at 11:56 am
Thats great…Thanks a lot!!!
Sep 13th at 6:40 am
Thanks people! I’m your biggest sucker.
Sep 14th at 6:29 am
That’s cool!!
Sep 14th at 8:16 pm
cool
Sep 15th at 2:57 am
cool na cool
Sep 15th at 4:12 pm
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…
Sep 18th at 10:51 am
o.k. – i begin to understand!
Sep 19th at 1:50 am
As a person who always writes too many words the word count will be very helpful – for my friends. Thanks
Sep 19th at 2:46 pm
Gibts das auch auf Deutsch??
Sep 19th at 6:59 pm
cutie : hey this is zoha that is soooo cool thanks byeeeeee
Sep 19th at 7:14 pm
that sounds like a useful feature.but any justification.why 87.why not more or less.