WP Year End Stats
Displays fancy stats about your blog which you can include in your year end review posts.
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- Small user base (10+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.1 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where WP Year End Stats stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| comments | >100 |
| posts | >100 |
| stats | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
About WP Year End Stats
From the official readme · v1.0Description
Displays fancy stats about your blog which you can include in your year end review posts.
Requires PHP 5.3 or higher. Will not work in PHP 5.2.x
Features
The plugin currently supports the following stats
- Total number of posts per year
- Total number of comments per year
- Total number of words written per year
- Average length of posts per year
Shortcode
You can use the following shortcode to display stats in your blog.
`[yes_stats type="post_num" start_year="2004" end_year="2014" range="to" post_type="post" post_status="publish" title="Title of the graph" height="500" width="500" ] ```
The yes_stats shortcode can have the following attributes
type– The type of graph. The following are the allowed values.post_num– Number of posts by year (default)comment_num– Number of posts by yearpost_avg_length– Average length of posts by yearpost_totoal_length– Total length of posts by year
start_year– The first year for the graph (default: current year)end_year– The last year for the graph (default: current year)range– How the years should be treated. Possible values areto(default) andandpost_type– The post type for which the graph should be generated (default: post)post_status– The post status for which the graph should be generated (default: publish)title– Title for the graphheight– Height of the graph (Default: 500px)width– Width of the graph (Default: 500px)
TODO
The following are the features that I am thinking of adding to the Plugin, when I get some free time. If you have any feature request or want to increase the priority of a particular feature, then let me know.
- Add more stats
- Make the graphs more configurable
- Cache the stats
Support
- If you have found a bug/issue or have a feature request, then post them in github issues
- If you have a question about usage or need help to troubleshoot, then post in WordPress forums or leave a comment in plugins’s home page
- If you like the Plugin, then kindly leave a review/feedback at WordPress repo page.
- If you find this Plugin useful or and wanted to say thank you, then there are ways to make me happy 🙂 and I would really appreciate if you can do one of those.
- Checkout other WordPress Plugins that I have written
- If anything else, then contact me in twitter.
Translation
The pot file is available with the Plugin. If you are willing to do translation for the Plugin,
use the pot file to create the .po files for your language and let me know.
Credits
- Thanks to Alex King for his blog stats SQL scripts and for the inspiration.
- Thanks to the excellent Flot JavaScript library.
Readme Generator
This Readme file was generated using wp-readme, which generates readme files for WordPress Plugins.
Installation
The simplest way to install the plugin is to use the built-in automatic plugin installer. Go to plugins -> Add New and then enter the name of the plugin to automatically install it.
If for some reason the above method doesn’t work then you can download the plugin as a zip file, extract it and then use your favourite FTP client and then upload the contents of the zip file to the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page.
Changelog
2014-12-29 – v1.0 – (Dev time: 10 hour)
- New: Support for shortcodes
- New: Removed dependency on Open Flash Charts plugin.
- New: Uses Flot for generating the graphs.
2014-01-26 – v0.5.1 – (Dev time: 0.5 hour)
- Fix: There was some problem in the version. This is just to bump up version number
2014-01-26 – v0.5 – (Dev time: 2 hours)
- Fix: Fix all warnings and undefined notices (issue #1)
- Tweak: Count only posts from “post” post type (issue #2)
- Add: Add support for translation (issue #6)
2013-02-09 – v0.4.1
- Minor typo fixes
2009-01-27 – v0.4
- Fourth Version
2008-12-27 – v0.3
- Third Version
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FAQ
WP Year End Stats: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 2, 2026
Is WP Year End Stats free?
Yes. WP Year End Stats is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is WP Year End Stats safe to use in 2026?
WP Year End Stats shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 23/100 on our health check.
How many websites use WP Year End Stats?
WP Year End Stats is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,823 times since it launched in June 2008. It was downloaded 51 times in the last 30 days.
Does WP Year End Stats work with WordPress 7.1?
WP Year End Stats is officially tested up to WordPress 4.1.42, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was WP Year End Stats last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on December 29, 2014 (12 years ago).
Who makes WP Year End Stats?
WP Year End Stats is developed and maintained by Sudar Muthu.
What are the best alternatives to WP Year End Stats?
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