Page View Count vs PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Page View Count ranks #1,533 on the popular list; PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Page View Count has the largest install base, roughly 250× the next: 10K+ active installs against 40+ for PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets. Downloads this week: Page View Count 694 and PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets 19. Ratings: Page View Count 4★ from 55 and PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets 5★ from 1 reviews.
| Metric | Page View Count | PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #1,533 ▲ 3 | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 10K+ | 40+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 694 | 19 |
| Rating | 4★ (55) | 5★ (1) |
| Last updated | Jul 9, 2026 | Mar 13, 2018 |
| Current version | 2.9.2 | 1.1.1 |
| Best rank on record | #1,521 | #21,157 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Dec 2012 | Sep 2017 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Page View Count or PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets?
By active installs, Page View Count: 10K+ sites run it against 40+ for PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 28, 2026.
Are Page View Count or PostViews Count & Popular Posts Widgets alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.