Word Count that works in 1.2?

Word/Image count works if the –more– tag is used, yes.

You could just use echo(str_word_count(get_the_content()));

I also have a plugin for wordcounting available at my site:
https://false-hopes.com/wp-plugins-wordcount.php

I’ve made a plugin that counts words better than the get_the_content one. It’s called Words in Post and can be found at https://lee.org/blog/archives/2005/01/14/words-in-post/