Best count plugins for WordPress
The most popular count plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Download Monitor leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Post View Count (4K+) and Posts Character Count Admin (1K+). All 90 plugins tagged “count” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 count plugins
- 1.
Simple Download MonitorThe most installed count plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 158 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Post View Count4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 18 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Posts Character Count Admin1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 4.
GravityWP1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 13 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget900+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.
- 6.
Countdown Timer900+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 10 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 7.
Simple Post Views Count500+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 8.
Dashboard Wordcount500+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 9.
bbP topic count300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 15 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.
Posts Social Shares Count300+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 6 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 90 plugins tagged “count”
Simple Download Monitor
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,147by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ13 days ago
Easily manage downloadable files and monitor downloads of your digital files from your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(158)
- Downloads
- 523/day
Post View Count
Up in the last 7 days:8#3,437by Naresh Parmar1 month ago
Add a "Post View Count" plugin to get the count of views for your posts.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(18)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Posts Character Count Admin
Down in the last 7 days:1#5,125by Jan Teriete12 years ago
Displays a column with the character count for each post in the Manage Posts SubPanel and in the Edit Posts SubPanel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
GravityWP
Down in the last 7 days:38#5,164by GravityWP1 year ago
Count, filter and display the number of Gravity Forms entries or the total of a number field for multiple entries.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(13)
- Downloads
- 22/day
AJAX Hits Counter + Popular Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:14#7,044by kutsy5 years ago
Plugin counts posts views (hits) by using external AJAX based counter script of this plugin, which is best solution for caching whole page or using ot …
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Countdown Timer
Down in the last 7 days:9#7,251by fergbrain7 years ago
This plugin allows you to setup a series of dates to count to or from in terms of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 16/day
Simple Post Views Count
#8,745by ttodua4 years ago
Count visitor views for your posts [ALSO, READ OUR RECOMMENDATION].
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Dashboard Wordcount
Down in the last 7 days:11#8,765by ricardjorg10 years ago
Updates the Dashboard's At a Glance widget to show the total word count of all the published posts and age of this WordPress website.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
bbP topic count
Down in the last 7 days:56#10,416by Robin W2 months ago
For bbPress - adds any combination of topics, replies and totals under the authors avatar in topics and replies
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Posts Social Shares Count
#10,489by Bishoy.A11 years ago
Plugin that gives you shortcodes and PHP functions to count posts/pages shares on 6 social networks!
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 3.7(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count Characters, Words and Paragraphs while typing
Up in the last 7 days:122#10,933by Web3575 days ago
Live word, character, paragraph and space counts while you write in the Block editor, the Classic editor or any admin text field.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Most Read Posts in XX days
Down in the last 7 days:52#11,742by Claudio Simeone7 years ago
A simple plugin that counts and shows hits for each Post and Page in your WordPress blog.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post-counter
Down in the last 7 days:165#13,033by Tomek11 years ago
Writes in the slidebar the numbers of your posts
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy
Up in the last 7 days:54#13,731by Luke Mlsna14 years ago
Adds a custom shortcode that returns the number of posts in a category, tag, or custom taxonomy. Accepts a slug (default), ID, or name as input and wo …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Fix Category Count
Down in the last 7 days:56#16,170by a 53 minute production1 month ago
This plugin will allow you to easily repair and fix your category count for posts, pages and custom post types.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
number of view
Down in the last 7 days:142#20,358by lavluda15 years ago
A simple plugin to count and display hits of post and pages.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count All
Down in the last 7 days:400#20,836by horvath.agoston5 years ago
Very simple, highly customizable counter widget for showing difference in days from a specified date and time.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Count
Down in the last 7 days:201#21,285by Nick Momrik11 years ago
Counts the number of posts.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Word Count Analysis
Down in the last 7 days:232#21,662by Nurullah SERT3 years ago
A simple but useful plugin that gives the word count of your articles.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
bbP Topic Views
Down in the last 7 days:32#21,966by Gautam Gupta14 years ago
Counts the number of times a bbPress topic has been viewed, and allows the administrator to display the count in various places.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Results count
Down in the last 7 days:141#24,055by mat8iou16 years ago
When you search in Google, it tells you at the start how many results you have & what page you are on in the results. The Results Count plugin giv …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts Visitors
Up in the last 7 days:21#25,136by Huda Medoukh4 years ago
A plugin allows you to display how many times the post had been visited.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX2 Post Hit Counter
Down in the last 7 days:39#25,445by dx2systems9 years ago
A lightweight counter to track the number of hits on all posts on the website.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Buddy Views
Down in the last 7 days:56#25,968by Mehul Kaklotar10 years ago
Show profile view count for the buddypress user similar to linkedin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Download Count for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:209#26,374by Katsushi Kawamori2 months ago
Displays the number of products downloaded by customers.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Decon Character Counter
Down in the last 7 days:66#26,758by Michael Tumlad11 years ago
Counts the title, content, and excerpt characters while you edit your post or page (even in Quick Edit).
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple product counter
Down in the last 7 days:144#27,504by Webarea5 years ago
Notice with product sales and views for certain period.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Countdown Timer Event
Down in the last 7 days:26#28,465by Wptexture6 years ago
Description: Countdown Timer Event is easy to use and display the responsive countdown timers into pages/posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Wp User Count
Down in the last 7 days:96#29,618by jaapmarcus15 years ago
Show the current number of users in a line.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Comment Count
Up in the last 7 days:103#29,884by Nick Momrik11 years ago
Counts the number of comments.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Word Count
Up in the last 7 days:130#29,993by Nick Momrik11 years ago
Counts the total number of words in all posts or the number of words in a single post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gravity Forms Total Amount Shortcode
#30,599by prontotools9 years ago
A simple shortcode that displays the “Total” filed value from any Gravity Form.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
MetaSlider Downloads
Up in the last 7 days:25,621#30,801by MetaSlider24 days ago
Manage downloadable files and monitor downloads of your digital files from your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Category Post Count
#33,042by WordPress Türkiye11 years ago
With this plugin you can set the posts_per_page and posts_per_rss settings for individual categories.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Views Counter
Down in the last 7 days:307#34,643by Krigus10 years ago
Plugin WP Views Counter is counting views of pages or posts in your blog
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disqus Count JS Fix
Up in the last 7 days:5,217#35,142by Avishay Bar11 years ago
This plugin fixes the 'split' error caused by Disqus Plugin. This Plugin was developed by Geektime's dev team for internal purposes onl …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Image Counter
Down in the last 7 days:562#35,526by ajayver13 years ago
This plugin adds a small counter to each image in your posts.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count of Products in One Category
#36,238by Silvio3 years ago
This plugin provides a shortcode that displays the count of products in a product category of woocommerce.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dunstan-style Error Page
#37,587by fergbrain19 years ago
See http://www.andrewferguson.net/wordpress-plugins/dunstan-style-error-page/ for the latest updates.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Subscribers Count
Up in the last 7 days:5,343#38,303by hyptos14 years ago
Subscriber count show up the number of members of your community.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Product Sold Count
Up in the last 7 days:2,353#39,092by Bhaskar Dhote10 years ago
This plugin allow you to show the total number of sold item on the product single page and total view of that product as well .
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Corona Results Bangladesh
#40,544by Rasedul Haque Rumi6 years ago
Corona Results Bangladesh .
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Like
#41,145by Aamer Shahzad7 years ago
Post like is a simple ajax based post like/unlike plugin that help your visitors to like posts. Counter shows number of post likes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Download Count
Up in the last 7 days:4,969#41,191by Thambaru Wijesekara10 years ago
Counts downloads by shortcode and shows it on a column of posts list.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Post Stats & Analysis
Up in the last 7 days:2,030#41,652by Chamara Denipitiya6 years ago
License: GNU Version 2 or Any Later Version WP Post Stats & Analysis plugin shows post stats & analysis on your WordPress site dashboard for …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Popular Posts Count
Up in the last 7 days:856#41,654by Mohammed Salman Khan8 years ago
Popular Posts Count is a widget plugin which displays popular posts by VIEWS / COMMENTS on your blog in cool style.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count Pagination Fix for MySQL
Down in the last 7 days:906#41,884by leendertvb1 month ago
Fix for pagination issues under MySQL v8.0 and later where SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS and FOUND_ROWS are no longer supported.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PopPosts
Down in the last 7 days:4,496#42,306by Mudimedia16 years ago
A simple plugin to count and display hits of post and pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
article write time
Down in the last 7 days:2,768#43,285by jquerybloger12 years ago
To display the time it took to write the article
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Share Simple
Down in the last 7 days:4,923#43,444by Vamsi11 years ago
Simple sharing plugin to display social shared count from facebook and twitter
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day