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Better Word Count

Count the words of selected text in the editor.

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Count selected text with precision using Better Word Count. Access detailed statistics for your vault, including words, characters, sentences, and footnotes. Customize the status bar to display the stats that matter most to you.

Better Word Count

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Better Count Word

This plugin is the same as the built-in Word Count plugin, except when you select text, it will count the selected word instead of the whole document. I recommend turning off the built-in Word Count because this plugin is designed to replace that. This plugin also has the ability to store statistics about your vault.

Features

  • Allows you to store statistics about your vault.
  • Works with all languages.
  • Can display a variety of different stats. Including:
    • Words, Characters, Sentences, Footnotes, and Pandoc Citations in current file.
    • Total Words, Characters, Sentences, Footnotes, Pandoc Citations, and Files in vault.
    • Words, Characters, Sentences, Footnotes, and Pandoc Citations typed today.
  • Highly Customizable status bar that can be adapted to your needs.

Contributors

  • @leoccyao
    • Added all word, char, sentence count when not viewing a markdown file.
  • @chrisgrieser
    • Added Footnotes and Citation Counting.
  • @bakuzan
    • Added page counts.
    • Fixed issue that caused errors at start up.
  • @THeK3nger
    • Fixed issue that occurred when renaming files.
  • @lishid
    • Helped solve the performance issue.
  • @Noxellar
    • Fixed alt bar spacing issue.
  • @mgmeyers
    • Added word counts to section titles.

Special Thanks

  • @liamcane
  • @eleanorkonik
  • @AngelusDomini
  • @archelpeg
  • @aproximate
  • @Quorafind
  • @torantine
  • @lammersma
  • @aknighty74
  • @dhruvik7

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Created
Nov 9, 2020
Last updated
Jun 20, 2025
Updates
31 releases
Downloads
510.1k
License
MIT