Best hit plugins for WordPress
The most popular hit plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hit Sniffer Live Blog Analytics leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of DX2 Post Hit Counter (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “hit” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 hit plugins
- 1.
Hit Sniffer Live Blog AnalyticsThe most installed hit plugin, with 100+ active installs. Rated 2.3 from 7 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.0.
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DX2 Post Hit Counter20+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 2 plugins tagged “hit”
Hit Sniffer Live Blog Analytics
Up in the last 7 days:54#16,073by sanarena8 years ago
Hit Sniffer was a powerful real time website visitor activity tracker.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 2.3(7)
- 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