How to set a minimum word count for multi-author WordPress blog post?

Suppose you are the owner of a multi-author WordPress blog and you want to set a minimum word count for each blog posted by your author. So bloggers won’t be able to post short blog posts.

Here is a tutorial on how to set a minimum word count for WordPress blog. Once the word count is set, an error will be displayed when a blogger tries to publish a blog shorter than the minimum word count.

Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Editor, open functions.php file and copy-paste the following code:

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<?
function minWordCount(
$content
)
{
global $post
;
$content = $post
->
post_content
;
if (
str_word_count
(
$content
) < 100 ) //the minimum number of words
wp_die( __(
'Oops: your post is below the minimum word count. It needs to be at least 100 words or more.'
) )
;
}
add_action(
'publish_post'
, 'minWordCount'
)
;
?>

You have set the minimum word count to 100 words. You can change both the word count and the warning according to your blog standards.

By Jinnat Ul Hasan | On Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 | Under How To's | 1 Comment »

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