# Post Views Counter

> Count and display post views, track site-wide visits, and see what content works – inside WordPress. Fast, easy to use and privacy-first.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 11:32 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `post-views-counter`
- Author: dFactory
- Version: 1.8.2
- Active installs: 100,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-02 (12 days ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.2 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.4, PHP 7.4
- Tags: analytics, Counter, pageviews, postviews, statistics
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-views-counter/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 12 days ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Phones home ↔ Private, Heavy ↔ Light, Behind ↔ Current, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2024-04-05 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery via save_bulk_post_views() (up to 1.4.4). CVE-2024-31264, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2cee1253-52e5-4676-8a7a-ac71df0786ed?source=api-prod
- 2021-08-23 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 1.3.4). CVE-2021-24613, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e76c4b3-af77-4c02-a923-f04a360fa6e0?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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