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WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)
Simple to set up but the math is highly questionable.
HealthyGrowing
72/100
Simple setup meets inaccurate data and a bug that leaves junk data on your server.
Active installs
~25,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+
Rating
4.5★
156 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+7%
Growing
111 → 119 installs/day
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 · +7% in the last year
111/day a year ago→119/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Visitor Statistics is a straightforward, easy-to-install traffic plugin that works as advertised for basic real-time stats, but is held back by serious concerns around data accuracy, a resource-heavy interface, and a persistent data-cleanup bug.
What people like
- +Easy to install and use out of the box×3
- +Provides real-time traffic statistics×2
- +Works as a lightweight alternative to bloated stat plugins like Jetpack
Common complaints
- −Statistics are inaccurate or inconsistent — numbers don't match Google Analytics, Google Ads, or Cloudflare, and internal figures contradict each other×2
- −Serious server resource usage causes very long load times when navigating between stat pages
- −Each stat category is on a separate page, requiring multiple navigations to get a full picture
- −'Keep data after uninstalling' option re-enables itself after being unchecked and saved, leaving junk data that cannot be removed — unresolved for over a year
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.33★Verified rating — drops from 4.50★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 23%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 156 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-13★★★★★Thank Youjanemperador
- 2026-03-22★★★★★Mercichristian731-shot
- 2026-02-11★★★★★Klappt super!Gundolfsbibliothek
- 2026-02-04★★★★★MobergKurt Gustafsson1-shot
- 2026-01-03★★★★★Its works perfectly!endmost1-shot
- 2025-12-29★★★★★ХОрошее приложениеlistlist1-shot
- 2025-11-21★★★★★mwaterdust
- 2025-11-17★★★★★Like pluginjybyky
- 2025-10-24★★★★★Visitor count doesn't correlate with Google Ads and Analyticsn.ivankin1-shot
- 2025-09-24★★★★★Love this plugin!astroturtle
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)
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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.
108
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
116
Prior 7-day baseline
102
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
435
Mean release-day peak (30d)
113
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-6.9%
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.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.87
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
77%
5★ share in analyzed sample
23%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
0%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.44 → 4.33★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered