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.

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WP Views Counter is a lightweight, high-performance plugin that accurately tracks and displays post, page, and custom post type views — directly in the WordPress admin, via shortcode, or with a Gutenberg block.
Built for bloggers, marketers, store owners, and developers, it works seamlessly across all post types — including WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads — with minimal impact on your site’s speed. No external scripts. No unnecessary bloat.
This plugin does one job and does it exceptionally well: it tells you which content is getting the most attention.
<h4>Key Benefits</h4>
✅ Accurate view counts in admin columns, shortcode, or block 
✅ Metabox per post with real-time views and reset button 
✅ Exclude views from logged-in users or specific roles 
✅ Fully AJAX-powered — no page reloads or slowdowns 
✅ Works with all post types, including EDD and WooCommerce 
✅ Block to display popular posts — no legacy widgets required 
✅ Developer-friendly and fully translatable 
✅ Import views from other plugins
Whether you’re optimizing your content strategy or simply want to know what’s working, WP Views Counter is the simple and effective alternative to bloated analytics plugins.
📦 Start tracking your most popular content today — with clarity, speed and control.
💡 Developer-friendly: <a href="https://github.com/Etruel-Developments/wpecounter/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">Contribute on GitHub</a> — forks and pull requests welcome.

WP Views Counter

Fast, lightweight post views counter. Display views in admin, blocks or shortcodes — no tracking scripts required.

CodeFaeries Views Metrics vs WP Views Counter