Sudar Muthu

<p>Displays fancy stats about your blog which you can include in your year end review posts.</p>
<p><strong>Requires PHP 5.3 or higher. Will not work in PHP 5.2.x</strong></p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<p>The plugin currently supports the following stats</p>
<ul>
<li>Total number of posts per year</li>
<li>Total number of comments per year</li>
<li>Total number of words written per year</li>
<li>Average length of posts per year</li>
</ul>
<h3>Shortcode</h3>
<p>You can use the following shortcode to display stats in your blog.</p>
<pre><code>`[yes_stats type="post_num" start_year="2004" end_year="2014" range="to" post_type="post" post_status="publish" title="Title of the graph" height="500" width="500" ] ```
</code></pre>
<p>The <code>yes_stats</code> shortcode can have the following attributes</p>
<ul>
<li><code>type</code> – The type of graph. The following are the allowed values.
<ul>
<li><code>post_num</code> – Number of posts by year (default)</li>
<li><code>comment_num</code> – Number of posts by year</li>
<li><code>post_avg_length</code> – Average length of posts by year</li>
<li><code>post_totoal_length</code> – Total length of posts by year</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code>start_year</code> – The first year for the graph (default: current year)</li>
<li><code>end_year</code> – The last year for the graph (default: current year)</li>
<li><code>range</code> – How the years should be treated. Possible values are <code>to</code> (default) and <code>and</code></li>
<li><code>post_type</code> – The post type for which the graph should be generated (default: post)</li>
<li><code>post_status</code> – The post status for which the graph should be generated (default: publish)</li>
<li><code>title</code> – Title for the graph</li>
<li><code>height</code> – Height of the graph (Default: 500px)</li>
<li><code>width</code> – Width of the graph (Default: 500px)</li>
</ul>
<h3>TODO</h3>
<p>The following are the features that I am thinking of adding to the Plugin, when I get some free time. If you have any feature request or want to increase the priority of a particular feature, then let me know.</p>
<ul>
<li>Add more stats</li>
<li>Make the graphs more configurable</li>
<li>Cache the stats</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>If you have found a bug/issue or have a feature request, then post them in <a href="https://github.com/sudar/wp-yearendstats/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">github issues</a></li>
<li>If you have a question about usage or need help to troubleshoot, then post in WordPress forums or leave a comment in <a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/wp-year-end-stats" rel="nofollow ugc">plugins’s home page</a></li>
<li>If you like the Plugin, then kindly leave a review/feedback at <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-yearendstats/" rel="ugc">WordPress repo page</a>.</li>
<li>If you find this Plugin useful or and wanted to say thank you, then there are ways to <a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/if-you-wanna-thank-me" rel="nofollow ugc">make me happy</a> 🙂 and I would really appreciate if you can do one of those.</li>
<li>Checkout other <a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Plugins</a> that I have written</li>
<li>If anything else, then contact me in <a href="http://twitter.com/sudarmuthu" rel="nofollow ugc">twitter</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Translation</h3>
<p>The pot file is available with the Plugin. If you are willing to do translation for the Plugin,<br />
use the pot file to create the .po files for your language and let me know.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Alex King for his <a href="http://alexking.org/blog/2007/01/01/sql-for-blog-stats" rel="nofollow ugc">blog stats SQL scripts</a> and for the <a href="http://alexking.org/blog/2007/12/31/2007-in-review" rel="nofollow ugc">inspiration</a>.</li>
<li>Thanks to the excellent <a href="http://flotcharts.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Flot JavaScript</a> library.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Readme Generator</h3>
<p>This Readme file was generated using <a href='http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/wp-readme' rel="nofollow ugc">wp-readme</a>, which generates readme files for WordPress Plugins.</p>


WP Year End Stats

Displays fancy stats about your blog which you can include in your year end review posts.

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<p>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.</p>
<p><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.</p>
<h4>Key Benefits</h4>
<p>Clarity, speed, and control:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Clear, Focused Metrics</strong> — You get a clear picture of how your posts are performing.</li>
<li><strong>Made for WordPress</strong> — Runs entirely in your site. No GA, no third-party pipes; accurate counts in your Dashboard.</li>
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<li><strong>Works at scale</strong> — Minimal overhead, no external scripts, Multisite-ready.</li>
<li><strong>Display anywhere</strong> — Automatically show counts, or place them exactly where you want via blocks or shortcode.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<p>Practical features that matter:</p>
<ul>
<li>Count & display views for <strong>any post type</strong> you select.</li>
<li>Three counting modes: <strong>PHP, JavaScript, REST API</strong></li>
<li>Dashboard post views <strong>stats widget</strong></li>
<li>Sortable Post Views <strong>admin column</strong></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 <strong>order content by views</strong> (developer-friendly)</li>
<li>Custom REST API endpoints</li>
<li>Option to set count interval</li>
<li>One-click data import from <strong>WP-PostViews</strong></li>
<li>Post views <strong>display position</strong>, automatic or manual via shortcode</li>
<li><strong>Multisite</strong> compatibile</li>
<li><strong>WPML/Polylang</strong> compatible; translation-ready (.pot)</li>
</ul>
<h4>Post Views Counter Pro</h4>
<p>More capability without extra complexity:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Fast AJAX counting</strong> for more accurate data.</li>
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<li><strong>Reports</strong>: Views by Date, Post, Author to spot winners, trends, and top contributors.</li>
<li>Customizable <strong>Views Period</strong> (e.g., last 7/30 days) to control the views count timeframe.</li>
<li><strong>Export to CSV/XML</strong> to download and share data.</li>
<li><strong>Integrations</strong> for ordering by views in popular builders (e.g., <strong>Elementor Pro, Divi, GenerateBlocks</strong>).</li>
</ul>
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Post Views Counter

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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

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.

WP Year End Stats vs Post Views Counter