Hitsteps Web Analytics

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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.

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38 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 32 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

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

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 10 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 800.

1. ★★★★★ Armin Nikdel

   2.7y ago

   I’ve been using Hitsteps on my website, and it’s like having a magnifying glass for my visitors. I am only using free version of it. It shows me where people are coming from and what they’re looking at. The live chat feature lets me talk to my visitors directly, which is nice. It took me a bit to understand how to use everything, but their support team was very helpful.

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2. ★★★★★ halilkaldik

   4.9y ago

   good plug in for my business

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3. ★★★★★ eastwestauto

   5.7y ago

   This product does an incredible job of providing me with visitor analytic data, real-time, hourly, daily, and monthly statistics, referral code tracking for analytic data on every inbound link we have, which is critical to know which campaigns are performing best, page by page performance statistics, and so much more I can’t even quantify it all. When a visitor on our site, we can follow them with a heatmap and get inciteful data about where their mouse and eyes move throughout the page, helping us to learn how our content is organized. We can better test the mobile responsiveness of every page as we are given not only visitor IP addresses, but desktop vs. mobile vs. tablet, operating system, os version, browser, browser version, whether they are connected to a cat5 or wireless connection, powered or battery (and how much battery the user currently has), and so much more data so we can learn about who our visitors and customers are, when they visit, how long they visit, and a complete history of how they navigated from a landing page to other pages on our site, and how long they were on every page. The amount of information that we get from hitsteps, for general visitor information and also for specific referral marketing tracking information is indispensable to my company. As with any other good product, you begin with free version with understandable feature limitations, and move up from there. I have also received great support on the product without problematic language barriers and delays. Great support and my suggestions have been very well received also. This is a great company to work with. Final review: Outstanding value!

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4. ★★★★★ brayansong

   7.4y ago

   From my point of view Hitsteps actually does it job very well on my business. Compare to other analytic systems, Hitsteps is really user friendly and provide me useful insight of my customers and users. I like the heatmap feature the most, keep up the good work, Hitsteps team! This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by brayansong.

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5. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   7.4y ago

   I have been using HS for quite a while and I`m very happy so far. The support always is there for you. I dislike everything Google and after long searching, HS came up. I love UI and it gives me all the information I need. I also like when they show real website speed from the user side. There are more goodies inside such triggers that I love too. <strong>To those who give 1-star review because HS service is not free.</strong> I tried a free version first, but couldn`t resist supporting the team behind. Before you give one star for something that is not free and takes your pride “cheapy man” expectation, then take Big Bro Google, which is free, but…watch out and take a closer look. READ IT.

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6. ★★★★★ B3S

   11.0y ago

   NOT FREE. price for a Basic Licence is 9,99USD… CRAZY

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7. ★★★★★ xrundel1

   12.3y ago

   This plugin requires obtaining API to get it working and its works via third party system that mean plugin spy on other people websites. I removed it in 5 minutes after installation, wouldn’t recommend to anyone!

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All 2 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (6.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 4.3 Hitsteps Web Analytics <= 5.86 - Cross-Site Request Forgery via hst_optionpage ↗
   2023-10-06 CVE-2023-45268 Cross-Site Request Forgery Affects <= 5.86 Patched in 5.87
2. Patched Medium · 4.4 Hitsteps Web Analytics <= 5.86 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2023-10-03 CVE-2023-45057 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 5.86 Patched in 5.87

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

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.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-10-22 800+ → 700+ down after 177 days in tier
2. 2026-04-28 900+ → 800+ down after 328 days in tier
3. 2025-06-04 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-06-02 900+ → 1K+ up after 10 days in tier
5. 2025-05-23 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-05-22 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
7. 2025-05-21 1K+ → 900+ down after 482 days in tier
8. 2024-01-25 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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Hitsteps Web Analytics: 700+ active installs, 3.9★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/hitsteps-visitor-manager