Best view counter plugins for WordPress
The most popular view counter plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Easy Post View Counter leads with 100+ active installs, ahead of Init View Count (70+) and Simple Post View Counter (30+). All 19 plugins tagged “View Counter” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 view counter plugins
- 1.
Easy Post View CounterThe most installed view counter plugin, with 100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 2.
Init View Count70+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Simple Post View Counter30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
PulseViews10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Countera10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.5.14.
- 6.
WhoKnew Views10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
Product View Counter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 8.
RB Post Views WidgetFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 months ago.
- 9.
Single Post View CounterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 10.
SM Post View CountFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 19 plugins tagged “View Counter”
Easy Post View Counter
#16,475by Michael Gertz11 years ago
With this plugin you can see how many views a single post has.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 4.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Init View Count
Down in the last 7 days:757#18,573by Init HTML22 days ago
Count post views accurately via REST API with customizable display. Lightweight, fast, and extensible. Includes shortcode with multiple layouts.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Simple Post View Counter
#23,376by Sadhan Pal2 months ago
Lightweight post view counter with a widget and shortcodes. Track post views automatically, stop double-counting, and display popular content easily.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 8/day
PulseViews
Down in the last 7 days:1,964#31,496by rankalseo1 month ago
Track, display and analyse post views on your WordPress site. Privacy-first, cache-compatible, zero postmeta bloat.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Countera
Down in the last 7 days:223#33,183by extendmate.com2 years ago
Track post view count by user and date for better insights.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WhoKnew Views
Down in the last 7 days:2,533#34,616by WhoKnew.io2 months ago
Real-time WooCommerce view counter with social proof displays, built-in analytics dashboards, and Prophet AI forecasting for every product.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Product View Counter
Up in the last 7 days:900#46,808by Aftabul Islam5 years ago
The plugin keeps track your product pageviews of today, yesterday, last week and total views.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RB Post Views Widget
Up in the last 7 days:15,526#50,109by Bashir Rased3 months ago
Display the most viewed posts on your website using a simple, lightweight widget.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Single Post View Counter
Up in the last 7 days:13,771#58,025by Virendra Kumar Yadav1 year ago
A simple plugin to count and display post views on each post page. Tracks views and shows the view count at the end of each post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SM Post View Count
#62,872by Mahabubur Rahman9 years ago
The SM Post View Counter is a wordpress widget plugin used to show post view count for.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Netstan Count Lite
Up in the last 7 days:3,819#64,302by Susheel Sharma1 month ago
Lightweight post view counter with an eye-icon badge and a dashboard of daily and weekly charts, top posts and top categories. Works with any theme.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
PageResonance
#67,240by Alex Hedström7 days ago
Track and display page views for posts, pages, custom post types, and taxonomy archives with bot filtering and 24-hour per-visitor deduplication.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Reading Tools
Up in the last 7 days:3,943#67,396by sonofgod8011 days ago
Boost engagement with a reading progress bar, automatic reading time estimation, live word count, accurate post view counter for your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Concise Counter of Post Views
Down in the last 7 days:11,261#69,710by RobertWP1 year ago
⚠️ This plugin has been replaced by RW PostViewStats Lite.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Views by DevDesignDazzle
Down in the last 7 days:15,997#70,041by DevDesignDazzle1 year ago
Post Views tracks WordPress views with bot filtering, stats, and top posts displays. Customize easily and boost your site!
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Reading Progress & View Counter
#70,846by teckut2 months ago
Add beautiful reading progress bars and smart post view counters to improve engagement and user experience on your WordPress site.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mostify
#72,311by ducntnz5 months ago
Lightweight popular-posts engine. Track page views and comments, display top posts by today, this week, this month, or all-time.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
CloudScale Site Analytics
Down in the last 7 days:18,160#73,341by andrewjbaker24 days ago
Accurate page view tracking for WordPress sites behind Cloudflare and other CDNs. Counts every view even when HTML is served from cache.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RW PostViewStats Lite
Down in the last 7 days:11,306#74,166by RobertWP1 year ago
A lightweight plugin to track post views via AJAX with anti-duplicate mechanisms and privacy-friendly design.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day