diff --git a/config/_default/params.toml b/config/_default/params.toml
index 875dc423..4d693ddb 100644
--- a/config/_default/params.toml
+++ b/config/_default/params.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ colorScheme = "congo"
   showPagination = true
   showReadingTime = true
   # sharingLinks = ["facebook", "twitter", "pinterest", "reddit", "linkedin", "email"]
+  showWordCount = true
 
 [list]
   showBreadcrumbs = false
diff --git a/i18n/de.yaml b/i18n/de.yaml
index 7cdc20e3..631707bd 100644
--- a/i18n/de.yaml
+++ b/i18n/de.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ article:
     one: "{{ .Count }} min"
     other: "{{ .Count }} min"
   reading_time_title: "Lesezeit"
+  # word_count:
+  # one: "{{ .Count }} word"
+  # other: "{{ .Count }} words"
 
 author:
   byline_title: "Autor"
diff --git a/i18n/en.yaml b/i18n/en.yaml
index 1c539b3b..6cb5c3d5 100644
--- a/i18n/en.yaml
+++ b/i18n/en.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ article:
     one: "{{ .Count }} min"
     other: "{{ .Count }} mins"
   reading_time_title: "Reading time"
+  word_count:
+    one: "{{ .Count }} word"
+    other: "{{ .Count }} words"
 
 author:
   byline_title: "Author"
diff --git a/i18n/es.yaml b/i18n/es.yaml
index 4a7df79b..c8afbc09 100644
--- a/i18n/es.yaml
+++ b/i18n/es.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ article:
     one: "{{ .Count }} min"
     other: "{{ .Count }} mins"
   reading_time_title: "Tiempo de lectura"
+  # word_count:
+  # one: "{{ .Count }} word"
+  # other: "{{ .Count }} words"
 
 author:
   byline_title: "Autor"
diff --git a/i18n/fr.yaml b/i18n/fr.yaml
index bfe438fd..b3078535 100644
--- a/i18n/fr.yaml
+++ b/i18n/fr.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ article:
     one: "{{ .Count }} min"
     other: "{{ .Count }} mins"
   reading_time_title: "Temps de lecture"
+  # word_count:
+  # one: "{{ .Count }} word"
+  # other: "{{ .Count }} words"
 
 author:
   byline_title: "Auteur"
diff --git a/i18n/pt-BR.yaml b/i18n/pt-BR.yaml
index 6e5b7d2f..2396bc7b 100644
--- a/i18n/pt-BR.yaml
+++ b/i18n/pt-BR.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ article:
     one: "{{ .Count }} minuto"
     other: "{{ .Count }} minutos"
   reading_time_title: "Tempo de leitura"
+  # word_count:
+  # one: "{{ .Count }} word"
+  # other: "{{ .Count }} words"
 
 author:
   byline_title: "Autor"
diff --git a/i18n/zh.yaml b/i18n/zh.yaml
index 175208a0..ec93aa7e 100644
--- a/i18n/zh.yaml
+++ b/i18n/zh.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ article:
   reading_time:
     other: "{{ .Count }} 分钟"
   reading_time_title: "预计阅读"
+  word_count:
+    one: "{{ .Count }} 字"
+    other: "{{ .Count }} 字"
 
 author:
   byline_title: "作者"
diff --git a/layouts/partials/article-meta.html b/layouts/partials/article-meta.html
index e2118119..c0e2a8f3 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/article-meta.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/article-meta.html
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     {{ $meta.Add "partials" (slice (partial "meta/date.html" .)) }}
   {{ end }}
 
+  {{ if and (.Params.showWordCount | default (.Site.Params.article.showWordCount | default true)) (ne .WordCount 0) }}
+    {{ $meta.Add "partials" (slice (partial "meta/word-count.html" .)) }}
+  {{ end }}
+
   {{ if and (.Params.showReadingTime | default (.Site.Params.article.showReadingTime | default true)) (ne .ReadingTime 0) }}
     {{ $meta.Add "partials" (slice (partial "meta/reading-time.html" .)) }}
   {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/meta/word-count.html b/layouts/partials/meta/word-count.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e68ec0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/meta/word-count.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<span>
+    {{- i18n "article.word_count" .WordCount | emojify -}}
+</span>
+{{- /* Trim EOF */ -}}
+  
\ No newline at end of file