Setting minimum word count for WordPress posts

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Setting a minimum word count for WordPress blog posts

1. Log in to your WordPress site with an administrator account.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Theme Editor:\
3. On the Theme Editor, select the Theme you want to edit from the dropdown:\
4. The files for this selected theme are listed on the right column under Theme Files. Click on the file named “functions.php”:\
5. Insert the following code to the end of functions.php file and click Update File Button to save the changes:

function minWord($content)

{

    global $post;

    $content = $post->post_content;

    if (str_word_count($content) < 100 ) //set this to the minimum number of words

    wp_die( __('Error: your post is below the minimum word count. It needs to be longer than 100 words.') );

}

add_action('publish_post', 'minWord');

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