eleventy-plugin-wordcount

Eleventy

A collection of eleventy plugins

WordCount

This plugin creates a filter that takes a string, like 11ty content, then strips HTML tags, trims the lines and returns the word count.

1. Install the NPM package in eleventy folder

npm install -S eleventy-plugin-wordcount

1. Create or modify your .eleventy.js and add the plugin

const { wordCount } = require("eleventy-plugin-wordcount");
 
module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
  eleventyConfig.addPlugin(wordCount);
};

1. Use the plugin filter in your liquid templates

<strong>Contains {{ content | wordCount }} words</strong>