Best views count plugins for WordPress
The most popular views count plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Post Views leads with 30+ active installs, ahead of Buddy Views (20+). All 2 plugins tagged “Views Count” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 views count plugins
- 1.
Simple Post ViewsThe most installed views count plugin, with 30+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
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Buddy Views20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
All 2 plugins tagged “Views Count”
Simple Post Views
Up in the last 7 days:328#24,787by Md Maruf Adnan Sami1 year ago
A simple WordPress plugin to count unique post views and display the view count in various locations.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Buddy Views
Down in the last 7 days:56#25,968by Mehul Kaklotar10 years ago
Show profile view count for the buddypress user similar to linkedin.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day