Do you want to specify a minimum word count for posts on your WordPress website or blog? Defining a minimum word count for posts should come handy for multi-author blogs that accept guest posts. Your authors will be forced to submit a post with the minimum number of words.
Copy the code below and paste it in the ‘functions.php’ file of your WordPress theme. If someone tries to publish a post that is below the minimum word count, an error message will be shown using the wp_die() function.
function minimumWords($content){
global $post;
$wordcount = 100; //set this to the minimum number of words
$content = $post->post_content;
if (str_word_count($content) < $wordcount)
wp_die( __('Error: your post is too short. Please increase the word count to'. $wordcount. 'words.') ); ?>
}
add_action('publish_post', 'minimumWords');
