How to Check Daily Website Visitors? Just Add a Code Snippet or Plugin

当After building your own websiteand updating articles daily, you must also want to knowhow many people have visited your websiteThe tool to checkhow many IPs visit the website dailyis called atracking code。

What is a tracking code?

tracking codeIt is a string of code. After adding it to your website, this code can track your site's daily visits, number of IPs, visitor geographical locations, and other information. It's also known as webmaster statistics. Another name for tracking code iswebsite statisticsAnalyzing website statistics daily helps us understand the visitor situation of the site, allowing for targetedSEO Optimization。

What are the available tracking codes?

Tracking codes were very popular before. Now, the top ones in terms of usage are: Baidu Tongji, Google Analytics, 51la, CNZZ.

Baidu Tongji

Baidu Tongji is a statistical system launched by Baidu, and its website ishttps://tongji.baidu.com/ 在How to get a website indexed by BaiduThat article mentioned that using Baidu Tongji may increase the chances of Baidu indexing your website.

Google Analytics

As the name suggests, this statistical 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 in previous years, but now it has all been switched to domestic servers).

51la

Naiba used 51la many years ago, and the experience was okay. 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 The website ishttps://www.51.la/51la used to provide many useful webmaster tools, but they are no longer maintained.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, now renamed to Umeng. Naiba 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, possibly due to different statistical algorithms.

How to use a tracking code?

WeBy adding statistical code to the website, you can view how many people visit the site daily and how many IPs there are., so how do youapply for this statistical code, and after applying, how do you add it to the website?Statistical Code Application:Choose any one of the four statistical systems introduced above that you feel comfortable with, 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 statistical code.Statistical Code Addition:The method to add statistical code is simple: directly copy the statistical code, go to the WordPress admin dashboard, Appearance > Theme Editor > Theme Footer (footer.php), then at the very bottom of the code, above the</body>line, paste it in, and save the file. If you're afraid of making mistakes with the code, then use a plugin to help.Here are a few plugins:.

Too troublesome? Then install a WP plugin

If you think applying for statistical code and verifying the website is too complicated, and you don't know how, is there a simpler and more direct method to track website traffic and see how many people visit? Of course, there is. Below is an introduction toWP Statistics Plugins。

WP Statistics

WP Statistics is the most popular statistics plugin on the WordPress platform,Naibabijiand it has been used for a long time. Like the third-party statistical codes shared above, it can track the number of users visiting the site, IP count, referral 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 slightly higher than otherwebmaster statistical 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, interactive map with 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 GeoIP database updates.
• Fully compliant with European GDPR guidelines.

If you just want simple statisticsdaily website IP visits, then Real Time Visitor Statistics & Analytics is a good choice.Download Link

Slimstat Analytics

Slimstat Analytics features are similar to WP Statistics, a free statistics plugin with paid add-ons. The functions are largely similar and won't be introduced in detail; the download link is as follows:Download Link

Notes on installing statistics plugins

Although directlyinstalling WP pluginsis simpler and can achieve the effect of tracking website traffic data, Naiba here reminds that installing statistics plugins may consume more server resources compared to installing statistics code. Over time, the database size may become quite large and require regular cleanup; additionally, on some low-quality servers, installing statistics plugins may noticeably slow down the website.