Maximum words
<textarea maxlength ="number" id="textarea"> <span id="txt-length-left1" style="color:red"></span>
<script> $(document).ready(function(){ var maxchars = 25; $('body').on('keyup paste', '#textarea', function () { $(this).val($(this).val().substring(0, maxchars)); var tlength = $(this).val().length; remain = maxchars - parseInt(tlength); $('#txt-length-left2').text(remain); }); }); </script>