Word Count
Word Count will take a body of text and give a perfect count of the number of words as well as characters in the text.
What is Word Count?
Word Count is a Chrome extension that allows you to easily count the number of words and characters in any text. It is perfect for obtaining word count information on text documents, articles, and websites or web apps without built-in word count features. You can simply highlight the text on the current tab or paste text into the extension to get an accurate count of words and characters.
Extension stats
Rating: 3.00
(1)
Creation date: 2020-04-19
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- activeTab
- tabs
Size: 134.14K
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Extension summary
Word Count will take a body of text highlighted on the current tab and give a perfect count of the number of words as well as characters in the text. This is perfect for obtaining information on text documents, articles, and other websites and web apps that don't have this feature built-in! If a website is not supported, you can also paste text into the extension, and it will then count the amount of words and characters in that body.
User reviews
There are so many of these type extensions that it challenges my patience.
This extension requires you to click the icon after your selection. The pop up window attached at top is pretty big, but will disappear when you choose something else.
I prefer this over the context menu extensions, though I prefer a live selection (counts as you select) view vs click-and-find out.
by 
Pat MySecret, 2021-10-25
Pat MySecret, 2021-10-25Extension safety
Risk impact
Word Count may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.
Risk likelihood
Word Count has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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