WP-Stats
by Lester Chan · Analytics
Also makes 20 other plugins · 753K+ installs across the portfolio →
Display your WordPress blog statistics. Ranging from general total statistics, some of my plugins statistics and top 10 statistics.
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Health
B 79/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.5K estimated
Momentum
0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “information” and “popular” for “blog stats” and “stat”. “information” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “blog stats” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “popular” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “stat” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
79 health vs 67 average across 1,826 Analytics plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.6%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 341.1K lifetime downloads are still running, below its category: the median Analytics plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,007 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Analytics 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 3 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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 60 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
2.6★ over 7 reviews, smoothed to 3.92★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
17%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| blog stats | #5 | #23 | down 1 |
| stats your tag | #10 | #23 | down 2 |
| top 10 | #14 | #23 | — |
| stat | #16 | #24 | 0 |
| site stats | #11 | #22 | down 3 |
| plugin stats | #12 | #23 | up 1 |
| wordpress stats | #15 | #24 | down 2 |
| information your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| popular your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| statistics your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
34 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 27 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “information” and “popular” for “blog stats” and “stat”. “information” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “blog stats” sits at #5 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “popular” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “stat” sits at #16 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 2.6K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v3.0.1 · 1 Sep 2026
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 7 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 12 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Anonymous10.0y ago
Useful for blogs with a lot of posts!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Dinamicore10.0y ago
Worked right away. Should be very informative for heavy bloggers. I don´t see a reason nor and argument for the 1 star reviews. Rate it 5 stars.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Cristina10.2y ago
Plugin works until you try to modify the settings. Author refuses to do his due diligence to fix the problems.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mike V. Gorbunov11.1y ago
I don’t understand previous bad reviews on that plugin as it works fine. It’s very simple and informative, so I recommend it to everyone.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Beelal2411.5y ago
Totally unimportant
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ John Conner12.0y ago
Contains problems which couldn’t be solved with reason ignorance.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ glen7312.7y ago
What’s with the smiley face at the very bottom of my pages about? I traced it back to this plugin after stressing and worrying for a week it was a hack. Why do this? and why not disclose you do this? Pissed me off big time. A lot of people put a lot of hours into their sites and you play these games with pissy little hidden code!!! I’m glad I deleted this plugin, useless and then you go and graffiti my fence!! You lost trust by this big time. Anyone considering this plugin,…who knows what’s in this from this shifty, shaded mob. Good ridence!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 3.0.0 FIXED: Recent Posts and Most Commented did not honour a site’s own posts_where filter. get_posts() suppresses filters by default, so a membership or paywall plugin hiding published posts had them listed on the public sta 3.0.0
- — Version 3.0.1 NEW: A wp_stats_needs_styles filter, for code that renders the statistics where WP-Stats cannot see it coming. 3.0.0 loads the stylesheet only where it finds a [page_stats] shortcode or the block in the post being viewed 3.0.1
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceAll 3 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.0.1). Sites still on an older version should update.
- 2026-08-07 CVE-2026-19794 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.56 Patched in 2.56.1
- 2026-08-07 CVE-2026-66426 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.56 Patched in 2.56.1
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.5
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 63 languages, 3 at 90% or more
Plus 39 more locales with partial translations.
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 26 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Display your WordPress blog statistics. Ranging from general total statistics, some of my plugins statistic..."
- ✓ 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 One audience phrase ("use it"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 7 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 4,526 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "information", "popular" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-04-13 3K+ → 2K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-04-10 2K+ → 3K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2026-04-02 3K+ → 2K+ down after 537 days in tier
- 2024-10-12 4K+ → 3K+ down after 429 days in tier
- 2023-08-10 5K+ → 4K+ down after 269 days in tier
- 2022-11-14 6K+ → 5K+ down after 343 days in tier
- 2021-12-06 7K+ → 6K+ down after 431 days in tier
- 2020-10-01 8K+ → 7K+ down after 406 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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Statify – Extended Evaluation 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Search Meter 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags B -
Clicky Analytics 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
WP Server Health Stats 9K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
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