WordPress plugin comparison

Basic Visitor Counter vs Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field

Basic Visitor Counter

by vishvajit424

20+ installs

Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field

by Hugh Mungus

100+ installs3.0

At a glance

Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field has more active installs: 100+, against 20+ for Basic Visitor Counter.
On a typical day, Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field is downloaded about 5 times, Basic Visitor Counter about 1.
Basic Visitor Counter has no reviews yet.
Basic Visitor Counter was updated more recently: Feb 24, 2025, against Mar 2, 2014 for Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field.
Basic Visitor Counter is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.7.11, against 3.7.41 for Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field.
Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field has been around longer: since 2012, against 2025 for Basic Visitor Counter.

Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Basic Visitor Counter	Visitor Maps Extended Referer Field
Popular rank	#26,896	#15,253
Active installs	20+	100+
Downloads, last 30 days	35	131
Rating	No ratings	3.0(3)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.7.11	3.7.41
Search multiplier	×0.05	×0.00
Last release	1 year ago	12 years ago
Requires PHP	8.2	–

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