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Post Views Counter allows you to collect and display how many times a post, page, or other content has been viewed in a simple, fast and reliable way.
<a href="https://postviewscounter.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Post Views Counter</a> gives you clear, accurate post view stats — right inside WordPress. No external tools. No bloat. Just the numbers you need to see what’s working.
<h4>Key Benefits</h4>
Clarity, speed, and control:
<ul>
<li>Clear, Focused Metrics — You get a clear picture of how your posts are performing.</li>
<li>Made for WordPress — Runs entirely in your site. No GA, no third-party pipes; accurate counts in your Dashboard.</li>
<li>Privacy-first — Data lives on your server, with controls that respect visitors’ rights and privacy regulations.</li>
<li>Works at scale — Minimal overhead, no external scripts, Multisite-ready.</li>
<li>Display anywhere — Automatically show counts, or place them exactly where you want via blocks or shortcode.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
Practical features that matter:
<ul>
<li>Count & display views for any post type you select.</li>
<li>Three counting modes: PHP, JavaScript, REST API</li>
<li>Dashboard post views stats widget</li>
<li>Sortable Post Views admin column</li>
<li>Exclude bots, logged-in users, specific roles, or IPs</li>
<li>Manually adjust a post’s views when needed.</li>
<li>Query and order content by views (developer-friendly)</li>
<li>Custom REST API endpoints</li>
<li>Option to set count interval</li>
<li>One-click data import from WP-PostViews, Statify and Page Views Count</li>
<li>Post views display position, automatic or manual via shortcode</li>
<li>Multisite compatibile</li>
<li>WPML/Polylang compatible; translation-ready (.pot)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Post Views Counter Pro</h4>
More capability without extra complexity:
<ul>
<li>Fast AJAX counting for more accurate data.</li>
<li>Caching optimization that guarantees performance even under heavy traffic.</li>
<li>Reports: Views by Date, Post, Author to spot winners, trends, and top contributors.</li>
<li>Customizable Views Period (e.g., last 7/30 days) to control the views count timeframe.</li>
<li>Export to CSV/XML to download and share data.</li>
<li>Integrations for ordering by views in popular builders (e.g., Elementor Pro, Divi, GenerateBlocks).</li>
</ul>
<a href="https://postviewscounter.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Learn more about Pro →</a>

Post Views Counter

goood

This plugin is awesome. Hope it will be great for future too

Awesome plugin


I love this simple but easy to use plugin! 


Simple but good

great plugin


I've been using it for a few years as a parallel stats tracker for a pretty traffic-heavy site and it's been serving me well.



It's great for small and simple websites too :)


Stable and scalable

Thanks.

Post Views Counter allows you to collect and display how many times a post, page, or other content has been viewed in a simple, fast and reliable way.

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FlareStats brings your CloudFlare web analytics data directly into the WordPress admin. No third-party tracking services, no cookies — just privacy-preserving analytics from Cloudflare.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dashboard Widget — A compact summary widget on the WordPress Dashboard.</li>
<li>Full Analytics Screen — Dedicated admin page with a 7-day daily chart, top 5 pages, and top 3 countries.</li>
<li>Last 7 Days — Data always covers the rolling last 7 days.</li>
<li>Cloudflare GraphQL API — Connects to the Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API using your API Token.</li>
<li>Lightweight & Dependency-Free — No external JavaScript frameworks; charts are CSS-based.</li>
<li>Caching — API responses cached via WordPress transients to minimise API calls.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Requirements</h4>
<ul>
<li>A <a href="https://cloudflare.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Cloudflare</a> account with Web Analytics enabled for your site.</li>
<li>A Cloudflare API Token with Account Analytics: Read permission.</li>
<li>Your Cloudflare Account ID.</li>
<li>Your FlareStats Site Tag (optional but recommended for multi-site accounts).</li>
</ul>
<h4>Configuration</h4>
<ol>
<li>In your Cloudflare dashboard go to My Profile → API Tokens and create a token with Account Analytics: Read permission scoped to your account.</li>
<li>Note your Account ID (visible in the Cloudflare dashboard right-hand sidebar).</li>
<li>Go to Analytics & Logs → Web Analytics, select your site, and copy the Site Tag from the site settings (optional).</li>
<li>In WordPress go to FlareStats → Settings and enter your credentials.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Privacy / Tracking Disclosure</h4>
FlareStats displays analytics data inside WordPress by requesting reports from Cloudflare Web Analytics.
What this plugin sends to external services
<ul>
<li>This plugin sends authenticated requests from your WordPress site to the Cloudflare GraphQL API (<code>api.cloudflare.com</code>) using your configured API token, account ID, and site tag (if provided).</li>
<li>Request parameters include reporting date ranges and query fields needed to fetch analytics metrics.</li>
</ul>
What this plugin receives
<ul>
<li>Aggregated analytics data such as pageviews, visits, top pages, top countries, browser/device, and referrer/source metrics.</li>
<li>This plugin displays those metrics in the WordPress admin dashboard and analytics screens.</li>
</ul>
What this plugin stores in WordPress
<ul>
<li>Plugin settings in <code>wp_options</code> (for example API token, account ID, site tag, cache duration).</li>
<li>Cached analytics responses in WordPress transients to reduce API calls.</li>
</ul>
Personal data handling
<ul>
<li>This plugin does not create its own visitor tracking cookies.</li>
<li>Visitor analytics collection is performed by Cloudflare Web Analytics on your site.</li>
<li>This plugin does not add separate per-visitor profile records in WordPress for analytics.</li>
</ul>
Data retention / access
<ul>
<li>Cached analytics data is temporary and expires according to the configured cache duration.</li>
<li>Plugin settings and analytics screens are only accessible to users with appropriate admin capabilities (for example <code>manage_options</code>).</li>
</ul>
Third-party policies
<ul>
<li>Cloudflare Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/</li>
<li>Cloudflare Terms: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/</li>
</ul>
Site owners are responsible for ensuring their site’s public privacy policy accurately describes how Cloudflare Web Analytics is used.

FlareStats

Display CloudFlare Web Analytics data — pageviews, visitors, top pages and top countries — right in your WordPress admin.

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