Best traffic statistics plugins for WordPress
The most popular traffic statistics plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WPS Visitor Counter leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Mechanic Visitor Counter (6K+) and XT Visitor Counter (6K+). All 3 plugins tagged “traffic statistics” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 traffic statistics plugins
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WPS Visitor CounterThe most installed traffic statistics plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 3.9 from 8 reviews, updated 9 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Mechanic Visitor Counter6K+ 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.
All 3 plugins tagged “traffic statistics”
WPS Visitor Counter
Down in the last 7 days:3#1,676by techmix9 months ago
Display website visitor statistics with widget, shortcode, and Gutenberg block support.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 3.9(8)
- Downloads
- 59/day
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
- 20/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
- 22/day