Best traffic counter plugins for WordPress
The most popular traffic counter plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Mechanic Visitor Counter leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of XT Visitor Counter (6K+) and Plugin Name (600+). All 9 plugins tagged “traffic counter” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 9 traffic counter plugins
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Mechanic Visitor CounterThe most installed traffic counter plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 3.6 from 15 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
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XT Visitor Counter6K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
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Plugin Name600+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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Plugin Name600+ active installs. Rated 4.4 from 7 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
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MC Visitor Tally100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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PulseMaps Visitor World Map70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
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Total Views50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
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Traffic flash counter30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
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RealTrace AIFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “traffic counter”
Mechanic Visitor Counter
Down in the last 7 days:14#2,699by Aditya Subawa5 years ago
Mechanic Visitor Counter is a widgets which will display the Visitor counter and traffic statistics on WordPress. Some of the features offered include …
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 3.6(15)
- Downloads
- 19/day
XT Visitor Counter
#2,753by xtrsyz3 years ago
XT Visitor Counter is a widgets which will display the Visitor counter and traffic statistics on WordPress. Some of the features offered include Today …
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Plugin Name
Down in the last 7 days:6#8,257by aviaxis9 years ago
TCW lets your users know how much traffic you have on your blog. It counts pages visited, hits and unique IPs on your blog and shows it in a widget.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Plugin Name
Up in the last 7 days:4#8,496by helenthomaswp9 years ago
TSW lets your users know how much traffic you have on your blog. It counts pages visited, hits and unique IPs on your blog and shows it in a widget.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.4(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
MC Visitor Tally
#14,757by Mike Hickcox1 month ago
Counts unique daily visits. Dashboard widget. Monthly comparisons. Shortcode and widget.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
PulseMaps Visitor World Map
Up in the last 7 days:96#18,205by aitosoftware11 years ago
Show off your website visitors on the world map. When people around the world visit your blog, the corresponding areas on the heat map widget light up …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 2.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Total Views
Down in the last 7 days:16#21,070by DIZE TECH IT SOLUTIONS4 months ago
Count total page views on your WordPress site and display them with a simple shortcode. Customizable label, styles, and editable page views.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Traffic flash counter
Down in the last 7 days:65#25,167by donimedia15 years ago
Animated traffic flash counter .
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RealTrace AI
#51,229by adnan.limdi26 days ago
Tracks visits via dual-layer detection, classifies human vs AI crawlers, and delivers high-precision offline geolocation analytics.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day