Medium Word Count

Counts words in a medium.com article. Adds a rough word count at the top of each Medium story next to the read time.

Medium Word Count - Firefox Add-on

Medium Word Count is a Firefox add-on that counts the number of words in a Medium story and adds the word count next to the read time. It is a useful tool for content consumers who prefer to know the word count instead of the read time, and for writers who want to track word count in their niche.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2
Daily users: -
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2020-07-28)
Version code: 5071503
Creation date: 2020-07-06
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
  • activeTab
Size: 17.23K
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

Add-on safety

Risk impact

Medium Word Count requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Request access to the following domains: medium.com, towardsdatascience.com, hackernoon.com, freecodecamp.org, psiloveyou.xyz, coach.me, codeburst.io, theascent.pub, mybridge.co, uxdesign.cc, gitconnected.com, itnext.io, entrepreneurshandbook.co, proandroiddev.com, prototypr.io, thebolditalic.com, usejournal.com, angularindepth.com, bitsrc.io, devartis.com, maddevs.io, getambassador.io, uxplanet.org, instagram-engineering.com, calia.me, productcoalition.com, opsgenie.com, jlelse.eu, robinhood.engineering, hipolabs.com, shopify.com
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Risk likelihood

Medium Word Count has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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