add this to your functions.php and it will add Word Count named page to the dashboard and it will show the total word count for all posts.
// Add a custom page to the WordPress admin menu function word_count_admin_menu() { add_menu_page( 'Word Count', 'Word Count', 'manage_options', 'word-count', 'word_count_admin_page', 'dashicons-editor-spellcheck', 20 ); } add_action('admin_menu', 'word_count_admin_menu'); // Display the total word count of all posts in the custom admin page function word_count_admin_page() { global $wpdb; $total_word_count = 0; $results = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT post_content FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_status = 'publish' AND post_type = 'post'"); foreach ($results as $result) { $word_count = str_word_count(strip_tags($result->post_content)); $total_word_count += $word_count; } ?> <div class="wrap"> <h1>Total Word Count</h1> <p>The total number of words in all posts: <?php echo esc_html($total_word_count); ?></p> </div> <?php }