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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

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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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Quantely Activity is a lightweight, first-party plugin for WordPress that records pageviews and events.
Quantely Activity is built to capture activity reliably under imperfect conditions through server-side recording and optional client-side signals, while supporting filtering for bots, unwanted pages, IP sources and selectable WordPress logged-in roles.
Quantely Activity can be used for:
<ul>
<li>Monitoring site behavior</li>
<li>Reviewing traffic patterns</li>
<li>Security and bot analysis</li>
<li>Feeding downstream analytics layers</li>
</ul>
Quantely Activity is turn-key: install it, and pageviews and events should begin appearing shortly after. Raw activity data is retained for a configurable short period, helping keep the plugin lightweight and privacy-conscious.
<h3>What Quantely Activity is</h3>
Quantely Activity is a capture and monitoring layer. It is designed to record activity on your site in a structured and reliable way, with a strong focus on signal capture and data integrity.
Unlike many analytics tools, it does not focus on marketing analytics, attribution modelling, or behavioral profiling. It also does not rely solely on browser JavaScript. A server-side baseline helps ensure pageviews are still captured when scripts or beacons fail.
<h3>Hybrid capture engine</h3>
The plugin combines server-side pageview capture with optional browser-side signals.
Typical flow:
Browser request 
↓ 
Server pageview baseline 
↓ 
Browser attach (Beacon) 
– engagement pings 
– interaction events 
↓ 
Correlation via pageview identifiers 
↓ 
Bot classification and exclusions 
↓ 
Deduplication and storage
This architecture helps keep capture reliable under real-world conditions where browser-only tracking can miss signals.
<h3>Event correlation and deduplication</h3>
Quantely Activity links browser-side signals back to the pageview where they occurred.
Engagement pings, clicks, form submissions, and similar events can be correlated to their originating pageview. Built-in deduplication helps avoid duplicate records when similar signals are captured from both browser and server-side sources.
This keeps the activity stream more accurate and easier to interpret.
<h3>Fully on-site</h3>
All captured activity is stored in your own WordPress database.
Quantely Activity does not send captured activity data to external services. IP addresses are never stored in plain form, and the plugin does not perform cross-site tracking.
<h3>Privacy-aware design</h3>
The plugin is designed with privacy-conscious principles in mind:
<ul>
<li>No plain IP addresses stored</li>
<li>Short configurable retention window</li>
<li>Optional honoring of GPC / DNT signals</li>
<li>No external tracking services</li>
<li>Data remains on your own site</li>
</ul>
This gives site owners visibility into activity while keeping capture local and controlled.
<h3>Hooks</h3>
Quantely Activity exposes a small developer API for integrations and downstream processing.
<ul>
<li><code>qmon_hit_before_insert</code> — Filter a normalized hit array before it is stored.</li>
<li><code>qmon_hit_recorded</code> — Action fired after a hit has been stored. This is the main integration point for forwarding or persisting captured records.</li>
<li><code>qmon_event_normalize</code> — Filter a normalized event payload before it is finalized.</li>
<li><code>qmon_event_db_dedupe_window_sec</code> — Filter the database deduplication window for events.</li>
<li><code>qmon_bot_verdict</code> — Filter the bot-classification verdict before it is finalized.</li>
</ul>

Quantely Activity

Quantely Activity is a lightweight, first-party plugin for WordPress that records pageviews and events.

Post Views Counter vs Quantely Activity