# Character count when writing description

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/character-count-when-writing-description/190698
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** composer, characters-required
**Created:** [May 17, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/character-count-when-writing-description/190698 "2021-05-17T17:14:48Z")
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### Author: ![alltiagocom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alltiagocom/32/492709_2.png) [@alltiagocom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alltiagocom)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2025, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/character-count-when-writing-description/190698/15 "2025-03-24T20:57:14Z")

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I made small changes to the component for myself, because I have no experience with GitHub, the forks, etc.  
I ended up with this:  
[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/5/2/f52c0ab28bff3cbee7ab94767fc010db63a6e104.png) ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/5/2/f52c0ab28bff3cbee7ab94767fc010db63a6e104.png)

You can read more about it here and see if you agree with my suggestions:

> [@Suggestion for the "Characters Required" plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggestion-for-the-characters-required-plugin/358621/7):
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> Where were you a few hours go to prevent me from having to go through the painful process of installing the plugin? wink That is indeed what I wanted. A few suggestions, if you think they are worth implementing: 1 - Ability to change the color of the text. In my particular case, I like it in the original color. On my non-professional UI expertise, I like to see red only when something is over the limit, for example, too many characters that will throw an error if I try to save, or if it do…

And thank you so much @merefield for coming up with this component! 🙌

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