Word Count

WordPress word count utility.

Installation

Install the module

npm install @wordpress/wordcount --save

This package assumes that your code will run in an ES2015+ environment. If you're using an environment that has limited or no support for such language features and APIs, you should include the polyfill shipped in @wordpress/babel-preset-default in your code.

API

count

Count some words.

Usage

import { count } from '@wordpress/wordcount';
const numberOfWords = count( 'Words to count', 'words', {} );

Parameters

• text string: The text being processed
• type WPWordCountStrategy: The type of count. Accepts 'words', 'characters_excluding_spaces', or 'characters_including_spaces'.
• userSettings WPWordCountUserSettings: Custom settings object.

Returns

• number: The word or character count.

Contributing to this package

This is an individual package that's part of the Gutenberg project. The project is organized as a monorepo. It's made up of multiple self-contained software packages, each with a specific purpose. The packages in this monorepo are published to npm and used by WordPress as well as other software projects.

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