This plugin replaces the word count info in bottom of the edit post window by the characters/words count (on the fly). Additionnaly, you can limit the characters/words count for defined user roles.
Here’s the list of the settings (see screenshots for further infos):
#chars
(the character count that has been typed), #words
(The number of words), #maxChars
(the max characters allowed), #leftChars
(the characters count left),#maxWords
(the max words allowed), #leftWords
(the words count left).Availabe languages : english and french.