Tim Boulley

<p><strong>BT Visitor Insights</strong> is a privacy-friendly, self-hosted analytics plugin. Everything stays on your server — no Google Analytics, no third-party tracking scripts, no data sent to any external analytics platform.</p>
<p>Activate it and your dashboard starts filling with real visitor data: where they’re from, what pages they viewed, what device they’re on, and how long they’ve been around.</p>
<h4>Why use it?</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>No third-party tracking.</strong> All visitor data stays in your WordPress database.</li>
<li><strong>Zero configuration.</strong> Activate the plugin and data starts collecting immediately.</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight.</strong> No bulky frontend tracking script — tracking happens server-side, so it works alongside any caching plugin.</li>
<li><strong>Real-time.</strong> See who’s on your site right now (last 15 minutes).</li>
<li><strong>Respectful.</strong> Honors the Do Not Track browser header and skips logged-in administrators.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Real-time active-visitor count</li>
<li>IP geolocation — city, region, country, country flag</li>
<li>Page view tracking with titles and referrers</li>
<li>Device detection — desktop, mobile, tablet</li>
<li>Browser and operating system breakdown</li>
<li>Top pages, top referrers, top countries</li>
<li>30-day visual bar chart</li>
<li>Per-visitor history — click any IP to see every page they viewed</li>
<li>Date-range filters — today, 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, all time</li>
<li>Auto-cleanup — old data is purged based on your configurable retention period (default 90 days)</li>
<li>IP exclusion list and IP anonymization (in Settings)</li>
<li>CSV export of visitors and page views</li>
<li>Dashboard widget on the WP admin home screen</li>
<li>Admin bar badge with live visitor count</li>
<li>Skips bots, crawlers, and logged-in admins</li>
<li>Respects the Do Not Track header</li>
</ul>
<h4>Pro version</h4>
<p>A <a href="https://boulleytechnology.ca/bt-visitor-insights.php" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro version</a> adds:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Email digests</strong> — daily or weekly HTML report with stats, top pages, and trend comparisons</li>
<li><strong>Traffic-spike alerts</strong> — get an email when page views exceed your normal baseline</li>
<li><strong>Geo-blocking</strong> — block or redirect visitors from specific countries</li>
<li><strong>Scheduled CSV exports</strong> — weekly or monthly automated email exports</li>
<li><strong>Goals & conversions</strong> — track URL-based goals and unique converters</li>
<li><strong>REST API access</strong> — query stats, visitors, and page views via /wp-json/btvi/v1/</li>
<li><strong>Multi-site rollup</strong> — aggregate stats from multiple WordPress sites in one dashboard</li>
<li><strong>White-label dashboard</strong> — customize the menu label and page title for client sites</li>
<li><strong>Unlimited data retention</strong> — keep visitor history forever</li>
</ul>
<p>The Pro version is sold separately and is not required to use this free plugin.</p>
<h3>External Services</h3>
<p>This plugin uses the <strong>ip-api.com</strong> geolocation API to look up the city, region, and country for each new visitor IP address. This request is made server-side from your WordPress installation when a visitor is first seen.</p>
<ul>
<li>Service: ip-api.com</li>
<li>What is sent: the visitor’s IP address</li>
<li>When: once per unique visitor IP, server-side</li>
<li>Privacy policy: https://ip-api.com/docs/legal</li>
<li>Terms of service: https://ip-api.com/docs/legal</li>
</ul>
<p>No data is sent to Boulley Technology or any other third party.</p>


BT Visitor Insights

Lightweight, self-hosted visitor analytics with IP geolocation, page views, device detection, and a real-time dashboard. No third-party scripts.

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<p>Add Star rating, pageviews and adds a tool for analyzing the effectiveness of content. Also this plugin adds a widget which shows popular posts and pages based on the rating and pageviews.</p>
<h4>Displays the number of page views</h4>
<p>[pageviews] – Displays the number of page views.</p>
<p>Notice:</p>
<ul>
<li>This shortcode can be used in the body of the article.</li>
<li>This shortcode can be used in the loop body of templates.</li>
<li>This shortcode cannot be used outside the loop of the template.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>[pageviews]
do_shortcode('[pageviews]');
</code></pre>
<h4>Display the rating starss</h4>
<p>[pageratings] – display the rating stars.</p>
<p>Notice:</p>
<ul>
<li>This shortcode can be used in the body of the article.</li>
<li>This shortcode can be used in the loop body of templates.</li>
<li>This shortcode cannot be used outside the loop of the template.</li>
</ul>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre><code>[pageratings]
do_shortcode('[pageratings]');
</code></pre>


Best Rating & Pageviews

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Add Star rating, pageviews and adds a tool for analyzing the effectiveness of content with the supplied shortcode.

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