10 Best Light Views Counter Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Light Views Counter has 3,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Light Views Counter
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WP-PostViews
Closest match4.4 (65) 100,000+ active installsEnables you to display how many times a post/page had been viewed.
Shares the Counter, statistics, views tags on WordPress.org. About 33 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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4.7 (84) 8,000+ active installsNewStatPress (Statpress plugin fork) is a real-time plugin to manage the visits' statistics about your blog (without external web analytics).
Shares the statistics, tracking tags on WordPress.org. About 2.7 times the installs, last updated July 7, 2026.
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4.2 (34) 2,000+ active installsTrack everything with Google Analytics (clicked links, emails opened, YouTube videos being watched, etc.). Includes real time Analytics dashboard.
Shares the statistics, tracking tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since February 24, 2022.
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4.9 (1,225) 200,000+ active installsPost Views Counter allows you to collect and display how many times a post, page, or other content has been viewed in a simple, fast and reliable way.
Shares the Counter, statistics tags on WordPress.org. About 67 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress
4.5 (95) 60,000+ active installsAdds Matomo (former Piwik) statistics to your WordPress dashboard and is also able to add the Matomo Tracking Code to your blog.
Shares the statistics, tracking tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated August 5, 2026.
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4.8 (817) 70,000+ active installsReal-time WordPress analytics that stay on your own server: pageviews, outbound links, WooCommerce funnels, all privacy-first and GDPR-ready.
Shares the statistics, tracking tags on WordPress.org. About 23 times the installs, last updated June 24, 2026.
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GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress
4.9 (158) 400,000+ active installsAdds Google Analytics tracking code to your WordPress site. Supports many tracking features.
Shares the statistics, tracking tags on WordPress.org. About 133 times the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
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4.3 (29) 20,000+ active installsSearch Meter tracks what your readers are searching for on your site. View full details of recent searches or stats for the last day, week or month.
Shares the statistics tag on WordPress.org. About 6.7 times the installs, last updated December 3, 2025.
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4.5 (25) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin will display Clicky Web Analytics data and statistics inside your WordPress Administration Dashboard.
Shares the statistics tag on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated May 24, 2026.
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4.2 (232) 30,000+ active installsThis plugin will help you to track your visitors, browsers, operating systems, visits and much more in one dashboard page.
Shares the statistics tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 13 days ago.
Switching from Light Views Counter: common questions
What is the best alternative to Light Views Counter?
WP-PostViews is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Light Views Counter alternative has the most users?
GA Google Analytics, with 400,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Light Views Counter alternative is rated highest?
Post Views Counter, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 1,225 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Light Views Counter alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Light Views Counter score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Light Views Counter on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
WP-PostViews is the closest match to Light Views Counter by the data we track, and GA Google Analytics has the widest reach with 400,000+ active installs. Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics shipped the most recent release, on August 25, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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