Word count search fields

Word count adds 6 fields to Confluence's search index. Once a page has been indexed you can filter and sort by them in Capable Search, and use them in ordinary Confluence CQL.

The Metrics panel for a page, with arrows marking three groups, Text, Elements and Other, and counts for paragraphs, words and characters — Counts are split into the text on a page (1), the elements in it (2) and everything else (3). The fields on this page hold the text figures.

#The fields

Field	What it holds
Capable Metrics Words	Match or sort pages by stored word count. The search table's Words column sorts on it.
Capable Metrics Paragraphs	Match pages by stored paragraph count.
Capable Metrics Characters	Match pages by stored character count. The built-in Empty content search uses it to find pages with a count of 0.

Capable Search results table with Title, Created by, Collaborators, Last updated, Status and Words columns, and a word count for each page — The Words column on the far right of the search table shows each page's word count.

GitHub search fields

6 fields.

Sites search fields

3 fields.

Capable search fields

Every field, and how they work.

Indexed, then searchable. In that order.