WP VisitChart

Self-hosted, Chartbeat-inspired live analytics plugin for WordPress.

WP VisitChart is a self-hosted WordPress plugin for real-time traffic analytics. It shows live visitor counts, today's traffic graph compared to the same weekday last week, traffic sources, device breakdown, trending articles, and per-post pageview tracking — all without any third-party services or subscriptions. Data never leaves your own server.

Features

• 📊 Live visitor count with automatic 10-second refresh
• 📈 Today's traffic graph (5-minute intervals) vs. same weekday last week
• 🔥 Trending badge for fast-rising articles
• 🌍 Traffic source breakdown (Direct, Search, Social, Other) with UTM + fbclid detection
• 📱 Device breakdown (Mobile, Tablet, Desktop)
• 🤖 Bot detection and filtering
• 📰 Per-post pageview column in the Posts/Pages admin list (real-time, no cron)
• 📲 Bookmarkable mobile page (token based login)
• 🔔 Live visitor count in the WordPress admin bar
• ⚙️ Settings to toggle all major features on/off, including exclusion of logged-in users
• 🌐 Fully translatable (Danish + English included)

Requirements

• WordPress 5.8+
• PHP 7.4+
• MySQL 5.7+ / MariaDB 10.3+

Installation

1. Download wp-visitchart.zip from Releases
2. In WordPress admin: Plugins → Add Plugin → Upload Plugin
3. Activate the plugin
4. Go to WP VisitChart in the left admin menu

Documentation

• 🇬🇧 User Manual (English)
• 🇩🇰 Brugermanual (Dansk)

License

This project is released into the public domain under The Unlicense.

Author

Jens E. Hummelmose — 2026