Visitor Count by MrStar
by MrStar · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 400+ installs across the portfolio →
A simple plugin to count frontend visitors based on their IP address.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈420 estimated
Momentum
+53%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “count website visitors”, “visitor” and “counts” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #4 and #8 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
83 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →11%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 3.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 5 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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: Rating quality
Updated 39 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
36
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 27d
13%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 27d
-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 count your tag | #1 | #7 | 0 |
| frontend visitor count your tag | #1 | #9 | 0 |
| count visitor | #1 | #7 | 0 |
| count | #3 | #14 | up 1 |
| visitor | #4 | #19 | up 2 |
| count visitors | #3 | #18 | 0 |
| count website visitors | #4 | #22 | 0 |
| count it | #3 | #15 | 0 |
| counts | #8 | #22 | down 1 |
| visitor ip | #9 | #21 | 0 |
| post count | #17 | #24 | down 1 |
| page count | #11 | #23 | down 1 |
| visitor post | #13 | #23 | up 1 |
| website visitor | #14 | #23 | up 2 |
34 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 14 listed. 20 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “count website visitors”, “visitor” and “counts” to your wp.org tags. You rank #4, #4 and #8 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 2 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 7 May 2025 · 544 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 544 · peaks are release surges
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
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
5
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.0.9 · 23 Sep 2026
7
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 400.
At the current install trend, crossing 500+ in roughly 95 days.
Install history since 6 May 2025
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ salinki12mo ago
Working perfectly, simple and effective.If I may make a small recommendation, it would be amazing to have the option to manually increment the visitor count, since the extension doesn’t work retroactively (obviously).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ankitispace1.3y ago
The Visitor Count by MrStar plugin is exactly what I needed! It’s easy to set up, runs smoothly without slowing down my site, and provides real-time traffic data. The shortcode options are great, and it looks fantastic on my pages. Highly recommend it for anyone needing a simple and reliable visitor counter!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,177 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 2 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-29 300+ → 400+ up after 100 days in tier
- 2026-05-21 200+ → 300+ up after 152 days in tier
- 2025-12-20 100+ → 200+ up after 53 days in tier
- 2025-10-28 90+ → 100+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-10-23 80+ → 90+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2025-10-18 70+ → 80+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-10-14 60+ → 70+ up after 9 days in tier
- 2025-10-05 50+ → 60+ up after 3 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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