Counting words in a post

How can I count words in a post? Something like the one displayed just below the post?

Can someone please show me the code for getting this. I have been searching everywhere.

Answers:

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Method 1

How hard did you search? I searched Google for “wordpress count words in post” and found a function for it in the first result!

Put this in functions.php:

function prefix_wcount(){
    ob_start();
    the_content();
    $content = ob_get_clean();
    return sizeof(explode(" ", $content));
}

Then call it in the template like this:

<?php echo prefix_wcount(); ?>

Method 2

Just count the spaces and add 1:

// No need to count markup.
$text        = trim( strip_tags( get_the_content() ) );
$word_number = substr_count( "$text ", ' ' );

Another way, taking the old American double space tradition into account:

$word_number = preg_match_all( '~s+~', "$text ", $m );

Method 3

Easy and straightforward approach.

$word_count = str_word_count(trim(strip_tags($post->post_content)));

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