Views Metrics

Description

Views Metrics Pro is a professional views tracking plugin for WordPress that counts real reader interest across any post type, including posts, pages, WooCommerce products, and custom post types. It turns raw view data into clear reports, exports, and on-page displays, so site owners can see what content actually performs and act on it.

Key benefits

• Understand which content, products, authors, and categories truly earn attention.
• Get clean analytics dashboards without relying on an external service.
• Display view counts on the front end with themeable counters and sparkline charts.
• Export your data any time in CSV or XML for reporting, audits, or further analysis.
• Keep tracking fast and cache-friendly, even on high-traffic sites.
• Stay privacy-minded with configurable IP storage and a cookieless tracking mode.

What Pro adds

These are the features you get by upgrading. Everything in the next section is already yours in the free edition.

• Analytics dashboard covering device type, referrer, and browser breakdowns.
• Reports by date, post, and author with interactive charts.
• CSV and XML exports in full, summary, or per-post formats, streamed in batches to handle large datasets.
• Inline sparkline charts with the [cfvm_views_sparkline] shortcode.
• Most viewed authors and taxonomies shortcodes: [cfvm_most_viewed_authors] and [cfvm_most_viewed_terms].
• Author and taxonomy view tracking, on top of per-post tracking.
• Multiple counter display themes, including badge, minimal, and popular styles.
• Display rules, such as a minimum views threshold before the counter appears.
• Fast AJAX recording endpoint for cache-friendly view counting.
• Dynamic counter loading that bypasses page caches to show accurate live numbers.
• Client-side bot detection to keep counts meaningful.
• Cookieless tracking mode for privacy-sensitive deployments.
• AMP compatibility.
• Page builder integrations for Elementor, Divi, and GenerateBlocks, to sort post queries by most viewed.
• WooCommerce “sort by most viewed” option on shop pages.
• Caching compatibility mode that detects your caching plugin and switches to JavaScript tracking, so cached pages are still counted.

Included from the free edition

Pro contains the free plugin in full. Activating Pro replaces it automatically and keeps your settings, so there is nothing to reconfigure.

• Views tracking for any public post type, with or without WooCommerce.
• Admin columns, a dashboard widget and quick stats in the admin bar for insights at a glance.
• Gutenberg blocks and a sidebar widget for post views and most viewed posts.
• Configurable IP storage modes: full, anonymized, or disabled.
• Configurable throttle window so repeat visits do not inflate counts.
• PHP, JavaScript (AJAX) or REST API tracking, so views are still counted on cached pages, and trusted proxy headers for sites behind a CDN.
• WPML and Polylang support, counting each translation separately or combined.
• Automatic deletion of view data older than a retention period you choose, and WordPress personal data export and erase support.
• Smart exclusions for crawlers, AI bots, roles, IP addresses, categories, and individual posts.
• Quick and bulk editing of view counts, and an import tool for existing WP-PostViews data.
• Multisite-aware activation and setup.

Who this plugin is for

• Publishers and bloggers who want reliable, self-hosted view analytics.
• WooCommerce store owners who want to see which products attract the most interest.
• Content teams and editors who need per-author or per-category performance insights.
• Agencies and developers managing client sites where privacy and data ownership matter.
• Site admins on multisite networks who need a tracking solution that activates across sites.

Compatibility

• Requires WordPress 5.0 or later.
• Requires PHP 7.4 or later.
• Works on single-site and multisite installations.
• Works alongside WooCommerce when products are tracked, and also works on sites without WooCommerce.
• Charts are drawn by a Chart.js library bundled with the plugin, so no chart data leaves your server.
• Opt-in, anonymized telemetry, off unless you turn it on.

Get more out of your content

If you want to finally see what your audience actually reads, buys, or browses, Views Metrics Pro gives you trustworthy numbers, clear reports, and flexible display tools inside your own WordPress admin. Install it, activate your license, and start turning views into decisions.

License and activation

After installing the plugin, you will need to enter your license key on the plugin configuration page. This key is provided in your order confirmation email. You can also find it by logging in and visiting the “My Account” page.