Comparison · generated on request
Character Countdown vs DL Smart Text Counter
Both plugins as this registry currently observes them. Figures come from the same daily snapshot, so they are directly comparable, which two separate wordpress.org pages, read minutes apart, are not.
| Character Countdown | DL Smart Text Counter | |
|---|---|---|
| What it does | Show character countdown in the Editor for Pages, Posts and Excerpts | Character count, word count, and sentence count tool with shortcode [dl_smart_text_counter]. |
| Active installs | 40+ | fewer than 10 |
| Rating | 5.0★ (3) | — |
| Last release | 11 years ago | 3 months ago |
| Current owner | Maeve Lander | Arun Sharma |
| Added to directory | 17 Nov 2014 | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Tested up to | WP 4.7.35 | WP 7.0.4 |
| Requires PHP | false | 7.0 |
Install figures are rounded by WordPress.org to one significant digit, so a gap smaller than a band step is not a difference. Nothing here ranks the two plugins or recommends either, and no link on this page earns anything.
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Records: Character Countdown · DL Smart Text Counter