Hit Sniffer Live Blog Analytics
by sanarena · Analytics
Hit Sniffer was a powerful real time website visitor activity tracker.
39 health vs 66 average across 422 Analytics plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.0, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2806 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
50
now · peak 878
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “100+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,374 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2025-12-03 90+ → 100+ up after 44 days in band
- 2025-10-20 100+ → 90+ down after 783 days in band
- 2023-08-29 200+ → 100+ down after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-28 100+ → 200+ up after 1 days in band
- 2023-08-27 200+ → 100+ down after 159 days in band
- 2023-03-21 100+ → 200+ up after 13 days in band
- 2023-03-08 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in band
- 2023-03-05 100+ → 200+ up after 3 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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StatCounter – Free Real Time Visitor Stats 70K+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags B -
Hitsteps Web Analytics 800+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags B -
Statify 100K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B -
Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress 60K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Statify – Extended Evaluation 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Clicky Analytics 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/hit-sniffer-blog-stats" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Hit Sniffer Live Blog Analytics — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Hit Sniffer Live Blog Analytics: 100+ active installs, 2.3★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-17. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hit-sniffer-blog-stats