# @wordpress/wordcount

WordPress word count utility.

## Installation

Install the module

``` bash
npm install @wordpress/wordcount --save
```

*This package assumes that your code will run in an **ES2015+** environment. If you’re using an environment that has limited or no support for such language features and APIs, you should include [the polyfill shipped in `@wordpress/babel-preset-default`](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/HEAD/packages/babel-preset-default#polyfill) in your code.*

## API

### count

Count some words.

*Usage*

``` ts
import { count } from '@wordpress/wordcount';
const numberOfWords = count( 'Words to count', 'words', {} );
```

*Parameters*

- *text* `string`: The text being processed
- *type* `Strategy`: The type of count. Accepts ‘words’, ‘characters_excluding_spaces’, or ‘characters_including_spaces’.
- *userSettings* `UserSettings`: Custom settings object.

*Returns*

- `number`: The word or character count.

## Contributing to this package

This is an individual package that’s part of the Gutenberg project. The project is organized as a monorepo. It’s made up of multiple self-contained software packages, each with a specific purpose. The packages in this monorepo are published to [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/) and used by [WordPress](https://make.wordpress.org/core/) as well as other software projects.

To find out more about contributing to this package or Gutenberg as a whole, please read the project’s main [contributor guide](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/HEAD/CONTRIBUTING.md).