SRS Simple Hits Counter
Simple plugin to count and show a total number of hits (Unique visitors or page-views) to the site without using any third party code.
4.2(6 reviews)
·8.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, SRS Simple Hits Counter is a WordPress hits plugin with 8.0K+ active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 103K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: WP-PostViews.
4.2/56 reviews
8.0K+active installs
103K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
As the name suggests, it’s a very simple Hit Counter that counts the number of Unique Visitors and Page-views. It’s very light weight so it doesn’t strain your site or cause render blocking.
You can show either Unique Visitors count or Page-views count anywhere on the site using widgets or shortcode. You can also add/show both Counters by using two copies of the widget or the shortcode.
Note: It keeps counting even when you have no widget or shortcode active. To completely disable the counter you have to disable the plugin.
Features
- AJAX based counter ignores most bots or crawlers
- Monthly and weekly graph in admin
- Show the Unique Visitors, Page-views count or both
- Ability to reset the counter to any number any time
- Can be shown anywhere on the site using Widgets and Sho…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Exactly what I needed
by tcl65·1 year ago
I needed something lightweight that doesn’t load external scripts and this does exactly that.
NO Support, Issues and Errors
by dimal·4 years ago·4 replies
This plugin has ZERO support, doesn’t work right anymore and not compatible with WP 5.8.
Pitty.
Simple. Works. Good Plugin
by Randy King·4 years ago
I have been using this plugin on various sites now for years. It continues to function simply, and yet has everything you would want to display page visits and unique visitors. Looking for simple and works? This is it.
Counts are wrong – WAY wrong
by Randy King·7 years ago·1 reply
This plugin worked great for a long time, but all of a sudden, it is displaying 32,893 visitors. While I wish that was the case, it’s way off. And if I use the plugin control panel settings to reset it to something sane like 7300, as soon as it refreshes its back again to over 32,000. Sounds like a short/long integer problem?
- This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Randy King. Reason: No response?
simple – but shows, what i want
by Daniel XAG·8 years ago
Shows Visitors or Pageviews.
Important for me: individual Start-Values.
Some Settings for Layout or something would be nice.
Download Trends
Today: 25Yesterday: 23This week: 130Period total: 9K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.1
69.3%
v1.1
23.1%
v1.0
6.3%
Other
1.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.1 – 19th Jan 2025
- Added popular content section to dashboard
- Updated UI for settings page
- Bug fixes on visitors and views reset functions
- Added admin stylesheet
Contributors
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