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.

Brijesh Dhanani

Piyush Asthana

Ronak J Vanpariya

Kajal Gohel

Ankita Tanti

<p>WP Post Views counts the views of your built-in post types (Posts, Pages) and Custom Post Types. It provides multiple ways to display these counts, including a modern Gutenberg block, shortcodes, and PHP functions.</p>
<h3>Features And Options:</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Simple & Easy:</strong> Designed to be simple and easy to understand for everyone.</li>
<li><strong>Gutenberg Block:</strong> A dedicated “Post Views” block for easy placement in your layouts.</li>
<li><strong>IP Filtering:</strong> Option to filter views by IP address to ensure accurate counts.</li>
<li><strong>Post Type Support:</strong> Choose which post types to track in the settings.</li>
<li><strong>Admin Column:</strong> View counts directly in your post/page lists in the admin dashboard.</li>
<li><strong>Performance:</strong> Optimized queries and transient caching for total view counts.</li>
</ul>
<h3>How to Display Post Views:</h3>
<p><strong>1. Gutenberg Block</strong><br />
Search for the “Post Views” block in the editor.</p>
<p><strong>2. Shortcodes</strong><br />
– <code>[WPPV-TOTAL-VIEWS]</code>: Display the view count for the current post.<br />
– <code>[WPPV-TOTAL-VIEWS-PER-POST-TYPE post_type="post"]</code>: Display total views for a specific post type.</p>
<p><strong>3. PHP Function</strong>
    </p>
<h3>Tutorial</h3>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/11NH5xOBs68?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>
<h3>Development</h3>
<ul>
<li>Development happening on GitHub :- <a href="https://github.com/vanpariyar/wp-post-views" rel="nofollow ugc">WP Post Views Github</a></li>
<li>Create issue on the GitHub OR Pull request for new feature when new tag added it will automatically deployed.</li>
</ul>


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