Post Views Counter vs SM Post View Count
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
Post Views Counter ranks #285 on the popular list; SM Post View Count is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Downloads this week: Post Views Counter 69,957 and SM Post View Count 12.
| Metric | Post Views Counter | SM Post View Count |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | #285 ▬ | outside top 500 |
| Active installs | 100K+ | — |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 69,957 | 12 |
| Rating | 4.9★ (1,236) | no ratings |
| Last updated | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Current version | 1.8.1 | 1.0.0 |
| Best rank on record | #283 | #46,457 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jul 2014 | Oct 2017 |
| Sites detected by our detector | 6 | 0 |
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
Are Post Views Counter or SM Post View Count 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.