Word Counter Plus

Provides a right click context menu to get stats on the selected text

What is Word Counter Plus?

Word Counter Plus is a unique tool designed to enhance your productivity by offering quick stats on the text you select on any webpage. It provides counts for words and characters selected, and even tells you about the average and longest word length. This Chrome extension stands out as it neither redirects you to an external webpage for word counting, nor does it ask for unnecessary permissions, thereby ensuring a seamless and secure user experience.

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Extension stats

By: https://steven-roberts.github.io

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Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.30 (115)

Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2018-07-21)

Creation date: 2018-07-21

Risk impact: Very low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

contextMenus

Size: 5.36K

URLs: Website

Ranking

# 2197 ▼ 6

Other rankings

#3003 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 2

#4 in word count keyword 12 ▼ 1

#7 in counter keyword 16 ▼ 1

#10 in click counter keyword 9 ▲ 1

#164 in right click keyword 64 ▲ 20

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Extension summary

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Word Counter Plus is a simple and useful tool that lets you views stats on selected text. Simply highlight some text on a webpage, right click on it, and select the Word Counter Plus menu item. It will tell you the number of words and characters selected as well as the average and longest word length. Unlike similar word counting extensions, this one does not open an external webpage just to do the counting, nor does it require any permissions.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Simple and straightforward to use
Counts characters and longest word length
Useful for translators and general word counting tasks
Doesn't require complex permissions
Works well in Chrome with right-click functionality

Cons

Can be buggy or unreliable in counting words/characters
Some users report it gets disabled or doesn't work at all
Counts certain punctuation (em-dashes, double-hyphens) as separate words
Requires highlighting text to count, which some find inconvenient
Not compatible with certain browsers (e.g., Vivaldi)

Most mentioned

Works fine
Did not work at all
Simple concept and execution
Useful and intuitive
Buggy issues with counting

Recent reviews

Exactly what I needed, simple!

Henrique Matos, 2024-10-15

This extension is not bad for what it does, but I found it a little buggy and didn't always work correctly for counting words/characters. I ended up using Word Counter (Tally) as it has similar features and isn't as buggy.