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Simple Post Views Count

by ttodua · Uncategorized

Also makes 2 other plugins · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →

Count visitor views for your posts [ALSO, READ OUR RECOMMENDATION].

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 4+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.23, 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.

42 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 6/100
WP compatibility 17/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 1657 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+36% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

102

now · peak 490

10330d downloads · Aug 26

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

Simple Post Views Co · #8549 you DP Post Views Counte · #19185 Post View Count · #3481 AJAX Hits Counter + · #7085

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4Stars · Aug 26

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.

172per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.66 93%
Older / other versions 7.2%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
600–700 ≈650

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-10-25 · 1,417 observations

600Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
2.66
Last updated
4.5y ago
Added
2015-10-13 · 10 yrs old
Requires WP
4.4
Tested up to
5.3.23
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. teeboy4real
    6.3y ago

    I hate Google please continue plugin development what if google never existed I really dislike this over dependence on google.

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  2. Jellico
    6.3y ago

    I believe we must evolve, we need to change, but what this creator did, stopping and telling users to use Google analytics? why? I hate Google, I just want to have a visit counter on all posts, I don’t care if people close the window or bots are visiting, in don’t want to have tons of information about visiting users, I want a simple counter

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  3. tazotodua
    7.6y ago

    Version updated and works correctly.

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  4. Abedsak
    10.8y ago

    exsactly what i needed, also very simple and fast.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-04-01 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2026-03-31 600+ → 700+ up after 16 days in tier
  3. 2026-03-15 700+ → 600+ down after 4 days in tier
  4. 2026-03-11 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-03-10 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-03-09 600+ → 700+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-03-08 700+ → 600+ down after 194 days in tier
  8. 2025-08-26 800+ → 700+ down after 128 days in tier

Competes with

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Simple Post Views Count: 600+ active installs, 4.0★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-post-views-count