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WP PlugIndex currently records ReaderCount – Privacy-first stats version 1.0.0 as active, updated 7d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.
Overview
About this plugin
ReaderCount shows how many people read your site, where they came from and which posts they like, without cookies and without a cookie banner.
This plugin connects your site to ReaderCount:
Counts your visitors. Adds ReaderCount’s small script (under 2 KB) to every page, with your site’s name filled in.
Leaves out your own visits. People who can edit the site aren’t counted while they’re signed in, so your own reading doesn’t skew the numbers.
Finds missing pages. WordPress “not found” pages are marked, so ReaderCount can list the broken addresses readers are trying to reach.
Your week on the Dashboard. Add a read-only API key and the Dashboard shows the last 7 days’ visitors and page views, compared with the week before, plus your most-read pages.
Check it’s working. One button asks ReaderCount whether your visits are arriving.
ReaderCount also counts clicks on outbound and affiliate links, file downloads and goals, connects to Google Search Console, and can answer questions about your stats in Claude.
You need a ReaderCount account
The plugin is free. The stats themselves are on ReaderCount, a paid service that starts with a 30-day trial. See plans and prices.
What this plugin sends to ReaderCount
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While “Count visitors” is on, every public page loads a script from https://app.readercount.com/s.js. For each page view it sends ReaderCount the page address, the address the reader came from, the reader’s browser and device type (read from the browser’s own description), how long the page was on screen, and clicks on links to other websites and file downloads. ReaderCount sets no cookies, stores nothing in the reader’s browser and doesn’t keep IP addresses: each day’s visitor count uses a one-way code that changes every day.
If you add an API key, your site’s server asks https://api.readercount.com/v1/ for your stats (at most every 10 minutes) to fill the Dashboard box, and when you press “Check now”.
Nothing is sent until you switch on “Count visitors” or add a key.
ReaderCount’s privacy notice
ReaderCount’s terms
WordPress.org metadata
Plugin tags
Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.
cookie free
analytics
gdpr
privacy
stats
Compatibility & maintenance
Compatibility & maintenance
Tested with WP 7.1
Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.
Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.3 · PHP 7.4
Update activity26 Oct 20267d ago
“Tested up to” is directory metadata supplied by the plugin author. WP PlugIndex does not turn an older declaration into a claim that the plugin is incompatible.
Changes recorded by WP PlugIndex
Recent tracked changes
WordPress compatibility7.1.3→7.1.4
Tracking & source
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