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Pageviews — WordPress Analytics Plugin

by Pressjitsu · WordPress.org page · Website

v0.11.0 Tested up to WP 5.5.20

Pageviews has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 45,975 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on February 21, 2020, tested up to WordPress 5.5.20.

Pageviews at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
45,975
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Pageviews well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 5.5.20, not yet with the current 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Display the number of times a post or page has been viewed
  • Works on high-traffic websites with zero impact on performance
  • Includes useful hooks and APIs for seamless integration into third-party themes
  • Compatible with caching plugins, proxies and application firewalls

Pageviews reviews and ratings

7 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.7 out of 5

7 reviews

5★
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  • Best Javascript based page view counts

    Hi, This is the best Javascript-based page view counts for my website because it works with other major CACHE plugins such as WP Fastest Cache, SuperCache, etc. without more custom codes. My only drawbacks of this plugin are: 1. It is dependent on a third party website to count page views which may cause poor website performance. 2. There is no guide on how to reset those page view counts to Zero every month, 6 months or year, etc. However, I still give 5 STARs to this plugin despite the above drawbacks.

    daro2013

  • Perfect Solution👌

    Installed this locally to test before utilizing on a client site and experienced no problems whatsoever in either environment. I’m using it in a custom theme template and the integration couldn’t have been simpler. Thank you for this fantastic plugin. I’ve also used it on a CPT with no issues as can be seen here. Here is how I’m using it on the blog.

    willconkwright

  • отлично

    ничего лишнего, можно кастомизировать

    resident82

  • Simples e eficaz. Melhor é difícil.

    Excelente. Mais simples seria difícil. Faz o que se propõe sem configurações. Apresenta as leituras de cada artigo de forma discreta e permite ir ao Google Analytics buscar a contagem total. Excellent. Simpler would be difficult. It does what it proposes without setings. Displays discreetly the views for each post and allows the user to fetch all the views stored on Google Analytics.

    Rui Freitas

  • Sends information to plugin-author without asking by php-code

    But you can stop this if you delete the last lines (just between <body> and </body> of auth.php Additionally it has no other settings-options, which is why I better go with https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/post-views-counter/. Last but not least it really does what it should, therefore at least 3 stars. Cheers and keep on improving it.

    alexfreeskier

  • Simple and functional

    Simple to integrate, easy to use. No settings page is awesome.

    Dmitry Mayorov

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Details

A simple and lightweight pageviews counter for your WordPress posts and pages.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Rankings Pageviews competes in

Tags

  • analytics
  • Counter
  • hits
  • pageviews
  • views

More from Pressjitsu

Version
0.11.0
Last updated
Feb 21, 2020
First published
Jul 8, 2016
Requires WordPress
4.4
Tested up to
5.5.20
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Pageviews FAQ

What does Pageviews do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, Pageviews offers Display the number of times a post or page has been viewed, Works on high-traffic websites with zero impact on performance, Includes useful hooks and APIs for seamless integration into third-party themes and Compatible with caching plugins, proxies and application firewalls.

How many active installs does Pageviews have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for Pageviews as of September 7, 2026.

Is Pageviews still maintained?

The last release was on February 21, 2020, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Pageviews free?

Pageviews is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.