# Discourse Characters Required

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-characters-required/77195
**Category:** Plugin
**Tags:** official, characters-required
**Created:** [January 3, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-characters-required/77195 "2018-01-03T21:05:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Page:** 1

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### Author: ![Discourse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/32/148734_2.png) [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-characters-required/77195/1 "2018-01-03T21:05:45Z")

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| :discourse2: | **Summary** | **Discourse Characters Required** adds a count of characters required in the composer. |
| 🛠 | **Repository Link** | [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-characters-required](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-characters-required) |
| 📖 | **Install Guide** | [How to install plugins in Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-plugins-in-discourse/19157) |

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> :discourse2: As this is an #official plugin maintained by the Discourse team, #Support, #Contribute > Bug, #Contribute > UX, and #Contribute > Feature requests can be made in the respective categories here on Meta, and tagged with the appropriate plugin tag. Click on a link below to get one started. 👍
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> [❓&nbsp; **Support**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=6&body=%3E%20Before%20asking,%20did%20you%20search%20first%3F%20Press%20%F0%9F%94%8D%20at%20the%20upper%20right%20to%20search.&tags=characters-required "Ask for support on configuring and using Discourse Characters Required") [🐛&nbsp; **Bug**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=1&tags=characters-required "A bug report means something is broken, preventing normal/typical use of the plugin") [👀&nbsp; **UX**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=9&tags=characters-required "Discussion about the user interface of Discourse Characters Required, and how features are presented (including language and UI elements)") [💡&nbsp; **Feature**](https://meta.discourse.org/new-topic?category_id=2&tags=characters-required "Discussion about how existing Discourse Characters Required features can be improved or enhanced, and how proposed new features could work")

### Features

If installed, users will see an indicator of how many characters are required before their post can be made:

 ![screenshot](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/f/2f6969cfe0448b005ab79a74abf53cd2774dd1fa.png)

> Last edited by @JammyDodger 2024-06-03T22:00:39Z
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