AA Visitor Counter Widget
by AA Extensions · Analytics
Also makes 10 other plugins · 160+ installs across the portfolio →
Displays a visitor counter on your site by country. Easy setup via widget. Get real-time insights into your global audience.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
C 60/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈180 estimated
Momentum
+28%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “aa” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
60 health vs 67 average across 1,826 Analytics plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 9.7K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Analytics plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,007 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Analytics plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 3 reviews to 2025-06-01Reviews here are split, one flags plaintext credentials in the URL as a serious security problem, while the newest one says a recent update fixed the security side, and an older reviewer just calls it simple to use.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 517 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
3.7★ over 3 reviews, smoothed to 4.08★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 517 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 18d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 18d
-0.3
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| visitor counter your tag | #23 | #22 | 0 |
| analytics your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| counter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| visitor your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
4 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 1 listed. 3 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “aa” to your wp.org tags. You rank #8 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 132 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.1 · 1 Jun 2025
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 84% of the way through.
Install history since 13 Dec 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ AA Extensions1.4y ago
We have updated security with it. It is now latest version
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ konradkw10.8y ago
DO NOT USE THIS PLUGIN! Security on it is non-existent! Passwords and usernames are passed as PLANE TEXT in the URL. This is EXTREMELY dangerous for your websites and potentially for your computers, emails, cloud services and online banking! DO NOT USE THIS PLUGIN!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dev Debashish12.1y ago
সিম্পল 😉 সহজ,
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
4 of 8 pass · checked 31 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Displays a visitor counter on your site by country. Easy setup via widget. Get real-time insights into your..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("great for", "use it").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 2 lists.
- ! Enough to quote 547 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "analytics" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-28 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-27 100+ → 90+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-12-23 90+ → 100+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-12-21 100+ → 90+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2025-12-18 90+ → 100+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2025-11-24 80+ → 90+ up after 11 days in tier
- 2025-11-13 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-11-11 80+ → 70+ down after 8 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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SRS Simple Hits Counter 8K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Post Views Counter 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A -
Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Wp Post Views – WordPress Post views counter 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Pageviews 1K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Kama Click Counter 800+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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