README

Soft Limit for Craft CMS

Improve authorship experience quality with gentle character limit guidance. Soft Limit provides real-time character counters for text fields, helping content creators stay within recommended limits without blocking their workflow.

🔧 Quick Start

1. Install Soft Limit

You can install Soft Limit by searching for "Soft Limit" in the Craft Plugin Store, or install manually using composer.

composer require tallowandsons/craft-soft-limit

2. Configure Your Fields

Add soft limits to any text field by including a special marker in the field's instructions:

1. Edit any Plain Text, CKEditor, or Redactor field
2. In the field's Instructions field, add one of:
   • [soft-limit:150] or [soft-limit:150c] for 150 characters
   • [soft-limit:50w] for 50 words
3. Save the field

3. Start Writing 🎉

Your content creators will now see a live character counter that updates as they type, helping them craft content that fits within your guidelines.

Why Choose Soft Limit?

Non-Intrusive Guidance

Unlike hard character limits that block saving, Soft Limit provides gentle guidance that helps content creators stay within guidelines without interrupting their workflow.

Works with multiple field types

Works seamlessly with Plain Text, CKEditor, and Redactor fields.

For rich text fields, Soft Limit strips formatting before counting, and will count characters or words depending on the marker you use.

Examples

Product Descriptions

Write a compelling product description that highlights key features. [soft-limit:20w]

Meta Descriptions

Create an SEO-friendly meta description for this page. [soft-limit:160]

Article Summaries

Provide a brief summary of this article for the homepage. [soft-limit:120]

Requirements

This plugin supports

• Craft CMS 5.0.0 or later
• Craft CMS 4.0.0 or later

License

This plugin requires a commercial license purchasable through the Craft Plugin Store.

Credits

Made with care and attention by Tallow & Sons