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WP-PostViews
A lightweight legend currently drifting into compatibility limbo.
HealthyGrowing
63/100
Simple functionality is currently undermined by compatibility issues and a lack of active maintenance.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.4★
65 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+11%
Growing
147 → 164 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORnot updated in 9 months
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Growing · +11% in the last year
147/day a year ago→164/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP-PostViews is a simple post view counter plugin that has historically been appreciated for its ease of use, but it carries a growing reputation for compatibility breakage with newer WordPress versions and popular page builders, with no apparent active maintenance to address these issues.
What people like
- +Considered useful and easy to use for basic post view counting×4
- +Works as a lightweight, simple solution without unnecessary complexity×2
Common complaints
- −Compatibility broken with newer WordPress versions (since 6.5.2)×2
- −No longer works correctly with Advanced Queries and Elementor Loop widget for displaying popular posts
- −Incompatible with some themes
- −View counter is unreliable — counts are not unique and views can be double-counted on page refresh, with no option to enforce unique counting
- −View data is stored in wp_postmeta rather than a dedicated table, which is considered a structural limitation
- −Closed forum topics suggest support issues are not being actively resolved×3
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.29★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.40★
- 15%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 67% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-05-152025-06-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 65 total
Latest reviews · 65 analyzed
- 2025-10-21★★★★★Useful plugin, but unique view counting by IP would be a great additionKR. Laboratories
- 2024-04-26★★★★★No longer works with Advanced Queries / Elementorwhitelabelcroydon
- 2024-04-21★★★★★It doesn't work with 6.5.2 wordpres versionsergio.pinna.prato
- 2023-01-08★★★★★I guess this is no longer in supportedBeulahland83
- 2022-03-23★★★★★very usefuldouggeeks
- 2021-12-06★★★★★AwesomeAhmed Faruk
- 2021-07-25★★★★★Very nice plugin!eddy0522
- 2021-04-16★★★★★This Plugin Is So Good, but Please Help Mewissdomm1-shot
- 2020-04-21★★★★★Usefulwelldds1-shot
- 2019-11-09★★★★★Simple and goodGordon1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
153
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
151
Prior 7-day baseline
127
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
176
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+1.3%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
67%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
3.67
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
74%
5★ share in analyzed sample
15%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.37 → 4.29★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered