Count words and characters with the word counter tool. Get word and character count in any text.

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Word Counter Extension

The \"Word Counter\" Chrome extension specializes in counting words, characters, and characters without spaces on any webpages, text documents, articles, assignments, or even Google Search. It's more than just a word counter tool!

All you need to do is select the text you want to identify the word count and let the word counter extension provide the number of words, characters, and characters without spaces.

The word counter tool provides the following key features (and more below):

✅ Precision in Counting: Provides a precise number of words, characters, and characters without spaces. Hence, you don't need to worry about accuracy in real-time while writing.
✅ Versatile Input Options: The extension is not limited to counting words and characters on text documents, but you can also count text within any text input on a webpage (Google search).
✅ Paste text from clipboard: If you want to check the word count for some text from your clipboard, paste the text into the extension window.
✅ Offline and maintain Privacy: One standout feature of the \"Word Counter\" extension is it can be used offline. Hence, you don't need an internet connection always to use as an \"online word count tool\".

📜 How to Use the word counter extension.
1️⃣ Install the Word Counter extension from the Chrome Web Store initially.
2️⃣ After you install it, please enable it to be used through the Chrome menu bar.
3️⃣ Now, it is time to test the functions of the word count tool you use four key ways as follows:
▸ Select text: Select all the words or paragraphs to which you want to analyze how many words and characters there are, including without spaces among the selected words.
▸ Use text input fields: When you type the words in text input fields, it will show you the word count and characters within a text input field in real-time. For example, typing the word \"online word processor\" will show you a detailed count of words in real-time.
▸ Use text from the clipboard: Paste the copied text from the clipboard and get the analysis of the word count of text or total number of words immediately.
▸ Type in the extension: Click the Word Counter extension icon from the extension toolbar and start typing your text. Instantly, the word count and character counts will update in real-time when you type.

🖱️ Real-time Counts
When you select text on any webpage while enabling the Word Counter extension, it will instantly calculate and display the count of words, characters, and characters, excluding spaces, in real-time. Thus, it helps to meet instant specific text length requirements effectively.

💬 Text Input Field Checking
This extension allows you to instantly analyze static webpage text, including text input fields. For example, you can type some text in a Google search while enabling the extension, and it will show you its text analysis on a different basis effectively.

🌟 Free Online character checker
You can use this extension to effectively identify the number of words and characters, including and excluding spaces. Thus, you can effectively tailor your entire document or writing style based on your requirements.

🔀 Clipboard text integration
Do you want to paste some text from the clipboard to check the word count? No worries, we've got you covered! The extension allows you to paste text from the clipboard directly into the extension window to display word count via the word count tool.

💻 Direct typing into the extension window
Alternatively, you can proceed by typing directly into the extension’s interface of the online word counter to check the word count and character count instantly in real-time. Thus, you can quickly identify the text length and make real-time adjustments.

👀 Offline availability
One of the critical advantages of the Word Counter extension is that it can be used without an internet connection. Thus, the word count tool works perfectly whether you are in environments with limited or no internet access (not limited to an online word counter or an online tool like other word counters).

🔒 Privacy assurance
When using these extensions, your text data’s privacy is crucial. However, we ensure we don't send text data to external servers or store them online or anywhere. Hence, all the text processing activities and word count performed happen locally on your device, and your text is ensured to be confidential and secure.

👷 Upcoming Features
We are continuously improving the word counter extension to meet your diverse requirements. Here are some of the exciting features coming soon:
▸ Google Documents compatibility: In the future, the extension will be compatible with Google Docs. Thus, you can get the word count and characters from your Google Docs documents and track your word counts.
▸ Advanced Analytics: Our future improvements will show advanced analytics features, including average word count, word length, sentence count, sentence length, number of lines, speaking time, paragraph count, reading time, reading level, and readability scores. These advanced analytics would be helpful for SEO purposes, analyzing each pages, assignments, essay, and more!
▸ Customizable settings: The extension will provide customizable settings such as notifications when it reaches a specific word limit, set writing goals, strict word limits, sentence counter, identify writing mistakes (including grammar) or character limits, and more.
▸ Export options: We plan to integrate to export your text analysis, including advanced analytics, an auto-save feature, speaking time, and reading time, which would be helpful for future reference, to edit, or reporting purposes.

FAQs
What is the function of the word counter?
The function of a word counter is to accurately give the word count, characters, and characters without spaces.

❓ Is Word Counter safe?
Yes, Word Counter is safe as it does not store your text information, which you check to analyze the word count.

❓ Does word count count spaces?
Whether the word count spaces depends on the extension, but the “Word Counter” extension provides character analysis without counting spaces.

❓ Can the online word counter be used offline?
Yes, you can use the word counter extension in offline as a word frequency counter to identify how many words and further format your text based on your word count requirements.

So, what are you waiting for? Integrate the Word Counter Chrome extension and actively count words even through a text box and character counts efficiently. Thus, you can streamline your writing process effectively by handling the words, characters, and paragraphs to meet ideal word counts at your fingertips!
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How to download and manually install Word Counter extension for Chrome

Looking for a way to install Word Counter extensions for Chrome, you can search for them in the Chrome Web Store, clicking the "Add to Chrome" button, and following the straightforward process.

However, you may need to install Word Counter extensions manually, this article outlines two simple methods to effortlessly install Word Counter extensions, whether they come as unpacked folders in compressed formats like .zip or as .crx files.

Method 1: Download Word Counter extension and manually install through Drag &Drop

If you ever need to manually install a Word Counter extension for Chrome, don't worry, it's a simple process. Just follow these easy steps, and you will have your extension ready to use in no time.

Step 1: Download the Word Counter Extension by clicking the "Download CRX" button on the website.

Look for the Word Counter extension you wish to install. Go to the website and download the Word Counter extension package, which is usually a .CRX file and comes in a zipped file. Here ".crx" file is the format for Word Counter extension that contains all the data.

Step 2: Extract &Arrange Files

Once the file is downloaded, extract that file into its own folder. Similarly, give that extension files a permanent home. In other words, keep it in a folder that you don't accidentally delete it because these files will be needed to make that extension work.

Step 3: Go to the Chrome Extensions Page

Open Google Chrome and in the address bar, type chrome://extensions; it will open the Google Chrome extensions page. Make sure that "My extensions" is selected in the sidebar.

Step 4: Drag and Drop the Extension

Now, go to the folder where you extracted the Word Counter extension and drag &drop the extension file from there anywhere onto the extension page within Google Chrome.

Step 5: Complete the Installation

Once you drag and drop the extension file, follow the steps that Google Chrome takes you through. Similarly, if the extension file is of .crx file format, you will be required to review the permissions and then add the extension.

Now, you can manage that added extension as you would like to with any other Chrome extension that you added through Chrome Webstore. Its icon will also appear in the Google Chrome Menu on the right side of the address bar once you activate it.

Method 2: Download Word Counter extension for Chrome and install in Developer Mode

This is another method to install Word Counter extension manually, but the twist is that here, you install by enabling the developer mode option provided in Google Chrome. This mode is commonly used for testing extensions or running unpublished tools.

Step 1: Download the Word Counter extension file

Select and download the Word Counter extension by clicking the 'Download CRX' button on the website.

Step 2: Extract the downloaded contents

Convert the file to a ZIP file if it is in CRX format then extract the Word Counter extension zip file or folder that you downloaded. Make sure you extract it using the same folder name and keep it safely in another folder, so you don't delete it by mistake. The extracted folder will be needed to keep your Word Counter extension running.

Step 3: Open Chrome Extension Setting Page

In the address bar of Google Chrome, type chrome://extensions and open the Chrome Extension Page.

Step 4: Enable Developer Mode

After opening the Chrome Extension page, look at the top right side, and you will find the toggle option of "Developer mode."Simply enable that developer mode option.

Step 5: Load the Unpacked Extension

Once you enable the developer mode option, you will see the menu of Load Unpacked, Pack Extensions and Update. From that, select the option "Load unpacked."

Step 6: Select the Extension Folder

Once the pop-up opens upon clicking Load unpacked, select the Word Counter extension directory and click on the "Select Folder "button.

Step 7: Confirm and Install

After you select an extension folder of a Google Chrome extension you're installing manually, confirm its installation for the final time and let the installation complete.

Conclusion

Here we've made a step-by-step guide on How to manually install Word Counter extension in 2 ways. We hope this guide proves helpful.

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