Views vs Visitors

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  dwightvanm · Member · Sep 24, 2015 at 3:54 am

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  Hi there,

  Can somebody explain to me the difference between “views” & “visitors” on my WordPress Stats page? I’ve tried reading how WordPress describes them, but it makes no sense.

  Also, on my blog site I have a “# of hits” icon (E.g. it currently shows 2,912 hits). What does that mean?

  Thanks for the help!
  Dwight

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 24, 2015 at 4:49 am

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  Hits = Page views

  Visitor = person / computer that visits your site in a day / week / month

  Views = number of Posts / Pages / images viewed

  Help?

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  dwightvanm · Member · Sep 24, 2015 at 1:40 pm

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  For Hits = page views, is this my homepage only or anytime someone visits my site?

  For Visitors, does WP remember a person / computer / smartphone and only counts them once or not?

  Thanks. Sent from my iPhone

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 24, 2015 at 4:49 pm

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  WordPress.COM remembers a person – Day / Week or Month for the visitor stats

  Hits / Page Views – when they click on something to view it not just home page – but your Posts run on and on and the whole Post is displayed so there is not much need for someone to click on an individual post to read it

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  dwightvanm · Member · Sep 24, 2015 at 6:40 pm

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  Ok thanks for the understanding.

  For the hits button, would there be a better stats button that I could use and if so what would that be? Sent from my iPhone

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 24, 2015 at 7:20 pm

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  The Hits is the only Stats widget available that I know of unless you go to a third party stats package – caution you need to use plain html code for any outside stats package