Plugin info

Total downloads: 45,097
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 4.7
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 5 language(s)
Contributors: 3
Last updated: 2/21/2020 (2139 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/8/2016 (9 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.4
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.5.17
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2139 days ago • 7 reviews

22/100

Is Pageviews abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 2139 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 4.4
Tested up to: 5.5.17
Requires PHP: f

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Description

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 Pageviews Sync.

Features

  • Display the number of times a post or page has been viewed
  • Works on high-traffic websites with zero impact on performance
  • Includes useful hooks and APIs for seamless integration into third-party themes
  • Compatible with caching plugins, proxies and application firewalls

More information on Pageviews.io.

If you need any setup assistance or help migrating your existing views counts from other plugins or services please reach out to us via e-mail, 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 terms of service and privacy policy for more details.

Installation

Installing via the WordPress dashboard:

  1. Browse to Plugins – Add New in your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Search for “pageviews” using the search box on the right.
  3. Find the Pageviews plugin in the search results and click Install Now.

Installing via FTP:

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/pageviews directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
  3. Enjoy.

Installing via WP-CLI:

wp plugin install pageviews --activate

Installing via Git:

cd wp-content/plugins
git clone https://github.com/pressjitsu/pageviews.git

For an installation and configuration guide please visit the full documentation on GitHub.

Frequently Asked Questions

No FAQ available

Review feed

Dmitry Mayorov
11/2/2016

Simple and functional

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

Screenshots

  1. Customized implementation of the pageviews output, styled specifically for this theme

    Customized implementation of the pageviews output, styled specifically for this theme

  2. Simple replacement for WP-PostViews and other popular plugins with inherited styles

    Simple replacement for WP-PostViews and other popular plugins with inherited styles

  3. Default output of the views counter for themes that don't provide explicit support for this plugin

    Default output of the views counter for themes that don't provide explicit support for this plugin

Changelog

0.11.0

  • Added pageviews_script_version_param filter to remove JS version fragment
  • Added minification. Enjoy your pagespeeds.

0.10.0

  • Added i18n
  • Russian translation
  • Added config.output_filter JavaScript filter for developers to filter the output number
  • A couple of typos

0.9.3

  • Add compatibility for Pageviews Sync
  • Better configuration handling methods

0.9.2

  • Add support for multiple containers per page for a single key
  • Add support for Jetpack’s Infinite Scroll module
  • Wrap the JS code into a triggerable event

0.9.1

  • Initial public release