Simple Page Views with Analytics

Simple Page Views with Analytics (SPVA) is a WordPress plugin designed to track and display page view analytics on your posts and pages. It captures information such as device type, browser type, and country of visitors. You can display the analytics data anywhere on your website using the provided shortcode.

Features:

• Track Page Views: Automatically count the number of views for each post or page.
• Device Information: Monitor the type of device used by visitors (e.g., Desktop, Mobile).
• Browser Information: Track which browsers your visitors are using (e.g., Chrome, Firefox).
• Country Information: Know where your visitors are from based on their IP address.
• Shortcode Support: Easily display analytics data using a simple shortcode. [view_count]
• Customizable Layout: Use your own styles or extend the default styling provided by the plugin.

External services

This plugin connects to IP-API.com to retrieve the user’s country based on their IP address. It sends the IP address when country information is needed for displaying relevant content.

Service: IP-API.com
**Data Sent: User’s IP address
**Data Received: Country information
**Fallback: If unavailable, the plugin returns “Unknown.”
**Terms and Privacy: See IP-API.com’s terms and privacy policy.

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later. For more information, see GNU General Public License.

1. Upload the Plugin Files: Upload the simple-page-views folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the Plugin: Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
3. Use the Shortcode: Add the [view_count] shortcode to any post, page, or widget where you’d like to display the analytics data.

1.0.0

• Initial release of Simple Page Views (SPV).
• Added page view tracking, device, browser, and country information.
• Shortcode support to display analytics.