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Is There A Way to Create a "Word Count" Column in the Admin All Post Panel?
7 replies · Started by Ken on December 28, 2021
Latest GeneratePress with Child Theme
I see there are plugins that will add a 'word-count' column to the All Posts Panel.
Is there some magic php or coding that I could use that will add a post word-count column to the panel and be able to sort it (Sorting not necessary if this makes it too complicated
I looked on the internet and the answers I found gave me a parsing error.
Here's the code I used that didn't work:
?php
add_action('save_post', function($post_id, $post, $update) {
$word_count = explode(" ", strip_shortcodes($post->post_content));
update_post_meta($post_id, '_wordcount', count($word_count));
}, 10, 3);
add_filter('manage_posts_columns', function($columns){
$columns['wordcount'] = 'Word count';
return $columns;
});
add_action('manage_posts_custom_column', function($name) {
global $post;
$wordcount = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wordcount', true);
if($wordcount === '') {
$wordcount = 'not counted';
}
if($name === 'wordcount') {
echo $wordcount;
}
});Hi Ken,
Is this the exact code? If so, The code you've shared seems to have a syntax error as the first line ?php is missing the < part.
It should be <?php.
Hi Elvin,
Yes the original code had " < ".
When I pasted to my GP Child Functions.php, that included the " < ", it didn't work, I got a parsing error.
Here's the correct code I pasted in (" < " included this time)
<?php
add_action('save_post', function($post_id, $post, $update) {
$word_count = explode(" ", strip_shortcodes($post->post_content));
update_post_meta($post_id, '_wordcount', count($word_count));
}, 10, 3);
add_filter('manage_posts_columns', function($columns){
$columns['wordcount'] = 'Word count';
return $columns;
});
add_action('manage_posts_custom_column', function($name) {
global $post;
$wordcount = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wordcount', true);
if($wordcount === '') {
$wordcount = 'not counted';
}
if($name === 'wordcount') {
echo $wordcount;
}
});And here's the error I get using the above code;
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting end of file in /home/u577764507/domains/homecomfortandjoy.com/public_html/wp-content/themes/generatepress_child/functions.php on line 9
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Did that fix it? Great idea btw
That issue on line 9 is probably the <?php.
Since it's on a child theme's functions.php, there's likely a <?php so there's no need for another one of that unless the first one was delimited.
Can you try removing the <?php in this code specifically?
Elvin and Jeff, found some code that works! ٩(^ᴗ^)۶
First, Elvin, sorry to trouble you. I just had to click a few more links in G-Search and I'd have my answer. But as always, I appreciate your help.
Here's the link to the page that has the code.
There are some instructions to help tweek where one would like the word-count column to show up. I chose to have the word-column show up after the post title. Simple, easy copy-paste to the Child's Function.php file.
I'm going to mark this post as Resolved ٩( ᐛ )و
Hi Elvin,
Ah, I saw your post after I clicked the 'resolved' button. Sorry.
The link I found and mentioned earlier is what I used successfully and that webpage provides some nice options for where and how to display the word-count column.
Thank you again for your help. All is good. Wising you good folks a healthy, prosperous New Year.
No problem. Thanks for letting us know. :D
