Plugin Name: Traffic Stats Widget Plugin
by helenthomaswp · Admin & Utilities
TSW lets your users know how much traffic you have on your blog. It counts pages visited, hits and unique IPs on your blog and shows it in a widget.
46 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38, 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 3196 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
77
now · peak 94
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
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
11.5y ago
latest release · v1.0.2
2
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 “600+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2021-12-03 · 1,418 observations
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
Est. acquisition value
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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ oldmankit8.3y ago
Hasn’t been updated in three years; no-longer works on my site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ smilie110.7y ago
Would like to remove the Text Online Now: count feature. It is not needed on my site. Without having to update Version 1.0.2, is there a way to modify the php to remove that feature?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zihan_bd10.7y ago
Thanks for the plugin. But need to add/update some options. Please, support visitor status & IP to WP Dashboard.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ KevinX11.6y ago
Exactly what I was searching for 🙂 Good Numbers that show the true count. Would be nice if some numbers or even tabs could be excluded by option. I dont have much benefit comparing the “hits” and “unique” tabs. I have combined this plugin with a graph from “google analytics for wordpress” plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ grnaomi11.9y ago
Has been working fine with me. I use wordpress 4.0 with studiopress genesis framework. Thank you for the plugin author.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ televizor12.1y ago
Keep up the good work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ helenthomaswp13.5y ago
If you need your traffic stats to be more accurate, you should use the Automatic Traffic Filter on the Widget. However, the internet is full of spiders, crawlers and all kind of robots not authenticating themselves as machines. Furthermore, it is very difficult to verify the signature of each and every robot visiting your blog… But there is a pretty good solution to this. I cannot access the root directory of your blog through WordPress install API, so you will have to do the following things by yourself: 1. Create a robots.php file on the root directory of your blog: ie public_html/your-blog/ Paste the following code in it: <?php session_start(); $_SESSION['wtcrobot'] = 1; echo file_get_contents('robots.txt'); exit; ?> 1. Open .htaccess file in the same directory and paste this in it: RewriteRule robots\.txt robots.php 1. Make sure you have the ‘RewriteEngine On’ clause in place… 1. Make sure you have a robots.txt file, even an empty one, on the root directory Done! Most of the robots will be filtered out by TSW.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-26 700+ → 600+ down after 155 days in tier
- 2025-11-22 800+ → 700+ down after 304 days in tier
- 2025-01-22 900+ → 800+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-01-15 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-01-14 900+ → 800+ down after 187 days in tier
- 2024-07-11 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-07-10 900+ → 1K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2024-07-06 1K+ → 900+ down 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).
- T Traffic flash counter 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags D
- P Plugin Name: Traffic Counter Widget Plugin 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags D
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MC Visitor Tally 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B - P PulseMaps Visitor World Map 80+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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WPS Visitor Counter 10K+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag B - M Mechanic Visitor Counter 7K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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