Word Count

Documentation

Display word count for Markdown documents in the status bar

by Microsoft

1000000+
Installs
Marketplace

One-click install

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VS Code Insiders

Antigravity (Google) and other VS Code forks support the same Marketplace — search for Word Count inside the IDE.

CLI install

Run this command in your terminal to install the extension: 

code --install-extension ms-vscode.wordcount

Install from VS Code

  1. Open VS Code and press Ctrl+Shift+X (or Cmd+Shift+X on macOS) to open the Extensions panel.
  2. Search for ms-vscode.wordcount.
  3. Click Install and reload if prompted.

Details

Publisher: Microsoft
Category: Documentation
Installs: 1000000+
Extension ID: ms-vscode.wordcount