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Wp Post Views – WordPress Post views counter

by Ronak J Vanpariya · Analytics

Also makes 2 other plugins · 4.0K+ installs across the portfolio →

WP Post Views is a lightweight and efficient plugin to track and display post views in WordPress.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
84 Health · B
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 76/100
Support 70/100

84 health vs 64 average across 1,029 Analytics plugins

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.

90 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 57/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+4% vs prior 30d
111Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

2.7K

now · peak 4.1K

2.7K30d 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

Wp Post Views · #3547 you Post Views for Jetpa · #6115 Pageviews · #6435 WP Statistics · #113

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.3Stars · 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.

681per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Actively maintained
from wp.org release tags

How 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 · v1.23.2

24

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.23.2 · 1mo ago1.23.1 · 3mo ago1.23.0 · 3mo ago1.22 · 9mo ago1.21 · 11mo ago1.20 · 1.6y ago1.19 · 1.7y ago1.17 · 1.7y ago1.16 · 2.5y ago1.15 · 2.5y ago1.14 · 2.9y ago1.13 · 3.2y ago1.12 · 3.4y ago1.11 · 3.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 51% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.23 51%
v1.22 14%
v1.20 11%
v1.16 6.3%
v1.21 5.3%
Older / other versions 12%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “4K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
4K–5K ≈4.9K

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

Install history · since 2021-01-15 · 1,424 observations

4KInstalls · 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
1.23.3
Last updated
5d ago
Added
2020-02-01 · 6 yrs old
Requires WP
5.4
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.4

Recent reviews

All reviews on wp.org ↗
  1. Willem Jurka
    8mo ago

    The plugin works well. Easy to install.

    Read on wp.org ↗
  2. justgert
    2.9y ago

    Very easy to use and works great, that is… if not using any fancy caching methods. Edit: Updated to 5 stars. The newest version is working in Litespeed server and LScache enabled. Thanks Ronak and team! This topic was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by justgert.

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  3. psypat
    3.2y ago

    I added ” [WPPV-TOTAL-VIEWS-PER-POST-TYPE post_type=”post”] ” to the singe post page, and it crashed.. …thats it..

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  4. rodolforizzo76
    3.4y ago

    I’m excited to be able to write a positive review for the “Wp Post Views” plugin! This tool does the job it’s supposed to do without any frills, and finally someone has created such a useful plugin! The “Wp Post Views” plugin is incredibly easy to use and offers all the basic features you need to monitor the views of your WordPress posts. There’s nothing superfluous in this plugin – just the essential functions to track visits to your content. I’m really happy to have found the “Wp Post Views” plugin. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a simple and effective way to track views of their WordPress content. Thank you so much for creating this plugin!

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  5. andrewminin
    3.9y ago

    Полезно. Позволяет оценить насколько статьи в блоге интересны читателям.

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  6. rajesh2203
    5.9y ago

    Hi, I have recently used this plugin, and it’s help full for me.

    Read on wp.org ↗

Latest updates

via wp.org changelog

Recent releases and news for this plugin

  1. Version 1.23.1 New Feature: Added a modern Gutenberg block to display post views. Documentation: Launched new documentation site using VitePress. Workflow: Updated GitHub Actions for automated building and WordPress.org asset deploymen 1.23.1
  2. Version 1.22.0 Added PHPUnit testing framework, Composer dependencies, and GitHub Actions for CI. 1.22.0
  3. Version 1.21.0 Version updates 1.21.0
  4. Version 1.18.0 Removed Home page checks from Ajax. Now home page views will be counted 1.18.0
  5. Version 1.17.0 Complete architecture Changed on How we count views. we are using simple Js insted of AJAX. 1.17.0

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

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

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 1 language, 0 at 90% or more

Dutch 76%

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2024-03-18 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
  2. 2024-03-17 4K+ → 3K+ down after 1 days in tier
  3. 2024-03-16 3K+ → 4K+ up

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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