PluginStatsWord Count installs statistics
By Microsoft (224 listings) · VS Code Marketplace · Other
Markdown Word Count Example - a status bar contribution that reports out the number of works in a Markdown document as you interact with it.
Word Count has 328,521 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #1089 of 2,501 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 2.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings.
PluginStats has 4 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 19, 2026.
Rating: 2.83 / 5 from 6 ratings
About Word Count
VSCode - WordCount README
This is a simple extension that illustrates a number of concepts when it comes to writing extensions for VS Code.
• Activation on a file type open • Contributing to the status bar • Subscribing to update events • Adding a test to your extension • Marking up the package.json so the gallery looks good
Functionality
It's pretty simple open up a Markdown file and the status bar will have an auto-updating wordcount in it...
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- markdown
Where Word Count sits in the listing
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Charts
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Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Ranking history
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Recent observations
Full history (4)Similar VS Code Marketplace Other plugins
Data source
Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode.wordcount. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 19, 2026. See the methodology.