How to check how many people visit the website daily? Just add a code or Plugin.

当After you have built a website yourselfand update articles daily, you must also want to knowhow many people have visited your website, right? To viewhow many daily IPs the website has, the thing we call itAnalytics Code。

What is a tracking code?

Analytics Codeis a piece of code. After adding it to the website, this code can track your website's daily visits, IP count, visitor geographical location, and other information. It is also known as webmaster statistics. Another term for statistics code isWebsite Statistics. Analyzing website statistics information daily helps us understand the visitor situation of the website, allowing for targetedSEO Optimization。

What are the available tracking codes?

Statistics code was very popular before. Currently, the top few in usage are: Baidu Tongji, Google Analytics, 51la, and CNZZ.

Baidu Tongji (Baidu Analytics)

Baidu Tongji is a statistics system launched by Baidu, with the website address beinghttps://tongji.baidu.com/ 在how to get a website indexed by BaiduThat article mentioned that using Baidu Tongji may increase the chance of Baidu indexing your website.

Google Analytics

As the name suggests, this statistics system is launched by Google. Domestic websites can also use it, but the registration address is not accessible normally, so you need to prepare your own VPN. The website for Google Analytics is:https://www.google.com/analytics/web/?hl=zh-CNThe functionality and stability of Google Analytics are slightly higher than Baidu Tongji, just like search. Adding Google Analytics to a domestic website will not affect the website loading speed (it used to a few years ago, but now it has all been switched to domestic servers).

51la

Naibabiji used 51la many years ago, and the experience was acceptable. It's unclear how it is now. The website ishttps://www.51.la/51la used to provide many useful webmaster tools, but they are no longer maintained. The mobile internet has hit the ordinary website industry too hard.

CNZZ (Youmeng+ U-Web)

It used to be called CNZZ, but now it's renamed to Umeng. Naibabiji also used it before. The current website ishttps://web.umeng.com/CNZZ and 51la lost a significant market share after Baidu Tongji emerged, and the statistical data from these companies have certain discrepancies, as each statistical algorithm may differ.

How to use tracking codes?

WeBy adding statistics code to the website, you can view how many people visit the website daily and how many IPs there are, so thenhow to apply for statistics code, and after applying, how to add it to the website?Statistics Code Application:Among the four statistics codes introduced above, choose any one you prefer, register an account, add your website after registration, fill in the URL of the website you want to track, and after verification, you will obtain a piece of statistics code.Statistics Code Addition:The method to add tracking code is very simple. Just copy the tracking code, go to the WordPress Admin Dashboard, Appearance > Theme Editor > Theme Footer (footer.php), then at the very bottom of the code,on the line above, paste it in, and save the file. If you're afraid of making a mistake in the code, then use a plugin to help.Here are a few plugins for that:.

Too troublesome? Then install a WP plugin

If you think applying for tracking codes and verifying websites is too much, and you don't know how, is there a simpler, more direct way to track website traffic and see how many people visit? Of course, there is. Here's an introduction toWP Statistics Plugin。

WP Statistics

WP Statistics is the most popular statistics plugin on the WordPress platform,Naibabijiand I have used it for a long time. Like the third-party tracking codes shared above, it can track the number of users visiting the site, IP count, referring websites, browsers, search engines, operating systems, countries, and cities. It supports statistical data chart analysis and can also track user visit times, online users, entry pages, and exit pages, etc. The only issue is that the results from WP Statistics tend to be a bit higher than otherwebsite administrator tracking codes, not very precise, but it's fine for self-satisfaction.Download Link

Real Time Visitor Statistics & Analytics

This WP statistics plugin is more streamlined compared to WP Statistics, and it also has a professional version. The free version features include:

• Real-time statistics
• Visitors, with an interactive map showing visitor locations.
• Comprehensive overview page and user-friendly interface
• GeoIP location (by country and city)
• Search engine queries from popular search engines (e.g., Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Yahoo, Yandex, and Baidu)
• Supports hashing IP addresses in the database to protect user privacy.
• Database that automatically deletes old data
• Automatic updates to the GeoIP database.
• Fully compliant with European GDPR guidelines.

If you just want to simply trackhow many IPs visit the website daily, then Real Time Visitor Statistics & Analytics is a good choice.Download Link

Slimstat Analytics

Slimstat Analytics has similar features to WP Statistics. It's a free statistics plugin with paid add-ons. Since the features are largely similar, I won't go into too much detail. The download link is as follows:Download Link

Precautions for Installing Statistics Plugins

Although directlyinstalling a WP pluginis simpler and can also achieve the effect of tracking website traffic data, Naibabiji here wants to remind you that installing a statistics plugin consumes a bit more server resources compared to installing tracking code. Over time, the database size may become quite large and needs regular cleaning. Also, on some low-quality servers, after installing a statistics plugin, you might noticeably feel the website slowing down.