Dummy question: How do I get viewer stats?

  • Resolved edb

    (@edb)


    14 years, 1 month ago

    I’ve had my blog up and running for a while now and one thing I can *never* get to work is visitor/usage stats. I just tried again with WP-Dashboard-Stats, which told me that I needed to install wordpress.com stats (which makes no sense). Then it asked for API codes (huh?) and long story short, I removed both.

    I’ve tried Statsurfer, only got code errors on the top of my blog. I’ve tried a couple of other plugins and they insist that I have no viewers even after months pass. True, I don’t get many, but I know there are some.

    All I want is stats accessible from the Dashboard, just like the Akismet stats, only for viewers not spam.

    What am I doing wrong? How can I fix this once and for all?

    Any help for what I know is a stupid question is very much appreciated.
    EdB

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  • There may be a “WordPress-specific” answer for this (visitor stats), but everyone I know uses AWSTATS in cPanel (system management software provided free to their customers by most web hosting companies) or Google Analytics. I’m an AWSTATS fan myself.

    Thread Starter edb

    (@edb)

    Thanks for the reply. I’m not sure what AWSTATS is exactly, but I can get stats from my web host; I guess I’ll stay with that. –EdB

    It is useful.Thank you!

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