Custom theme & plugin

Hi @groovice

there’s a plugin that shows a classic counter on our marketplace: https://plugins.matomo.org/ClassicCounter?wp=1&matomoversion=3#description

It should work by simply downloading the plugin and installing it in your WordPress by uploading the zip file in “Plugins -> Add New -> Upload” in your WordPress Admin Dashboard. Then you can follow the instructions and embed the image into your website like this:

<img src="https://your-wordpress-domain.example/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/index.php?module=ClassicCounter&action=svg&idSite=1&period=day">

Alternatively, you can also install our marketplace plugin so you can easily install these plugins and themes through WordPress directly. See our FAQ: https://matomo.org/faq/wordpress/how-do-i-install-a-matomo-marketplace-plugin-in-matomo-for-wordpress/

Hi @groovice just checking if my last comment was helpful?

Hey Thomas, is there no option from the matomo backend?
I can’t see the real-time counter from here: https://imgur.com/Isbsulb

the matomo real-time tab doesn’t show any number statistic, only active visitors.

@groovice I’m not quite sure I understand what you are after. In the Matomo backend the real time report you are showing in the screenshot should show how many visitors there are on your site in the last 30 minutes and 24 hours.

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see the number of visits/actions on the right. This information is in real time.

There is also another widget but it is not in real time. I have uploaded the screenshots along with the other image in https://imgur.com/a/EYRZaAH

* Select your Dashboard in Matomo reporting page
* Click on Dashboard -> Select “KPI Metric” category -> Select “KPI Metric” widget
* Now you can click on the metric selector in the newly added dashboard widget and select any number statistic you are after (there are many to choose from)
* Then the widget will update and show the number

ahh got it. thanks for your explanation. expecting in the future matomo will add the real-time counter as well.

Thanks @groovice I’ve created https://github.com/matomo-org/wp-matomo/issues/353 for now and will use this as a starting point.