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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.

Gennady Kovshenin

Pressjitsu

Pageviews is a simple and lightweight views counter for your WordPress posts and pages. It is based on JavaScript and is compatible with all caching plugins, proxies and complex setups. Pageviews works with a hosted processing service, and performs extremely well under high-traffic and on sites with large amounts of content.
Don’t start from scratch! Import existing numbers from Google Analytics and other services with <a href="https://pageviews.io/sync/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pageviews Sync</a>.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Display the number of times a post or page has been viewed</li>
<li>Works on high-traffic websites with zero impact on performance</li>
<li>Includes useful hooks and APIs for seamless integration into third-party themes</li>
<li>Compatible with caching plugins, proxies and application firewalls</li>
</ul>
More information on <a href="https://pageviews.io" rel="nofollow ugc">Pageviews.io</a>.
If you need any setup assistance or help migrating your existing views counts from other plugins or services please reach out to us <a href="https://pageviews.io/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">via e-mail</a>, or open a new thread in the WordPress.org support forums. For best performance Pageviews uses an external service to collect and process numbers. Visit our <a href="https://pageviews.io/tos/" rel="nofollow ugc">terms of service</a> and <a href="https://pageviews.io/privacy/" rel="nofollow ugc">privacy policy</a> for more details.

Pageviews

Simple to integrate, easy to use. No settings page is awesome.

Simple and functional

A simple and lightweight pageviews counter for your WordPress posts and pages.

Post Views Counter vs Pageviews