---
title: countwords
description: Counts the number of words in a string.
categories: [functions]
menu:
  docs:
    parent: functions
keywords: [counting, word count]
signature: ["countwords INPUT"]
relatedfuncs: [countrunes]
---

The template function works similar to the [.WordCount page variable][pagevars].

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


[pagevars]: /variables/page/