@ckeditor/ckeditor5-word-count

What is @ckeditor/ckeditor5-word-count?

@ckeditor/ckeditor5-word-count is a plugin for CKEditor 5 that provides word and character count functionality. It is useful for applications where tracking the length of the text is important, such as content management systems, blogging platforms, and educational tools.

What are @ckeditor/ckeditor5-word-count's main functionalities?

Basic Word Count

This code demonstrates how to integrate the WordCount plugin into a CKEditor 5 instance and access the current word count.

const WordCount = require('@ckeditor/ckeditor5-word-count/src/wordcount');

ClassicEditor
    .create(document.querySelector('#editor'), {
        plugins: [ WordCount, ... ],
        toolbar: [ 'wordCount', ... ]
    })
    .then(editor => {
        const wordCountPlugin = editor.plugins.get('WordCount');
        console.log(wordCountPlugin.words); // Outputs the current word count
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error(error);
    });

Character Count

This code demonstrates how to integrate the WordCount plugin into a CKEditor 5 instance and access the current character count.

const WordCount = require('@ckeditor/ckeditor5-word-count/src/wordcount');

ClassicEditor
    .create(document.querySelector('#editor'), {
        plugins: [ WordCount, ... ],
        toolbar: [ 'wordCount', ... ]
    })
    .then(editor => {
        const wordCountPlugin = editor.plugins.get('WordCount');
        console.log(wordCountPlugin.characters); // Outputs the current character count
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error(error);
    });

Customizing Word Count Display

This code demonstrates how to customize the display of the word count by specifying a container element where the word count will be displayed.

const WordCount = require('@ckeditor/ckeditor5-word-count/src/wordcount');

ClassicEditor
    .create(document.querySelector('#editor'), {
        plugins: [ WordCount, ... ],
        toolbar: [ 'wordCount', ... ],
        wordCount: {
            container: document.querySelector('#word-count-container')
        }
    })
    .then(editor => {
        const wordCountPlugin = editor.plugins.get('WordCount');
        console.log(wordCountPlugin.words); // Outputs the current word count
    })
    .catch(error => {
        console.error(error);
    });

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text-statistics

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wordcount

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README

CKEditor 5 word and character count feature

This package implements word count and character count support for CKEditor 5.

Installation

This plugin is part of the ckeditor5 package. Install the whole package to use it.

npm install ckeditor5

Create free account

If you want to check full CKEditor 5 capabilities, sign up for a free non-commitment 14-day trial.

Demo

Check out the demo in the word count and character count feature guide.

Documentation

See the @ckeditor/ckeditor5-word-count package page in CKEditor 5 documentation.

License

Licensed under a dual-license model, this software is available under:

• the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later,
• or commercial license terms from CKSource Holding sp. z o.o.

For more information, see: https://ckeditor.com/legal/ckeditor-licensing-options.

Changelog

46.1.0 (September 10, 2025)

We are happy to announce the release of CKEditor 5 v46.1.0.

Release highlights

Smoother drag & drop of widgets on iOS

We updated the implementation for more reliable drag-and-drop on iOS touch devices. The behavior on the desktop devices remains unchanged.

Pagination improvements

We reverted a low-level change to improve stability in pagination, especially in scenarios including long tables.

Hide a user in the Server-side editing API

The Server-side editor API now supports a hidden_in_presence_list user flag. You can use this mechanism to prevent automation script users from appearing in the editor’s presence list while scripts run.

Comments’ markers clean up

We provided a better handling of edge cases where a marker points to a non-existing comment thread (for example, due to integrator mistakes). Such markers are now removed automatically to keep the editor stable.