5 Best Pageviews Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Pageviews has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 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 5 closest alternatives to Pageviews
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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, hits, views tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated 14 days ago.
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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 analytics, Counter, pageviews tags on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.3 (24) 2,000+ active installsSlim version of Jetpack unlinked from WordPress.com :) Supercharge your self-hosted wp site even you're NOT WP.COM users.
Shares the views tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.8 (51) 100,000+ active installsVisitor statistics for WordPress with focus on data protection, transparency and clarity. Perfect as a widget in your WordPress Dashboard.
Shares the analytics, pageviews tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated August 7, 2026.
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Counter Number Showcase, Fun Facts – WordPress Animated Counter Plugin
4.6 (190) 10,000+ active installsCounter Number WordPress Plugin brings you all the powerful Stats Counter features to your wordpress website
Shares the Counter tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since December 26, 2024.
Switching from Pageviews: common questions
What is the best alternative to Pageviews?
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 Pageviews alternative has the most users?
Post Views Counter, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Pageviews 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 Pageviews 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 Pageviews 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 Pageviews 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 Pageviews by the data we track, and Post Views Counter has the widest reach with 200,000+ active installs. WP-PostViews shipped the most recent release, on August 24, 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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