Best counter plugins for WordPress
The most popular counter plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Views Counter leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of WP-PostViews (90K+) and Simple Download Monitor (20K+). All 145 plugins tagged “Counter” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 counter plugins
- 1.
Post Views CounterThe most installed counter plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 1,238 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.WP-PostViews
90K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 65 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Simple Download Monitor20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 158 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
Counter Number Showcase, Fun Facts10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 190 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 5.
SRS Simple Hits Counter8K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 6 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 6.
Post View Count4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 18 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Wp Post Views4K+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 8.Counters Block
3K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 9.
Light Views Counter3K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
Counting Number Block2K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
All 145 plugins tagged “Counter”

Post Views Counter
Down in the last 7 days:1#287by dFactory6 days ago
Count and display post views, track site-wide visits, and see what content works – inside WordPress. Fast, easy to use and privacy-first.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.9(1.2K)
- Downloads
- 3.5K/day
WP-PostViews
Up in the last 7 days:1#470by Lester Chan2 months ago
Enables you to display how many times a post/page had been viewed.
- Installs
- 90K+
- Rating
- 4.4(65)
- Downloads
- 335/day

Simple Download Monitor
#1,147by mra13 / Team Tips and Tricks HQ12 days ago
Easily manage downloadable files and monitor downloads of your digital files from your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(158)
- Downloads
- 561/day

Counter Number Showcase, Fun Facts
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,847by wpshopmart1 year ago
Counter Number WordPress Plugin brings you all the powerful Stats Counter features to your wordpress website
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(190)
- Downloads
- 32/day

SRS Simple Hits Counter
Up in the last 7 days:4#2,311by SandyRig5 months ago
Display unique visitor or page-view counts anywhere on your site using widgets or shortcodes — Simple, very lightweight and no third-party code.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 46/day

Post View Count
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,439by 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

Wp Post Views
Down in the last 7 days:12#3,498by Ronak J Vanpariya1 month ago
WP Post Views is a lightweight and efficient plugin to track and display post views in WordPress.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 48/day
Counters Block
#3,828by bPlugins12 days ago
Animated number counters for Gutenberg. Display statistics, milestones, KPIs, and supported WooCommerce or WordPress data.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 41/day

Light Views Counter
Up in the last 7 days:36#3,839by ThemeRuby5 months ago
Lightweight and fast post view counter with smart tracking, built for high-traffic sites and large post databases.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 43/day

Counting Number Block
Up in the last 7 days:4#4,699by Phi Phan2 months ago
This block provides an animated counter effect for numbers. It’s fast, lightweight, SEO-friendly, accessibility-ready, and fits any design.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 81/day

Real-Time Post Statistics for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:16#5,262by osama.esh3 months ago
A lightweight and simple tool to track your post statistics with real insights.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 24/day

Counter Box
Down in the last 7 days:14#5,388by Wow-Company2 months ago
Easily add countdowns, timers, and counters to your WordPress site. Ideal for sales, events, stats, and personalized time-based experiences.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Easy Timer
Down in the last 7 days:12#5,391by Kleor1 year ago
Allows you to easily display a count down/up timer, the time or the current date on your website, and to schedule an automatic content modification.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.3(17)
- Downloads
- 23/day

Date counter
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,321by Konstantin Pankratov1 year ago
Date counter - is just a 9 kilobytes WordPress plugin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Counter-Hits
Down in the last 7 days:24#6,455by wpgear9 months ago
A simple, easy, fast, adaptive, local, objective counter to visit your site.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 12/day

Jellyfish Counter Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,487by Strawberry Jellyfish6 years ago
Show eye catching totals with static or animated counter widgets and shortcodes. Classic retro odometer style or easy customise your own custom look.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Pageviews
Down in the last 7 days:38#6,533by Pressjitsu6 years ago
A simple and lightweight pageviews counter for your WordPress posts and pages.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Checkout Countdown for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:19#6,915by Morgan Hvidt1 year ago
The Countdown Bar for WooCommerce Products to improve your Cart & Checkout Flow
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Kama Click Counter
Down in the last 7 days:7#7,419by Timur Kamaev1 year ago
Count clicks on any link across the site. Creates a beautiful file download block in post content. Includes a widget for top downloads.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 3.9(9)
- Downloads
- 17/day

WP Counter
Up in the last 7 days:9#7,617by Harun3 years ago
WP Counter is a simple visitor counter of your site.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Simple Visitor Counter
Down in the last 7 days:15#8,213by plugindeveloper1129 years ago
The Simple Visitor Counter widget displays a daily, weekly and monthly visitor count. Count your up to date traffic safely and show your current visit …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Remoji
Down in the last 7 days:19#10,631by WPDO4 months ago
Reactive emoji. Allow visitors to add emoji reactions to your posts and comments. Disable comment for pages, posts.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 8/day

Count Characters, Words and Paragraphs while typing
Down in the last 7 days:23#10,930by Web3574 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
Hit Counter Max
Down in the last 7 days:132#10,949by jamesdouglasm9 years ago
A simple but an effective web hit counter stats plugin for your wordpress blog. Cool layouts that fit for any kind of web design.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.5(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Awesome Visitor Counter
Down in the last 7 days:51#11,723by Raihanul Islam7 years ago
Visitor Counter Plugin to display daily, weekly and monthly visitor count. Count your traffic safely and show your visitors.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smart Countdown FX Easy Recurring Events
Up in the last 7 days:64#11,783by Alex Polonski6 years ago
Smart Countdown FX Easy Recurring Events adds recurring events support to Smart Countdown FX.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Counter Ecl
Down in the last 7 days:48#12,069by enriquecerda10 years ago
Making WordPress web counter widget and cookie Law.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day

WBD Progress Bar For Gutenberg
Up in the last 7 days:248#12,560by wpbranddigital18 days ago
A beautiful and lightweight progress bar block for the WordPress Gutenberg editor with smooth animations and full customization options.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Number Counter
Up in the last 7 days:57#13,049by WPDeveloper13 days ago
Counter block written with ESNext standard and JSX support – build step required.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Post-counter
Down in the last 7 days:200#13,063by Tomek11 years ago
Writes in the slidebar the numbers of your posts
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
StatPress Dashboard Widget Lite
Down in the last 7 days:22#13,079by Dunkelwesen16 years ago
Real time stats from StatPress for your Wordpress Dashboard - Lite-Version
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MWR Hit Counter
Up in the last 7 days:92#13,116by Daniel Martín Ochoa18 days ago
A lightweight global WordPress counter with twelve visual styles, display sizes, flexible counting behavior, number formatting, shortcode overrides an …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

ExtraWatch (Live Stats, Realtime tracking, Visits on a map and more)
Down in the last 7 days:218#14,635by matto3c5 years ago
See visits and clicks on your website in realtime!
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.4(7)
- Downloads
- 6/day

PageViews Counter
Up in the last 7 days:141#14,684by BoUk2 months ago
Implement your own pageviews counter in efficient way, using different backend storages such as MemcacheD or Redis.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Simple Word Counter
Down in the last 7 days:59#14,758by virvit8 years ago
Very simple plugin to count words in your posts. It's usefull for SEO optimization to match some low and high words limit for search engines.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP-DownloadCounter
Up in the last 7 days:23#15,303by r-win17 years ago
Since WordPress does offer attaching downloads to pages, but doesn't keep track of the amount of downloads, this plugin was written.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.5(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

AA Visitor Counter Widget
Down in the last 7 days:90#15,816by AA Extensions1 year ago
Displays a visitor counter on your site by country. Easy setup via widget. Get real-time insights into your global audience.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
AE Visitor
Up in the last 7 days:93#16,275by aldo.expert11 years ago
very simple visitor plugins enables you to track number of visitors online in an easy to install.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Site Counter
Down in the last 7 days:19#16,523by Vitaliy Panchenko10 years ago
Site Counter - is a simple count of visitors. It is will bring the number of visitors since the establishment of the counter on the site.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Posts and Products Views for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:60#16,725by CoderPress11 months ago
Track and display the view counts of WordPress posts and WooCommerce products in the admin panel and via shortcode.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
My Contador lesr
Up in the last 7 days:19#17,022by luydjmi1 year ago
¡Gracias por descargar nuestro plugin! Con más de 5000 descargas, estamos emocionados de ver cómo ha ayudado a nuestros
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
bodi0`s Bots visits counter
Down in the last 7 days:260#17,125by Budiony Damyanov2 years ago
Counts the visits from web spiders, crawlers and bots in your blog, with ability to get the blog rankings.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Display Live Visitors & Counter
#17,632by Rajdip Sinha Roy6 years ago
Show How Many Users Are Online On Your Wordpress Site.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Globe Visitors Counter
Up in the last 7 days:134#18,750by vectormapper5 days ago
Interactive 3D globe that shows your website visitors worldwide in real time and historically, with a fast lightweight Land Cover skin.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Insert Code Lite
Up in the last 7 days:13#18,822by Dmitry Mayorov8 years ago
Insert Code Lite lets you add scripts, styles, and other custom code to your website.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy Download Media Counter
#19,335by Remi Corson13 years ago
Requires at least 3.0 Tested up to 3.3.1 Stable tag: 1.2 This plugin allows easy media downloads count using shortcodes
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day

NK
Up in the last 7 days:88#19,639by Nitish Kaila6 years ago
The plugin facilitates the user can add the progress counter block.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DP Post Views Counter
Down in the last 7 days:126#20,013by Denys Popov7 years ago
The plugin show how many people have viewed an article on the site.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

VR-Visitas (hits counter stats)
Down in the last 7 days:27#20,696by Vicente Ruiz Gálvez12 years ago
This plugin has been removed and is no longer updated.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 1.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Count All
Down in the last 7 days:370#20,800by 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