Page View Count
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Places an icon, all time views count and views today count at the bottom of posts, pages and custom post types on any WordPress website.
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What It Does
Page View Count appends an icon along with all-time and daily view counters to the bottom of WordPress posts, pages, and custom post types. The plugin tracks views automatically on the front end and displays the totals without any shortcode or block configuration. It is a single-purpose visitor counter with no analytics dashboard, segmentation, or reporting beyond the on-page numbers.
Who It's For
This plugin suits bloggers, small publication editors, and content site owners who want a simple, visible proof of popularity beneath each post, such as recipe blogs, tutorial sites, and news outlets where social proof matters. It also works for sites with custom post types that need a quick view-count signal without wiring up a heavier analytics tool.
Who Should Skip It
Site owners who need deeper analytics like referrer tracking, user segmentation, or dashboard reporting should skip this and use a dedicated tool such as Google Analytics, Jetpack Stats, or Plausible instead. Developers building bespoke analytics layers or anyone needing to query view counts programmatically will also find the plugin too surface-level for their needs.
The Bottom Line
Page View Count does one job and does it with a very recent update and solid compatibility, but its 10,000 installs and 50 percent support resolution rate mean it is a small-community tool rather than a polished industry standard. It is worth installing if you want a dead-simple counter and do not need analytics depth, but power users should look at Jetpack Stats or Plausible. The 77.41 quality score reflects a capable niche plugin held back mainly by limited support traction and modest adoption.
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Choose Spectra when you need a full block library that can also surface view counts alongside dozens of design blocks, instead of a single-purpose counter.
Pick Kadence Blocks if your priority is a mature page-building toolkit with six-figure adoption, and the view count is only a nice-to-have.
Go with Astra Starter Templates when you need ready-made site designs and AI-generated layouts rather than view tracking on existing content.
Classic Widgets is the right pick if you actually want to restore the old widget screen rather than track page views, and it has far broader adoption.
Pick PublishPress Blocks if you need granular block-level controls and visibility rules rather than a simple view counter appended to content.