Best way to get traffic stats for a WP site?

by Roell

Posted: 13 years ago 22 replies

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I'm not looking for anything super detailed just something which shows daily and unique visitors.
I'm currently using the cPanel to check.

#site #stats #traffic

Mike Hlatky 13 years ago

Google Analytics?
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- Roell 13 years ago
  
  Does Google Analytics only show traffic for those using Google as their search engine?
  
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  Amy Harrop 13 years ago
  
  Hi,
  
  I like statpress-I use it on all of my wp sites. Its a free wp plugin.
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DavidSimpson 13 years ago

Check out Google Analytics, it will show you all sources of traffic, not just the ones coming from Google.

It's very easy to setup and use. Let me know if you have any trouble setting it up and I will give you a hand.
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- webapex 13 years ago
  
  Google Analytics is great for tracking the user activity and conversion on a sales site, if you just want more basic traffic stats, visitor geo info and keyword tracking, the free version of statcounter may do, it provides a summary page for multiple sites. Free version maintains total visit counts but throws out older visitor details except last 500.
  
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Rus Sells 13 years ago

Go to your plug-ins menu in word press and choose the add new, then search. Enter statpress relaoded.

Install that plug-in, it will give you pretty basic stats and you won't need to log into cpanel. All your stats will show in your WP back office.
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kindsvater 13 years ago

ZDstats is a free WP plugin I use on every WP install.
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Roell 13 years ago

Thanks, everyone!
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rhinopower 13 years ago

Google Analytics.

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wtatlas 13 years ago

I use a free service which will give you the stats you are looking for and much more. It is statcounter.com. It requires you to insert some code (obtained from statcounter) into the head section of any page that you want stats for and can be used on blogs or html websites.
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Lauryn 13 years ago

I use StatPress, CyStates, Google Analytics and StatCounter.
I did use WP-referrer but it doesn't work anymore. I liked it because it would capture and organize keywords that led visitors to certain landing pages.
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mortamous 13 years ago

Google Analytics works for me, Yoast has a Google Analytics plugin, and it can produce lots of pretty extra statistics via custom variables.
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- bgmacaw 13 years ago
  
  I use Google Analytics on sites where I have a direct financial relationship with Google, ie displaying Adsense or using Adwords. Otherwise, I use StatCounter.
  
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Edward Floyd 13 years ago

I use Google Analytics with a Google Analytics plugin. It's super easy, just sign up for an account and put in the tracking code. The plugin puts in all the rest of the necessary code for you.
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- JBroyer44 13 years ago
  
  i also use google analytics for my stats but just recently started using the google analytics dashboard plugin which I really like a lot. The plug in gives a quick snapshot but in order to get the real meat and potatoes you have to sign in to the google site.
  
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EZlivin 13 years ago

As mentioned by other Warrior members, I prefer StatPress Reloaded
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royh 13 years ago

Theres advantages and disadvantages of StatPress and G.Analytics.
Good thing is that it is very specific (for blogs ) and its realtime, you don't have to wait for hours like on G.Analytics.
But the bad thing is that since it is installed on your server it consumes power from your server. This is especially bad because stats scripts are notorious for their resource consumption.
Google Analytics on the other hand, doesn't consume your server's power, Google graciously provided the processing for free.
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fullmatrix 13 years ago

Statcounter is my favorite. Simpler than google analytics.
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Ninawa 13 years ago

Nothing can be easier and more effective that Statpress. Seriously an idiot can get this to work perfectly.
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Andrea Wilson 13 years ago

Try statpress, its free. If you need something more detailed then use Google Analytics.

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- TrafficFlow 13 years ago
  
  In CPanel add your site to Awstats -- Awstats is easy to install and often used as proof of traffic on flippa.com in lieu of Google analytics
  
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johnyeo90 13 years ago

I used Google Analytics, however i doubt at it accuracy..
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