hugo/docs/content/en/functions/countwords.md

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countwords	Counts the number of words in a string.	functions	docs parent functions	counting word count	countwords INPUT	countrunes

The template function works similar to the .WordCount page variable.

{{ "Hugo is a static site generator." | countwords }}
<!-- outputs a content length of 6 words.  -->