wp-visitchart

 # 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](../../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)](wp-visitchart-user-manual.md) - 🇩🇰 [Brugermanual (Dansk)](wp-visitchart-brugermanual.md) ## License This project is released into the public domain under [The Unlicense](LICENSE). ## Author Jens E. Hummelmose — 2026