Long Watch Studio - Code Faeries

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.
Works with or without WooCommerce – 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.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Universal Tracking – Works with posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and any custom post type</li>
<li>Dashboard Widget – At-a-glance statistics with interactive chart on WordPress dashboard</li>
<li>Gutenberg Blocks – Post Views and Most Viewed Posts blocks for the block editor</li>
<li>Most Viewed Posts Widget – Sidebar widget to display popular content</li>
<li>Smart Exclusions – Exclude crawlers, AI bots, logged-in users, guests, specific roles, categories, or individual posts</li>
<li>Flexible Display – Show counters before content, after content, or manually via shortcode with customizable text</li>
<li>Role-Based Visibility – Control which user roles can see view counters</li>
<li>Role-Based Counting – Exclude specific roles from being counted (admins and shop managers by default)</li>
<li>Performance Optimized – Multiple tracking methods (PHP, JavaScript, REST API) including async modes for cached sites</li>
<li>WooCommerce Integration – Sort products by most viewed on shop pages</li>
<li>Quick/Bulk Edit – Manually adjust view counts directly from admin lists</li>
<li>Import Tool – Migrate view data from WP-PostViews or other plugins</li>
<li>GDPR Compliant – IP anonymization options and privacy policy snippet</li>
<li>Developer Friendly – Clean, well-documented code with filters and hooks</li>
<li>Admin Integration – View counts in post/product listing pages with sorting</li>
<li>Real-Time Statistics – Dashboard showing total, today, yesterday, weekly, and monthly views</li>
</ul>
<h3>Third-Party Libraries</h3>
This plugin uses the following third-party libraries:
<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.

Hugh Lashbrooke

“Post Hit Counter” does what it says on the tin – it counts how many hits your posts receive. Hit counts are displayed in a new column in the post list table, in the submit box on the post edit screen and in the admin bar on the frontend.
Plugin Features
<ul>
<li>Easily visible hit counts in the dashboard and in the admin bar on the frontend</li>
<li>Shortcode to display view count for current or specified post</li>
<li>Widget to display your most viewed posts anywhere on your site</li>
<li>Dashboard widget to show your most viewed posts at a glance</li>
<li>No complicated analytics and statistics to wade through</li>
<li>Option to select which post types must be counted</li>
<li>Option to select which user roles should not trigger the hit counter</li>
</ul>
This is not meant as a replacement for more advanced analytics plugins – it is a counter so you can see which of your posts are more popular without diving too deeply into complicated viewing statistics.
Want to contribute? <a href="https://github.com/hlashbrooke/Post-Hit-Counter" rel="nofollow ugc">Fork the GitHub repository</a>.
This plugin was initially created as a demo for <a href="http://2014.capetown.wordcamp.org/session/building-your-first-wordpress-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">a workshop</a> I ran at WordCamp Cape Town 2014. I have since fleshed it out and enhanced it to be more useful.

Post Hit Counter

Not complicated; just does what it says. Nice. Thanks.

Simply Works

A counter to track how many times your posts are viewed.

CodeFaeries Views Metrics vs Post Hit Counter