CodeFaeries Views Metrics
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Lightweight post and product views tracking with dashboard stats, Gutenberg blocks, and smart exclusions.
CodeFaeries Views Metrics provides comprehensive view tracking for any post type including posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and custom post types. Built with clean, modern code architecture and extensive customization options.
Works with or without WooCommerce — This plugin is fully functional for any WordPress site, whether you use WooCommerce or not. WooCommerce integration is completely optional and provides bonus features when available.
Key Features
- Universal Tracking — Works with posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and any custom post type
- Dashboard Widget — At-a-glance statistics with interactive chart on WordPress dashboard
- Gutenberg Blocks — Post Views and Most Viewed Posts blocks for the block editor
- Most Viewed Posts Widget — Sidebar widget to display popular content
- Smart Exclusions — Exclude crawlers, AI bots, logged-in users, guests, specific roles, categories, or individual posts
- Flexible Display — Show counters before content, after content, or manually via shortcode with customizable text
- Role-Based Visibility — Control which user roles can see view counters
- Role-Based Counting — Exclude specific roles from being counted (admins and shop managers by default)
- Performance Optimized — Multiple tracking methods including Fast AJAX for cached sites
- WooCommerce Integration — Sort products by most viewed on shop pages
- Quick/Bulk Edit — Manually adjust view counts directly from admin lists
- Import Tool — Migrate view data from WP-PostViews or other plugins
- GDPR Compliant — IP anonymization options and privacy policy snippet
- Developer Friendly — Clean, well-documented code with filters and hooks
- Admin Integration — View counts in post/product listing pages with sorting
- Real-Time Statistics — Dashboard showing total, today, yesterday, weekly, and monthly views
Third-Party Libraries
This plugin uses the following third-party libraries:
Chart.js
- License: MIT License — https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
- Source: https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js
- Version: 4.5.0
- Usage: renders interactive charts in the admin dashboard widget and the post-list column chart modal.