Live Visitor Counter
by Adam Z · Email & Marketing
Wordpress Live Visitor Counter allows you to display how many times a page has been viewed with this simple, fast and easy to use the plugin.
Try it live opens a temporary test site in your browser, which can take about 20 seconds to load. Plugins that rely on outside services or a full server may not work completely there.
Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
3K+
≈3.8K estimated
Momentum
+3%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “click counter”, “marketing” and “wordpress visitor counter” 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.
45 health vs 66 average across 2,134 Email & Marketing plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.2%
of downloads still active
At least 3K of 92.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Email & Marketing plugin keeps 0.9%, across 1,295 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Email & Marketing plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15.
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 1232 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 7.1
4.0★ over 12 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1232 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| click counter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| marketing your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress visitor counter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “click counter”, “marketing” and “wordpress visitor counter” 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 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.2K · 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
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
3.4y ago
latest release · v2.2 · 20 Jun 2023
4
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 87% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 4K.
Install history since 12 Jan 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ led693.0y ago
critical site error when deactivating plugin and cash dump I had to do a site restoration
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ musicquestph3.2y ago
The plugin is causing 500 Internal Server Error, please fix bug
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ woolwich18863.5y ago
I wanted a simple, direct plugin that would show visitors how many visitors my site gets. This is the only one that doesn’t try to do too much or add visual clutter. The one feature that seems unique to it is that it allows you to choose the starting number- this was important to me because my Blogger site had 3.5 million visitors prior to the switch to WordPress, and I didn’t want to lose that social validity.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hernan20223.8y ago
I loved it. It is functional and nice to look at. It would be great if in the future maybe it could show statistics per week but as it is right now it’s great and deserves all the recognition Thank you ! Excellent work !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ bucks34435.7y ago
Cheers mate!!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sebastot5.7y ago
Al intentar cargarlo, queda en Loading…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Andrew Russo6.2y ago
Solid plugin prior to WordPress 5.5, but it has a conflict with the new WordPress Update. I’ll change my review if and when it is updated for WordPress 5.5 Compatibility. The other issue is that it must be counting bots because the visitor counts are extremely high. I’m using another plugin that seems to be providing accurate numbers. I mainly keep Live Visitor Counter active because the UI is pretty for viewers with a feature that shows “Live Visitors” that are currently live on the site. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Andrew Russo. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Andrew Russo.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ naeemdal6.4y ago
Thank you for the simple and awesome plugin. The dark mode is great.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- 2023-06-20 Version 2.2 Tested with latest WP version Little optimizations 2.2
- 2022-02-11 Version 2.1 Fixed compatibility with latest jQuery Fixed visitors counting. for now session time is one day Little optimizations Added the ability to translate the widget Daily reset time has been changed to WordPress local time 2.1
- 2019-10-23 Version 2.0 Dark mode Unique visitor per session Transfer your numbers from previous counters Lighter and faster Transparent background Style 2.0
- 2019-02-23 Version 1.0 Initial Release 1.0
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Wordpress Live Visitor Counter allows you to display how many times a page has been viewed with this simple..."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 487 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 3 tags appear in the text ("click counter", "marketing", "wordpress visitor counter" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 4K+ → 3K+ down after 265 days in tier
- 2025-11-15 5K+ → 4K+ down after 340 days in tier
- 2024-12-10 6K+ → 5K+ down after 352 days in tier
- 2023-12-24 5K+ → 6K+ up after 291 days in tier
- 2023-03-08 4K+ → 5K+ up after 155 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 1K+ → 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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GetResponse Official 4K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Counter 700+ installs · 3.9★ · 1 shared tag D -
MobileMonkey X-Ray Installer 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag -
SiteBehaviour Analytics 300+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/wp-visitors-widget" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Live Visitor Counter — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Live Visitor Counter: 3K+ active installs, 4.0★ (12 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-03. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-visitors-widget
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