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MC Visitor Tally
Counts unique daily visits. Dashboard widget. Monthly comparisons. Shortcode and widget.
The facts
- Active installs
- 100+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 17 Aug 2026
- Added
- Aug 2020
- Requires WP
- 4.7
- Tested up to
- WP 7.0.4
- Requires PHP
- 7.0
- Downloads
- 5,335
Our analysis
AI-assistedMC Visitor Tally is a WordPress plugin designed to track and display visitor counts on your website. It provides unique site visitor statistics for various time frames, such as today, yesterday, the past week, and more, which can be viewed in an admin dashboard widget. The plugin also allows you to use a front-end widget and shortcode to display visitor counts in different locations on your site.
This plugin is suitable for website administrators who want a simple and clean way to monitor site traffic. It offers options for displaying monthly comparisons and different table styles, making it adaptable to various site designs.
Best for: Website administrators looking for a straightforward visitor counting solution.
What it does well
- ✓Tracks visitor counts for multiple time frames
- ✓Displays counts in an admin dashboard widget
- ✓Offers a front-end widget and shortcode for placement
- ✓Allows for optional month-to-month comparisons
- ✓Automatically deletes visitor data older than one year
Where it falls short
- •No published rating available
- •Limited information on compatibility with themes and page builders
Verdict
MC Visitor Tally provides essential visitor tracking features in a user-friendly format, making it a practical choice for those wanting to monitor site traffic.
From the developer
Mike Hickcox's own description of MC Visitor Tally, lightly tidied.
An easy-to-use visitor counter with a clean look appropriate for a professional website. Features:
- Unique site visitor counts in these time frames: Today, Yesterday, Past 7 Days, Current Month, Current Year.
- Counts are shown in an admin dashboard widget which appears when the plugin is activated.
- The admin dashboard widget has an optional table of monthly totals for comparisons.
- The dashboard widget tells when the plugin was installed so you know when the counts on your website began.
- Use the front-end WIDGET (MC Visitor Tally) to place the tallies on website pages, sidebars, and/or footer.
- Use the SHORTCODE [mcvt-visitor-tally] to place the tallies in sidebars, pages, and other locations on the website.
- Use any of several styles of visitor tables on your website with the shortcode and widget.
- The year-to-date count on the shortcode and widget can be turned off if you don’t want to show the YTD numbers at this time.
- Visitor data more than one year old are automatically deleted from the plugin’s database table, removing unneeded records.
- Counts are real people, as most bots and crawlers will not be counted.
Settings and Use
- SETTINGS LINK: Find “MC Visitor Tally” under “Settings” in the left menu. Also found under the plugin name in the list of installed plugins.
- MONTHLY COMPARISONS: Decide if you want month-to-month totals shown in the admin dashboard widget for comparisons. Also shows the total for the past 12 months.
- ONLINE TABLE STYLES: Choose a style for online tables. Experiment with this – themes and page builders display these tables very differently.
- YEAR-TO-DATE TOTALS: On the settings page, you can turn off the year-to-date counts on your website pages.
- WIDGET: Use the widget (MC Visitor Tally) to add the counter to sidebars or other widget-enabled areas of the website.
- SHORTCODE: Use the shortcode [mcvt-visitor-tally] to add the counter to any page, sidebar, or the footer.
- ON PLUGIN REMOVAL: On the settings page, you can decide not to delete the database table when removing the plugin – if you intend to re-install it later.
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