Is there a widget that will display the total cumulative views of all posts?

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  lisaanneharvestmouse · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:11 pm

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  Is there a widget that will display the total cumulative views of all posts?

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  lisaanneharvestmouse · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:12 pm

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  Is there a widget I can put in a sidebar or footer that will display the total cumulative views of all posts?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:14 pm

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  The Blog Stats Widget displays the total number of views to your blog (not including your own views when you are logged in). https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/blog-stats-widget/

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  lisaanneharvestmouse · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:15 pm

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  (Sorry about the repetition there.)

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  lisaanneharvestmouse · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:16 pm

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  Wow, there’s actually someone there! Thank you so much!! :)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:19 pm

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  You’re welcome. Below is some associated information you may find useful.

  Our stats are not real time stats and take time to update. There are frequent fluctuations that most do not notice because we aren’t watching the process. For details see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/stats/ and note the views and viewers take hours to update.

  Our stats are page view stats but please do not assume that everyone who clicks a follow, like, share, reblog or comment link actually reads the post on your blog because odds are they may not.

  Follow, like, share, reblog or comment clicks are not page views. In fact, follows, likes, shares, comments and reblogs are completely misleading when you are talking about page view stats.

  Your followers and anyone with a WordPress.com/Gravatar account who is logged into WordPress.com can “follow” your blog, “like”, “share” and “reblog” your posts and “comment” in several locations such as the Reader, without ever clicking into your blog and creating a single page view stat. Subscribers control how frequently they receive your posts (instantly, daily, weekly) and can comment without clicking into the blog.

  Logged in visitors using a mobile can read the full post without creating a page view stat. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/wordpresscom-reader-show-full-text?replies=31#post-1373606

  You can control the length of the entry sent out on your RSS feed here Dashboard > Settings > Reading. Choose the “summary” setting for your RSS feed rather than to “full text”. That will compel followers who are not using mobiles to click into the blog to read the full post which will create a page view stat.

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  lisaanneharvestmouse · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:22 pm

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  That is very interesting – and it answers some other questions that have come up over time. I sure appreciate your help. I’ll look into that more thoroughly. :)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 15, 2015 at 7:24 pm

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  I’m happy I helped. Best wishes to you.