[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40759: Word Count Discrepancies

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#40759: Word Count Discrepancies
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 Reporter:  pento         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor        |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Yeah, the WordPress word counter doesn't count numbers as words (for
 Cyrillic, Greek and Latin alphabets). That was the outcome of the research
 back then.

 I know there are some differences for different locales, but making the
 word count more precise would involve a lot more filtering/regex that has
 to be locale specific. This is impractical if the word counting runs all
 the time. Even now it gets pretty slow for larger posts. The main
 requirement for it is to be "undetectable" and never slow typing in the
 editor. I mean, what's good about a word count that interferes with the
 user being able to type or edit the text :)

 Is there another app that shows "dynamic" count that is always visible and
 updated? Don't think any of the above apps do. Perhaps we should make the
 WP word counting similar to them?

 As far as I remember the app version of Word had a big "stats" dialog
 showing quite a few statistics besides word count: char count, sentences,
 images/media, etc. but you had to open it from a submenu.

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