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Light Views Counter is a professional, high-performance WordPress plugin that tracks post views using intelligent scroll detection.
It is specifically designed for high-traffic websites and large databases, where other plugins often slow down or fail to perform efficiently. It delivers reliable view tracking without adding query overhead or slowing down your site’s performance.
Designed for news sites, magazines, bloggers, and content creators, this plugin helps you filter popular posts and show views that truly resonate with your audience.
<h4>🌟 Why Choose Light Views Counter?</h4>
Looking for a lightweight, reliable, and high-performance post views counter for WordPress? Light Views Counter is designed with precision and efficiency in mind, built to track genuine user engagement without slowing down your site.
Tracking
<ul>
<li>Scroll Detection Technology: Only counts views when visitors actually read your content (configurable scroll threshold)</li>
<li>Bot Protection: Automatically filters out search engine crawlers and automated traffic</li>
<li>Duplicate Prevention: Prevent counting the same user multiple times within a configurable time window</li>
<li>Short Content Smart Detection: Intelligently handles posts that fit in viewport without requiring scroll</li>
</ul>
Lightning Fast Performance
<ul>
<li>Zero Impact on Page Speed: Asynchronous REST API ensures counting happens in the background</li>
<li>Built-in Caching: caching system reduces database load</li>
<li>sendBeacon API: Fire-and-forget counting for maximum performance (enabled by default)</li>
</ul>
Easy to Use
<ul>
<li>Automatic Tracking: Works immediately after activation, no configuration required</li>
<li>Flexible Shortcode: Display views anywhere with <code>[lightvc_post_views]</code> shortcode</li>
<li>Popular Posts Widgets: Ready-to-use WordPress and Elementor widgets</li>
<li>Auto-Display Option: Automatically show view counts at the end of posts</li>
</ul>
Developer Friendly
<ul>
<li>Clean Public API: Simple functions: <code>lightvc_get_post_views()</code>, <code>lightvc_get_popular_posts()</code></li>
<li>WP_Query Integration: Sort posts by views: <code>'orderby' => 'lightvc_views'</code></li>
<li>Hooks & Filters: Customize everything: <code>lightvc_post_views_count</code>, <code>lightvc_views_html</code>, <code>lightvc_exclude_user</code></li>
<li>REST API Endpoints: HTTP access for external integrations</li>
</ul>
Enterprise Ready
<ul>
<li>High Traffic Optimized: Tested on sites with millions of views per day</li>
<li>Cache Plugin Compatible: Works perfectly with WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, Cloudflare</li>
<li>GDPR Compliant: No personal data collection, no cookies, privacy-focused</li>
</ul>
<h4>Perfect For</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bloggers: See which posts your readers love most</li>
<li>News Websites: Track trending stories and breaking news engagement</li>
<li>Magazine Sites: Identify top-performing content and popular topics</li>
<li>Content Marketers: Measure content performance and reader engagement</li>
<li>E-commerce: Track product page views and customer interest</li>
<li>Publishers: Understand content performance across categories</li>
</ul>
<h4>🗝️ Key features:</h4>
Every feature is carefully engineered to ensure accuracy, speed, and seamless integration with your WordPress site. From smart counting logic and flexible widgets to detailed analytics and developer-friendly APIs.
Smart Counting System
<ul>
<li>Scroll-based view detection</li>
<li>Automatic short content detection and handling</li>
<li>Configurable time window to prevent duplicate counts</li>
<li>Admin user exclusion (don’t count your own views)</li>
<li>Bot and crawler filtering</li>
</ul>
Widgets & Integration
<ul>
<li>Standard WordPress widget for popular posts</li>
<li>Display options: thumbnails, view counts, dates</li>
<li>Fully customizable layouts</li>
<li>Works in any widget area</li>
</ul>
Analytics & Reporting
<ul>
<li>Admin dashboard with statistics</li>
<li>Total views across all posts</li>
<li>Most viewed posts list</li>
<li>Average views per post</li>
<li>Views column in posts list (sortable)</li>
</ul>
Performance Features
<ul>
<li>Custom database table with optimized indexes</li>
<li>WP cache support</li>
<li>sendBeacon API for fire-and-forget requests</li>
<li>Conditional script loading</li>
<li>No external dependencies</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translations & Compatibility</h4>
<ul>
<li>Translation ready with .pot file included</li>
<li>Works with any WordPress theme</li>
<li>Deep integration with Foxiz News theme</li>
<li>Cache Plugins: WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, Autoptimize</li>
<li>CDN Services: Cloudflare, StackPath, KeyCDN, BunnyCDN</li>
</ul>
<h4>🔒 Privacy & Security</h4>
<ul>
<li>No personal data collection</li>
<li>No cookies used</li>
<li>No cross-site tracking</li>
<li>localStorage is client-side only</li>
<li>Complete transparency</li>
<li>Rate limiting to prevent abuse</li>
<li>Admin capability checks</li>
</ul>
<h4>Configuration (Optional)</h4>
After activation, you can customize settings:
Navigate to Settings > Light Views Counter 
With Foxiz Theme: Navigate to Foxiz Admin > Light Views Counter
The plugin features a modern admin interface with toast notifications, and organized sections.
Available Settings:
Easily customize how Light Views Counter works on your site. Every option is designed to give you full control while keeping things fast, and easy to manage.
Tracking Settings:
<ul>
<li>Scroll Threshold (default: 50%) – How far users must scroll before counting a view</li>
<li>Time Window (default: 1800 seconds / 30 minutes) – Prevents duplicate counts from same user</li>
<li>Supported Post Types (default: Posts) – Select which post types to track (Posts, Pages, Custom Types)</li>
<li>Fast Mode (default: Enabled) – Uses sendBeacon API for maximum performance</li>
</ul>
Performance Settings:
<ul>
<li>Enable Caching (default: Enabled) – Cache view counts for better performance</li>
<li>Cache Duration (default: 300 seconds / 5 minutes) – How long to cache data</li>
<li>Query Method (default: Subquery) – Choose Subquery (<100k posts) or JOIN (100k+ posts) for orderby queries</li>
</ul>
Display Settings:
<ul>
<li>Show Views on Content (default: Disabled) – Auto-display view count at end of posts</li>
</ul>
API Settings:
<ul>
<li>Enable GET Endpoint (default: Disabled) – Allow public REST API access to view counts</li>
</ul>
<h4>Getting Started</h4>

<ol>
<li>Verify Tracking – Visit any post on your site, scroll down, then check the admin dashboard statistics</li>
<li>Add Widgets – Go to Appearance > Widgets and add “Popular Posts (Light Views Counter)”</li>
<li>View Statistics – Check the Views column in your Posts list (admin area)</li>
</ol>
That’s it! Your site is now tracking post views intelligently.
<h4>💻 For Developers</h4>
Light Views Counter provides a complete developer toolkit:
PHP Functions:
<ul>
<li><code>lightvc_get_post_views( $post_id )</code></li>
<li><code>lightvc_get_popular_posts( $args )</code></li>
</ul>
WP_Query Integration:
<ul>
<li><code>'orderby' => 'lightvc_views'</code></li>
</ul>
Hooks & Filters:
<ul>
<li><code>lightvc_post_views_count</code></li>
<li><code>lightvc_views_html</code></li>
<li><code>lightvc_exclude_user</code></li>
<li><code>lightvc_views_counted</code></li>
</ul>
REST API:
<ul>
<li><code>GET /wp-json/lightvc/v1/views/{id}</code></li>
<li><code>POST /wp-json/lightvc/v1/count</code></li>
</ul>
<h4>🔗 Useful Links</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://themeruby.com/lvc-documentation/" rel="nofollow ugc">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://themeruby.com" rel="nofollow ugc">ThemeRuby Website</a></li>
</ul>

Light Views Counter – Fast, Scalable View Counter for High-Traffic Sites

Lightweight and fast post view counter with smart tracking, built for high-traffic sites and large post databases.

Ga Satrya

Idenovasi

Due to WordPress 5.8 major update for Widgets, if you want to use this plugin, you must use WordPress 5.8.x
Smart recent posts widget provides flexible and highly customizable <a href="https://idenovasi.com/projects/smart-recent-posts-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">recent posts widget</a>. Allows you to display a list of the most recent posts with thumbnail, excerpt, date, author, comment count also you can display it from all or specific or multiple categories or tags, post types and much more!
<h4>Install, Activate, Done!</h4>
Using the widget is super easy with clear inline information. It provides a lot of options to fit your needs, need more option? Please ask on Support forum.
<h4>Features Include</h4>
<ul>
<li>Style: Choose 3 different posts list style</li>
<li>Open link in new tab</li>
<li>Show/hide post title</li>
<li>Allow you to set title url</li>
<li>Selected or multiple post types</li>
<li>Selected or multiple categories</li>
<li>Selected or multiple tags</li>
<li>Include or Exclude Categories</li>
<li>Post status</li>
<li>Custom html or text before and/or after recent posts</li>
<li>Orderby date, comment count, random, and more</li>
<li>Display thumbnails</li>
<li>Display excerpt, with customizable length.</li>
<li>Display post date</li>
<li>Display modification date</li>
<li>Display comment count</li>
<li>Display post author</li>
<li>Exclude current post</li>
<li>Custom CSS</li>
<li>Multiple widgets</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support this project</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smart-recent-posts-widget/" rel="nofollow ugc">Translate to your language</a>.</li>
<li>Contribute on <a href="https://github.com/idenovasi/smart-recent-posts-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://paypal.me/satrya" rel="nofollow ugc">Donate</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Style Explanation</h3>
There are 3 style you can choose:
<ul>
<li>Default</li>
<li>Classic</li>
<li>Modern</li>
</ul>
Default 
This is just a basic style, the posts list style follow your theme stylesheet.
Classic 
Classic style is a basic style with some little improvement, it adds a nice border bottom to each list to seperate them and change the font color and size of the post meta and excerpt. This style works with whatever setting you choose, either small thumbnail or big thumbnail with centered position.
Modern 
Modern style adds a nice opacity to the thumbnail and display the title on the corner of the thumbnail. This style only works perfectly with some condition, if you want to get the best result please follow below steps:
<ul>
<li>Switch the Thumbnail Size to medium</li>
<li>Only display the title, please uncheck another data such as date, comment count, author, etc.</li>
<li>Remove everything inside the Custom CSS box.</li>
<li>Switch the Style option to Modern</li>
<li>Done!</li>
</ul>
Please open the Screenshot tab above to see the style design.

Smart Recent Posts Widget

Would be nice if you could choose from custom taxonomies, too. :)

Works well

Provides advanced recent posts widget,you can display it with thumbnails, excerpt, date, author, comment count and more.

Light Views Counter – Fast, Scalable View Counter for High-Traffic Sites vs Smart Recent Posts Widget