Word Counter - counts what you type

Word Counter - counts what you type

Shows a count of words and characters when you type in a text box on a website

What is Word Counter - counts what you type?
'Word Counter - counts what you type' is a highly functional Chrome extension that provides word and character count in real-time as you type in a text box on any website. Additionally, it helps estimate the reading time for the text based on a reading speed of 200 words per minute. Its' latest updates have enhanced its features by adding a dedicated app window for writing longer texts, providing markdown support, setting word limits, and ensuring privacy by removing unnecessary permissions.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 1,000+
Rating: 4.42 (19)
Version: 2.2.0 (Last updated: 2022-05-24)
Creation date: 2020-02-17
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 166.91K
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Merlin
Summary

Shows a count of words and characters as you type.

Or select some text on a webpage to see the count of words, characters and estimated reading time.

Or tap on the extension button to open a window to write in. (Supports markdown formatting too!)

*Doesn't count in password or number input fields.


Update 13 Feb 2020:

New: App window to write longer text, with word count, word limits, markdown support, and more...
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User reviews
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Pros
  • Unobtrusive and takes up minimal space
  • Accurate word count
  • Useful for translating efficiently
Cons
  • Creates console message for every keystroke
  • May add unwanted text when editing in specific editors
  • Doesn't work in some cases, such as with Russian or Ukrainian words
Most mentioned
  • Unobtrusive
  • Accurate word count
  • Useful for translating efficiently
Recent reviews
This "Word Counter" is really, the best! While you mark sentences and words, word by word, the characters are displayed in the bottom right in a small "mini pop-up window"! The only one here in the store that offers and solves this so beautifully and elegantly with dark mode! This form is the best and so I have been looking for this really long! But I use this one already now a year about! Can I really only recommend, is also very accurate! For translators with character limits, this is really a blessing, because you can translate so much more efficiently! Thank you, for this little gem of browser extension! Dieser „Wortzähler“ ist wirklich der Beste! Während man Sätze und Wörter Wort für Wort markiert, werden die Zeichen unten rechts in einem kleinen „Mini-Popup-Fenster“ angezeigt! Der einzige hier im Shop, der das so schön und elegant im Dark Mode anbietet und löst! Dieser Modus ist der Beste und deshalb habe ich wirklich lange danach gesucht! Aber ich benutze ihn jetzt seit etwa einem Jahr! Ich kann ihn wirklich nur empfehlen, er ist auch sehr genau! Für Übersetzer mit Zeichenbegrenzung ist es wirklich ein Segen, weil man so viel effizienter übersetzen kann! Vielen Dank für dieses kleine Juwel einer Browser-Erweiterung!

Не считает русские или украинские слова и считает пробелы как символы.
by Юрій Гец Юрій Гец, 2022-01-31

It's nice but there is definitely room for improvement. It's rather unobtrusive, which is a plus, and it basically gets the job done. Alas it doesn't work in some cases, because ist doesn't check whether the div it creates for it's output actually exists in the page. The div gets attached to the document body on setup and is afterwards just presumed to be present, which on single page apps is absolutely not guaranteed. Why not check in your code if your div is actually there, and create it on the fly if it isn't? Another thing is, and that's the one that prevented me from giving more than 2 stars, that it floods the console with messages. Every keystroke in a text field, results in a console message. I presume that this is not intentional but it's an absolute no go. Addition: Other reviewers reported, that they get "WordsCharactersReading time" output. This seems to affect richtext editors, like TinyMCE for example, that use an iframe for text input. As the output div for the plugin gets attached to *every* body tag found on the page, it also gets attached to the body of the richtext editor's iframe. But, as the iframe does not have access to the css of the surrounding page, the div doesnt't get styled properly. Simple solution would be to attach only to the first body tag of a page.
by Michael Bode Michael Bode, 2021-12-02
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Safety
Risk impact

Word Counter - counts what you type is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

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