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.
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Health
D 46/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
600+
≈650 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “hit counter”, “traffic counter” and “traffic widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
46 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.2%
of downloads still active
At least 600 of 50.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
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.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 3259 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.0.38; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3259 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| hit counter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| traffic counter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| traffic widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| user traffic your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| visitors counter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “hit counter”, “traffic counter” and “traffic widget” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 162 · 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
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
11.7y ago
latest release · v1.0.2 · 27 Feb 2015
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.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 3 Dec 2021
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ oldmankit8.4y ago
Hasn’t been updated in three years; no-longer works on my site.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ smilie110.9y 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_bd10.9y ago
Thanks for the plugin. But need to add/update some options. Please, support visitor status & IP to WP Dashboard.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ KevinX11.8y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ grnaomi12.1y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ televizor12.3y ago
Keep up the good work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ helenthomaswp13.7y 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
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "TSW lets your users know how much traffic you have on your blog. It counts pages visited, hits and unique I..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 1 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("Installation Instructions").
- ! 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 300 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("Hit Counter", "traffic counter", "Traffic Widget", "user traffic", "visitors counter" missing).
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 30+ installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags
- P Plugin Name: Traffic Counter Widget Plugin 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags
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MC Visitor Tally 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags - P PulseMaps Visitor World Map 70+ 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 6K+ installs · 3.7★ · 1 shared tag D
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