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Pageviews
A simple and lightweight pageviews counter for your WordPress posts and pages.
The facts
- Rating
- 4.7★ from 7
- Active installs
- 1k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 21 Feb 2020
- Added
- Jul 2016
- Requires WP
- 4.4
- Tested up to
- WP 5.5.20
- Downloads
- 45,942
Our analysis
AI-assistedPageviews is a WordPress plugin that counts the number of views on your posts and pages. It operates using JavaScript and is designed to perform well on high-traffic websites without affecting site performance. The plugin also allows you to import existing view counts from Google Analytics and other services.
This plugin is suitable for users who want to track post and page views effectively, especially on sites with a large amount of content. It includes hooks and APIs for integration with third-party themes and is compatible with various caching plugins and proxies.
Best for: This plugin suits website owners looking to track content views efficiently.
What it does well
- ✓Counts views on posts and pages
- ✓Compatible with high-traffic websites
- ✓Allows import of existing view counts
- ✓Includes hooks and APIs for integration
- ✓Works with caching plugins and proxies
Where it falls short
- •Limited information on additional features
- •Last updated in February 2020
Verdict
Pageviews offers a straightforward solution for monitoring post and page views, but its last update may raise concerns for some users.
From the developer
Pressjitsu's own description of Pageviews, lightly tidied.
Pageviews is a simple and lightweight views counter for your WordPress posts and pages. It is based on JavaScript and is compatible with all caching plugins, proxies and complex setups. Pageviews works with a hosted processing service, and performs extremely well under high-traffic and on sites with large amounts of content.
Don’t start from scratch! Import existing numbers from Google Analytics and other services with Pageviews Sync.
Features
- 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
More information on Pageviews.io.
If you need any setup assistance or help migrating your existing views counts from other plugins or services please reach out to us via e-mail, or open a new thread in the WordPress.org support forums. For best performance Pageviews uses an external service to collect and process numbers. Visit our terms of service and privacy policy for more details.
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