Best words plugins for WordPress

The most popular words plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Just Writing Statistics leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Dashboard Wordcount (500+) and Count Characters, Words and Paragraphs while typing (300+). All 23 plugins tagged “words” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

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Top 10 words plugins

1.
Just Writing Statistics
The most installed words plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
2.
Dashboard Wordcount
500+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
3.
Count Characters, Words and Paragraphs while typing
300+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 6 reviews, updated 4 days ago.
4.
Kalamatino
200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
5.
Word Stats
100+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 10 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
6.
Autocomplete for Calculated Fields Form
30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
7.
Asian Word Count
20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.0.
8.
Lexicographer
20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
9.
Get Better Excerpt
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.0.
10.
Post Word Count
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.