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Simple Blog Stats

By Jeff Starr

Analytics & Reporting / Traffic & Visitor Analytics

Simple Blog Stats Review - In-Depth Analysis

Simple Blog Stats displays useful statistics about your site. It shows total posts, pages, categories, tags, and more.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.77/10

User Rating

4.9/5 (based on 38+ reviews)

Active Installations

4,000+

Update Frequency

Below Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

5 / 10 (Medium Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

Simple Blog Stats (SBS) provides shortcodes and tags to display site statistics in posts, pages, and anywhere in your theme.

This plugin displays a wealth of useful statistics about your site. You can view the total number of posts, pages, categories, tags, and much more.

With features like caching for better performance and options to configure text or markup, this plugin enhances your site's statistics display.

It provides a slick settings screen and works with or without the Gutenberg Block Editor. The plugin is regularly updated and does not collect or store any user data, ensuring user privacy.

Comparing to Alternatives

Simple Blog Stats offers a straightforward approach to website statistics, standing out among similar plugins for its simplicity and effectiveness.

Top alternatives

Strengths

User-friendly interface with minimal setup required
Provides essential statistics clearly and concisely
Flexible enough to accommodate various website styles
Lightweight and does not impact site performance significantly

Weaknesses

Lacks advanced analytics features found in some competitors
Customization options are limited compared to other plugins
Reporting and data export features are basic

User Sentiment Analysis

Users appreciate the plugin's simplicity and effectiveness, often highlighting its ease of use and reliability.

Positive highlights

'Does exactly what it says very well' - Roger
'Love it! Thanks for making it.' - snoop23
'Simple, objective and amazing' - superbr
'Very simple tool, but extremely useful' - terps001
'Really useful plugin for project collaboration' - vadim s. sabinich

Common complaints

Limited advanced features
Basic reporting capabilities

Weaknesses

Could benefit from more customization options
Lacks detailed analytics and export functions

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Users seeking a simple, no-fuss statistics plugin that provides essential insights without overwhelming features.

Not ideal for

Those needing comprehensive analytics, advanced customization, or detailed reporting might find this plugin too basic.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version includes essential blog statistics with a simple and clear interface suitable for most users.

Pro version

The pro version typically offers enhanced features such as advanced analytics, additional customization options, and improved reporting tools.

Final Verdict

Simple Blog Stats is an excellent choice for users who want straightforward and reliable blog statistics without complexity.

While it may lack some advanced features, its ease of use and clear presentation make it a valuable tool for many WordPress site owners.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Simple Blog Stats plugin.

blog statistics

site stats

post counts

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FAQ

The plugin provides a filter hook for customizing the total number of posts that are displayed using the [sbs_posts] shortcode. To do it, add the following snippet to your theme functions.php file, or add via custom plugin:

function sbs_get_posts_limit_custom($limit) { return 100; } add_filter('sbs_get_posts_limit', 'sbs_get_posts_limit_custom');

No changes need made; simply edit the 100 to whatever is desired and done.

By default the [sbs_updated] shortcode includes only posts that have “publish” post status. To customize the post status, add the following code to your theme (or child theme’s) functions.php file, or add via custom plugin:

function sbs_updated_post_status($status) {       return 'publish,draft,pending'; // whatever post statuses  } add_filter('sbs_updated_post_status', 'sbs_updated_post_status');

Notice where it says publish,draft,pending, that determines which post statuses are included. You can change/edit as needed.

By default the [sbs_updated] shortcode includes only posts (post type = post). To customize the post type, add the following code to your theme (or child theme’s) functions.php file, or add via custom plugin:

function sbs_updated_post_type($type) {      return array('post', 'book'); // whatever post types  } add_filter('sbs_updated_post_type', 'sbs_updated_post_type');

You can edit the return array with whatever post types are required.

By default, the plugin formats long numbers with commas. To remove/disable the commas for the [sbs_media_count] shortcode, add the following code to your theme (or child theme) functions.php, or add via custom plugin:

function sbs_include_commas($enable) { return false; } add_filter('sbs_include_commas', 'sbs_include_commas');

Save changes and done. Note: currently this works only with the shortcode, [sbs_media_count].

For sites with many many posts and/or posts with LOTS of words. Depending on server capacity, PHP may time out when trying to go through and count everything. As a workaround solution, it’s possible to disable the “all word count” shortcode by adding the following code to your theme functions.php, or add via custom plugin:

function sbs_word_count_all_disable($disable) { return true; } add_filter('sbs_word_count_all_disable', 'sbs_word_count_all_disable');

By default, the shortcode [sbs_word_count_all] counts words in posts from any/all post types. To customize the post type, add the following code to your theme functions.php, or add via custom plugin:

function sbs_word_count_all_post_type($type) {      return array('post', 'page', 'movie', 'book'); // whatever post types  } add_filter('sbs_word_count_all_post_type', 'sbs_word_count_all_post_type');

You can customize the post types in the array as desired.