stats4wp
This plugin gives you the complete information on your website's visitors.
Use with caution
stats4wp works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Is rated 1/5 and was last updated 4 weeks ago, and scores 59/100 on our health check.
- Actively developed — last update 4 weeks ago
- Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
- Small user base (<10 active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- Needs PHP 8.3 or newer
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where stats4wp stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| analytics | >100 |
| rest-api | >100 |
| statistics | >100 |
| stats | >100 |
| Visit | >100 |
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 1 from 2 reviews
About stats4wp
From the official readme · v1.6.1Description
Statistics for WordPress:
With Statistics For WordPress you can know your website statistics without any need to send your users data anywhere. You can know how many people visit your personal or business website, where they’re coming from, what browsers and search engines they use, and which of your contents and users get more visits.
ACT BETTER BY KNOWING WHAT YOUR USERS ARE LOOKING FOR
- Visitor Data Records including IP, Referring Site, Browser, Search Engine, OS, Country and language
- Stunning Graphs and Visual Statistics
- Visitor’s Country Recognition
- The number of Visitors coming from each Search Engine
- The number of Referrals from each Referring Site
- Top 10 common browsers; Top 10 countries with most visitors; Top most-visited pages
- And much more information represented in graphs & charts along with data filtering
- Maps: Users location, users language, Bots location
Features
- Plug and play: After installing and activating the plugin, stats will automatically be collected.
- Data ownership: No external services are used. Data about visits to your website is yours and yours alone.
- Performance. Handles sudden bursts of traffic without breaking a sweat.
- Metrics: All the essentials: visitors, pageviews and referrers.
- Cookies: not use any cookies.
- Privacy controls: exclude selected logged-in roles, exclude bots/crawlers, respect the browser “Do Not Track” header, and automatically purge old data after a configurable retention period.
- REST API: expose read-only summary, top pages, top countries, top browsers and online-visitors endpoints under
/wp-json/stats4wp/v1/for your own dashboards or scripts. Disabled by default and protected by a per-site API key. - Weekly email report: get a Monday-morning email summarizing the last 7 days (visitors, visits, top pages, top countries), with a one-click “send a test report now” option.
Contributing
You can contribute to Stats4wp in many different ways. For example:
- Write about the plugin on your blog or share it on social media.
- Vote on features in the GitHub issue list.
- Translate the plugin into your language using your WordPress.org account.
Please Note
Adding an additional customization option to help us personalize our sites is a help for everyone. We all seek to hide or personalize options or displays; that’s why your feedback is important to me. Thank you for helping me make WordPress the best blogging platform in the world.
Disclaimer
This plugin doesn’t require technical knowledge or to be a web developer. The activation or the modification of an option is not definitive, the deactivation of the option or the deletion of the plugin allows a return to the standard.
Active Contributors
Licenses
Composer
License: MIT License
Source: https://github.com/composer/composer/blob/master/
Which Browser
License: Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Niels Leenheer
Source: https://github.com/WhichBrowser/Parser-PHP/
Maxmind-db
License: licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
Source: https://github.com/maxmind/MaxMind-DB-Reader-php
GeoLite2 Country
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
Source: https://www.maxmind.com/en/geolite2/eula
Chart.js
License: MIT license
Source: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
jVectorMap
License: The GNU AGPL is an open-source license
Source: https://jvectormap.com/
Frequently asked questions
Installation Instructions
Upload stats4wp folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress Click on the stats4wp link from the main menu The stats4wp requires php 8.0 or higher.
Is this plugin compatible with WordPress multisite (MU)?
stats4wp is multisite compatible, in case of problem contact me.
How do I use the REST API?
Go to Settings > Manage Settings and check “Enable the REST API”, then open the “API & Reports” tab to copy your API key and see ready-to-use example requests. All routes live under /wp-json/stats4wp/v1/ and are read-only. The API is disabled by default; only enable it if you actually plan to use it.
Is the REST API secure?
Yes. It is off by default, every site gets its own randomly generated key, and requests are validated with a constant-time comparison. You can regenerate the key at any time from the “API & Reports” tab, which immediately invalidates the previous one.
How do I get a weekly email report?
In Settings > Manage Settings, check “Send a weekly email report” and optionally set a recipient address (it defaults to your site’s admin email). The report is sent every Monday for the previous 7 days. You can send yourself a test report immediately from the “API & Reports” tab.
Can I exclude myself (or my editors) from the stats?
Yes. Use the “Exclude logged-in roles” setting to list the WordPress role slugs (e.g. administrator,editor) that should never be counted.
Does stats4wp comply with GDPR?
stats4wp stores all data on your own server and never sends it to a third party. It also includes optional settings to anonymize IP addresses, exclude bots, respect the “Do Not Track” header, and automatically delete data older than a configurable number of days.
Changelog
1.6.1
Release Date – 5 September 2026
- Test up WordPress 7.2-alpha-63482,
- Update GeoIP Database 20260904.
See changelog.txt for older changelog
Please contact me by email or through the contact form on the site [ginkgos.net] (https://ginkgos.net/). Please do not post on the forums.
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FAQ
stats4wp: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 3, 2026
Is stats4wp free?
Yes. stats4wp is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is stats4wp safe to use in 2026?
stats4wp works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Is rated 1/5 and was last updated 4 weeks ago, and scores 59/100 on our health check.
How many websites use stats4wp?
stats4wp is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 7,879 times since it launched in October 2021. It was downloaded 256 times in the last 30 days.
Does stats4wp work with WordPress 7.1?
Yes. The developer has tested stats4wp up to WordPress 7.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 5.2 or newer.
What PHP version does stats4wp need?
stats4wp requires PHP 8.3 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.
When was stats4wp last updated?
The latest version, 1.6.1, was released on September 5, 2026 (4 weeks ago).
Who makes stats4wp?
stats4wp is developed and maintained by Franck VANHOUCKE.
What are the best alternatives to stats4wp?
The most popular alternatives to stats4wp are Site Kit by Google (5M+ installs), MonsterInsights (2M+ installs) and WP Statistics (600K+ installs).
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