Visit Counter - Traffic Monitor

A modern, real-time website visitor tracking and live analytics dashboard.

Description

Visit Counter – Traffic Monitor is a powerful, lightweight, and modern analytics solution designed directly into your WordPress dashboard. Utilizing a beautiful, modern UI, it provides real-time insights into your website traffic without the bloat of external services.

Core Features

• Real-time Tracking: Monitor active visitors instantly without page refresh.
• Beautiful Dashboard: Clean, modern UI with dark mode support.
• Detailed Analytics: Line, bar, and pie charts showing trends over time.
• Device & Browser Demographics: Understand how users access your site.
• Performance Optimized: Lightweight custom database tables designed not to slow down your site.
• Privacy Focused: Optionally anonymize IP addresses to comply with GDPR.

Installation

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/visit-counter-traffic-monitor directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress.
3. Navigate to the new 'Traffic Monitor' menu in your admin dashboard to view your statistics.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this slow down my website?

No. The plugin uses an optimized AJAX beacon to track visitors, meaning it runs asynchronously and is fully compatible with page caching plugins like WP Rocket or W3 Total Cache.

Is it GDPR compliant?

Yes. We only store anonymized IP addresses by default.

Screenshots

1. The modern Traffic Monitor dashboard.
2. Detailed demographic charts.

Changelog

1.0.0

• Initial release.