Robert South

RW PostViewStats Lite provides accurate view tracking for posts, pages, and custom post types — designed for performance and privacy.
🆓 Lite Version Features: 
– 🔢 AJAX View Counting – Async requests for better performance 
– 🚫 Duplicate Prevention – 12-hour cookie-based protection 
– 📊 Sortable Admin Columns – Sort posts by views in admin list 
– 📁 Data Cleaner – Remove view data by date or post 
– 🌐 REST API Endpoint – Fetch view counts via <code>/wp-json/rwpsl/v1/views/{post_id}</code> 
– 📌 Shortcode Support – Display views with <code>[rwpsl_post_views]</code> 
– 🔒 Privacy Friendly – No IP addresses collected
⭐ Pro Version Additional Features: 
– 🌍 Multisite Support – Network-wide tracking for WordPress Multisite 
– 📈 Advanced Analytics – Detailed views reports and charts 
– 📁 CSV Export – Export stats by date range or specific posts 
– 🔔 Views Notifications – Get notified when posts reach view milestones 
– 🎯 Custom Post Type Support – Enhanced CPT tracking options 
– ⚡ Performance Optimizations – Cached views and batch processing
Documentation: 
<a href="https://docs.robertwp.com/rw-postviewstats-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Full Documentation</a> – Includes both free and pro version guides.

RW PostViewStats Lite

A lightweight plugin to track post views via AJAX with anti-duplicate mechanisms and privacy-friendly design.

SandyRig

As the name suggests, it’s a very simple Hit Counter that counts the number of Unique Visitors and Page-views. It’s very light weight so it doesn’t strain your site or cause render blocking.
You can show either Unique Visitors count or Page-views count anywhere on the site using widgets or shortcode. You can also add/show both Counters by using two copies of the widget or the shortcode.
Note: It keeps counting even when you have no widget or shortcode active. To completely disable the counter you have to disable the plugin.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>AJAX based counter ignores most bots or crawlers</li>
<li>Monthly and weekly graph in admin</li>
<li>Show the Unique Visitors, Page-views count or both</li>
<li>Ability to reset the counter to any number any time</li>
<li>Can be shown anywhere on the site using Widgets and Shortcode</li>
<li>Counter works and shows data in admin even when no widget or short-code is active</li>
</ul>
<h4>SHORTCODES</h4>
[srs_total_visitors] for Unique Visitors 
[srs_total_pageViews] for Page-views
<a href="https://atif.rocks/srs-simple-hits-counter/" rel="nofollow ugc">DEMO</a>

SRS Simple Hits Counter

Simple plugin to count and show a total number of hits (Unique visitors or page-views) to the site without using any third party code.

RW PostViewStats Lite vs SRS Simple Hits Counter