Best view plugins for WordPress
The most popular view plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. View Admin As leads with 9K+ active installs, ahead of Post View Count (4K+) and Link View (700+). All 30 plugins tagged “view” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 view plugins
- 1.
View Admin AsThe most installed view plugin, with 9K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 49 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 2.
Post View Count4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 18 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Link View700+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 11 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 4.
Simple Post Views Count500+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 5.
Publish View500+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 6.
Improved Cron100+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 7.
Simple Google Street View100+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5.
- 8.
DB Viewer100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 9.
UserTracker70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.5.
- 10.
Jetpack Popular Posts60+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
All 30 plugins tagged “view”
View Admin As
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,290by Jory Hogeveen20 days ago
View the WordPress admin as a different role or visitor, switch between users, temporarily change your capabilities, set screen settings for roles.
- Installs
- 9K+
- Rating
- 4.9(49)
- Downloads
- 74/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
Link View
Down in the last 7 days:59#8,031by mibuthu6 years ago
Display a link-list or link-slider in a post or page by using a shortcode.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.7(11)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Post Views Count
#8,728by ttodua4 years ago
Count visitor views for your posts [ALSO, READ OUR RECOMMENDATION].
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Publish View
Down in the last 7 days:27#8,830by launchinteractive9 years ago
Adds a button so you can save Publish or save Draft and view in one step.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Improved Cron
Down in the last 7 days:70#13,242by CPK Web Solutions11 years ago
Keep WP-Cron running every minute for scheduled tasks without actually using Cron.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Simple Google Street View
Up in the last 7 days:38#13,888by pjvolders15 years ago
Adds the functionality for Google Street View windows to your posts and pages without the need of a google API key.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 4/day
DB Viewer
Up in the last 7 days:44#14,371by GrandPlugins4 months ago
View your WordPress database directly inside your Dashboard. No need for phpMyAdmin or hosting panels.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
UserTracker
Down in the last 7 days:138#18,536by blackc200418 years ago
This plugin will let you track which pages your users who are logged in are viewing. It logs the username, ip, datetime, referer and url viewed.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Jetpack Popular Posts
#19,418by LordPretender13 years ago
Using Jetpack stats, this widget will display the most popular posts.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- 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
Treeview On Contents
Down in the last 7 days:76#21,747by sekishi11 years ago
Enable editing of the treeview on TinyMCE.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
MaxiCharts Gravity View Add-on
Down in the last 7 days:457#24,466by termel8 years ago
Extends MaxiCharts plugin with feature to filter entries on Gravity View approval status. Requires installation of both [Maxicharts](https://wordpress …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
ARCW Popover Addon
#24,755by alek10 years ago
Popover Addon for Archives Calendar Widget
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MaxiCharts Query Builder Add-on
#24,792by termel5 years ago
Extends MaxiCharts plugin adding the famous Query Builder js widget in order to filter gravity forms entries real time via front end.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 2/day
miniExtensions Gallery for Airtable
#29,668by miniextensions6 years ago
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtSSV_Eyux0] Display Airtable records as if they're part of your site. Generate a gallery of records th …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
New Tab Actions by wasiwarez
#30,716by Holger Wassenhoven7 months ago
Adds row actions to WordPress post and page list tables for executing in new tab
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dexs.Counter
Down in the last 7 days:2,882#45,071by pytesNET10 years ago
A simple but powerful view counter and rating system, with own (dashboard) widgets, for your awesome WordPress website.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
YouTube Dev Facile
#46,745by Matthieu2011 years ago
Display Total Views, Total number of Public Videos from a channel YouTube. Affiche le nombre de vues, le nombre de vidéos d'une chaîne YouTube.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AB Show Thumbs On Post
Up in the last 7 days:431#47,485by abjelosevic8 years ago
Plugin that show featured image on post list.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Counter
Up in the last 7 days:18,399#53,052by Cybrosys4 years ago
Counting Views, Words and Characters of the Post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post View Count And Backend Display
Up in the last 7 days:11,332#53,528by Sahil Gulati4 years ago
this plugin give an extra colum for displaying how namy time particular post is viewed.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mezar Quick View
#67,743by mezar975 years ago
Mezar Quick View is a plugin that allow woocommerce shop owners to add a button that let their customers view a product without beign redirected.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
AB Post View Counter
Up in the last 7 days:1,171#68,365by abjelosevic9 years ago
Plugin that count post/page views.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post View
Down in the last 7 days:11,289#68,999by mahmood4 years ago
An additional component that can know the number of views of a post, in addition to a column dedicated to views within the posts table.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MI PDF Inserter
Down in the last 7 days:8,340#73,108by moinulit1 year ago
Easily insert and display PDF files in WordPress pages or posts using a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day