[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23159: Add Words Counter In The Excerpt Metabox

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#23159: Add Words Counter In The Excerpt Metabox
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 Reporter:  alex-ye      |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor       |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch  |
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Comment (by alex-ye):

 Replying to [comment:7 kovshenin]:
 > If themes are afraid that users use custom excerpts which are longer
 than the defined excerpt length and if the theme design really relies on
 that, they could just use `wp_trim_words` on whatever is returned from
 `get_the_excerpt()`, whether it's an auto-generated or a custom one.
 >
 Yes , many themes using such functions to limit the excerpt length , but
 this is not what I worry about , It's about how the user understand the
 theme functionality , Adding "Words Counter" , "Tips" ... etc help the
 user to use his theme on a powerful way ...

 If you feel a confuse about adding the tip of the max words count , what
 about adding the words counter in the excerpt meta-box ?
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 > That said, I do feel a pain that when I'm writing a post, I can preview
 the post, but there's no way to see how it would look on the front page
 with the thumbnail and excerpt and everything, unless I privately publish
 it or something. But I guess that's a whole different problem :)

 You are right , Many users of WordPress have a problems of how the front-
 end displays their posts and pages ... etc , and this is the reason about
 why WordPress introduce a features like 'editor-styles' and 'post-
 thumbnail' ... etc

 So I think if we can do something help to solve this problem it will be
 great :)

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