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Character counter

Show a character counter on fields with validations on length

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Character Counter

A DatoCMS plugin that automatically adds a compact text analytics addon to fields configured with length validation.

By default, the addon stays quiet and shows a one-line summary with the most important metrics. Editors can expand it when they want more detail.

Credit

This plugin interface is heavily inspired by datocms-plugin-word-counter. Credit to the original work by Voorhoede for the inspiration.

What it shows

In the collapsed summary

  • Characters
  • Words
  • Special characters
  • Sentences
  • Paragraphs

Inside “Show details”

  • Include spaces toggle for the character count
  • Filter stopwords toggle for supported English locales (en*)
  • Common words list with live frequencies

Field behavior

  • slug: character-focused summary and details
  • string, text, structured_text: full live analytics

All metrics update live as the editor types.

Works with the following field types:

  • Slug
  • Single-line string
  • Multiple-paragraph text
  • Structured text
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