Do you run a blog with multiple authors? Then, you probably have wondered how you can set a minimum word count for your posts in WordPress. In this article, we will share with you a snippet that lets you set a minimum Word count for your WordPress posts. If a user tries to publish a post that is too small, then it will return an error telling them the post is not long enough.<\/p>\n
Simply open your theme\u2019s\u00a0functions.php<\/em>\u00a0file and paste the following code:<\/p>\n You may change the minimum number of words from 100 to whatever you like. You can also customize the error to make it helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you run a blog with multiple authors? Then, you probably have wondered how you can set a minimum word count for your posts in WordPress. In this article, we will share with you a snippet that lets you set a minimum Word count for your WordPress posts. If a user tries to publish a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wordpress-tips"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n
\n \n \n function<\/code> minWord(<\/code>$content<\/code>)<\/code><\/div>\n{<\/code><\/div>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>global<\/code>\u00a0<\/span>$post<\/code>;<\/code><\/div>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>$content<\/code>\u00a0=\u00a0<\/code>$post<\/code>->post_content;<\/code><\/div>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>if<\/code> (<\/code>str_word_count<\/code>(<\/code>$content<\/code>) < 100 ) <\/code>\/\/set this to the minimum number of words<\/code><\/div>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/code>wp_die( __(<\/code>'Error: your post is below the minimum word count. It needs to be longer than 100 words.'<\/code>) );<\/code><\/div>\n}<\/code><\/div>\nadd_action(<\/code>'publish_post'<\/code>, <\/code>'minWord'<\/code>);<\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n