The free WSP Visitor Counter WordPress plugin was made to help with designing and maintaining websites. These two tasks are integral to the strategy of publishing an attractive website. A site developer should be incredibly familiar with the traffic that his or her site generates. This traffic knowledge should be leveraged to better predict optimal upload times and the overall growth of the site. WSP Visitor Counter is the plugin that provides all of this data.

TechMix is the developer of this plugin, with over 10,000 active installations. WPS Visitor Counter lets you and your guests know how many visitors your website is attracting. There are a few other similar plugins you can use instead, such as Simple Visitor Counter and XT Visitor Counter.

What metrics do you see?

With the plugin activated, users will have a visualized counter of the number of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly visitors to the website. Additionally, users will be able to view their overall number of visitors, along with the number of currently online visitors. The table can be made visible to visitors or utilized internally.

This plugin also provides the amount of time you’ve been using servers along with your IP address. All of this information is collected and made easily visible in one table. These metrics are included for free with the plugin. 

Customizability with WPS Visitor Counter

You can unlock some additional features with the paid version of WPS Visitor Counter. For example, the paid version will allow you to monitor the geographic location of your website’s visitors. 

Potential users should note that the plugin is compatible with the Gutenberg block and shortcode. Currently, the plugin is available in two languages, Chinese and English. 

Know your site's analytics.

Consistent monitoring of website traffic might sound rather daunting to a beginner. However, the benefits make the processes worth the effort it takes. If you know that Thursdays tend to be the day where you see the most traffic, it would be appropriate to push new content out on those high-traffic days. 

If you’re looking to improve website reach, you’ll need to track those monthly visitor numbers. This plugin acts as a guide when it comes to making those tricky decisions. However, little time is spent on page tracking, and you’ll have limited design parameters.