Long Watch Studio - Code Faeries

<p>CodeFaeries Views Metrics provides comprehensive view tracking for any post type including posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and custom post types. Built with clean, modern code architecture and extensive customization options.</p>
<p><strong>Works with or without WooCommerce</strong> – This plugin is fully functional for any WordPress site, whether you use WooCommerce or not. WooCommerce integration is completely optional and provides bonus features when available.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Universal Tracking</strong> – Works with posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and any custom post type</li>
<li><strong>Dashboard Widget</strong> – At-a-glance statistics with interactive chart on WordPress dashboard</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Blocks</strong> – Post Views and Most Viewed Posts blocks for the block editor</li>
<li><strong>Most Viewed Posts Widget</strong> – Sidebar widget to display popular content</li>
<li><strong>Smart Exclusions</strong> – Exclude crawlers, AI bots, logged-in users, guests, specific roles, categories, or individual posts</li>
<li><strong>Flexible Display</strong> – Show counters before content, after content, or manually via shortcode with customizable text</li>
<li><strong>Role-Based Visibility</strong> – Control which user roles can see view counters</li>
<li><strong>Role-Based Counting</strong> – Exclude specific roles from being counted (admins and shop managers by default)</li>
<li><strong>Performance Optimized</strong> – Multiple tracking methods (PHP, JavaScript, REST API) including async modes for cached sites</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce Integration</strong> – Sort products by most viewed on shop pages</li>
<li><strong>Quick/Bulk Edit</strong> – Manually adjust view counts directly from admin lists</li>
<li><strong>Import Tool</strong> – Migrate view data from WP-PostViews or other plugins</li>
<li><strong>GDPR Compliant</strong> – IP anonymization options and privacy policy snippet</li>
<li><strong>Developer Friendly</strong> – Clean, well-documented code with filters and hooks</li>
<li><strong>Admin Integration</strong> – View counts in post/product listing pages with sorting</li>
<li><strong>Real-Time Statistics</strong> – Dashboard showing total, today, yesterday, weekly, and monthly views</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
<p>This plugin uses the following third-party libraries:</p>
<h4>Chart.js</h4>
<ul>
<li>License: MIT License — https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</li>
<li>Source: https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js</li>
<li>Version: 4.5.0</li>
<li>Usage: renders interactive charts in the admin dashboard widget and the post-list column chart modal.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Select2</h4>
<ul>
<li>License: MIT License — https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT</li>
<li>Source: https://github.com/select2/select2</li>
<li>Version: 4.0.13</li>
<li>Usage: enhances the searchable dropdowns on the plugin settings page.</li>
</ul>


CodeFaeries Views Metrics

Lightweight post and product views tracking with dashboard stats, Gutenberg blocks, and smart exclusions.

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Faiyaz Alam

<p>Countera is a lightweight and efficient plugin that helps you track and display the number of views each of your posts receives. With a simple and intuitive interface, you can monitor the popularity of your content on a per-user, per-date basis. This data can be easily exported in CSV format for further analysis and reporting.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>View Tracking</strong>: Monitor the number of views for each post.</li>
<li><strong>Per-User and Per-Date Tracking</strong>: View counts are tracked individually by user and date.</li>
<li><strong>CSV Export</strong>: Easily export view count data in CSV format for further analysis.</li>
<li><strong>Simple User Interface</strong>: User-friendly interface for viewing and managing post view counts.</li>
<li><strong>Lightweight and Fast</strong>: Optimized for performance to ensure your site remains fast.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>If you find any bug, please create a topic with a step by step description to reproduce the bug.<br />
Please search the forum before creating a new topic.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>View Post Counts</strong>: After activation, the plugin will start tracking views for all posts.</li>
<li><strong>Check Statistics</strong>: Navigate to the plugin’s admin page to see the detailed statistics of post views.</li>
<li><strong>Export Data</strong>: Click on the ‘Export’ button to download the view count data in CSV format.</li>
</ol>


Countera

Track post view count by user and date for better insights.

CodeFaeries Views Metrics vs Countera