The AJAX Hits Counter Popular Posts Widget is a versatile WordPress plugin designed to track and display post views effectively. Utilizing an AJAX-based counter script, it enhances the caching process for improved performance and is compatible with various cache plugins. This plugin also features a 'Popular Posts' widget, allowing users to showcase posts based on their view count with customizable visibility settings and predefined placeholders, making it easy to integrate into any site layout.

In addition to its tracking capabilities, the plugin offers a user-friendly interface with a sortable admin column for managing post views. Users can display hit counts using shortcodes or PHP code, and the plugin is designed to ignore most bots and crawlers to provide accurate statistics. Other notable features include the ability to reset counts at any time, data import from WP-PostViews, and compatibility with caching solutions like W3 Cache and WP SuperCache.