Watch Me Make a Word Counter From Scratch!
In this recipe, we’re cooking up a word count tool that scans all the blocks on a page, tallies up the words, and—if there aren’t enough—locks the post from being saved or published. It’s like a kitchen timer for your content, making sure every dish meets the minimum serving size before it leaves the kitchen! ⏱️📋👨🍳
Recipe: https://blockdevelopercookbook.com/re...
00:00 Introduction to Word Counter Plugin
00:59 Setting Up the Build Process
01:51 Enqueueing Scripts
02:57 Implementing Slot Fill System
05:09 Counting Blocks and Words
08:14 Using WordPress Word Count Package
10:46 Managing State with useState
14:25 Implementing Post Locking
16:51 Final Testing and Debugging
Connect:
/ ryanwelchercodes
/ ryanwelcher
/ ryanwelcher
https://bsky.app/profile/ryanwelcher.com
Projects:
👉 Advanced Query Loop plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/advance...
👉 WordPress Snippets VSCode extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/...
👉 WordPress Playground markdown editor: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/...
Credits:
Stream-Safe Metal playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MI...
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