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1. slshimerdla
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Okay... what if I WANT it to show users who are logged in? I don't see an option for this anywhere. Is there a way I can change this via code?

   I have my blog tied together with my VBulletin forums, and users that are logged in on the forums are automatically bridged over to my WP, so a good chunk of my users WILL be logged in. And, of course, I'll want to count their hits, too.

   Thanks!

2. spockers
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ditto. My blog is about my 2-yr-old son, and is for family and friends. Everyone must register to post, so having only anon users' stats isn't very useful. I would think this would be a trivial change, so I'll see if my limited programming skillz are up to it. If I figure it out, I'll post a solution here.

   Thanks

3. spockers
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   OK I think I found it. Go to line 85 in stats.php (I'm using CuteFTP, other editors may differ on line numbering). It should look like this:

   if ( !empty($current_user->ID) || empty($options['blog_id']) )

   Remove the ! before empty, so it looks like this:

   if ( empty($current_user->ID) || empty($options['blog_id']) )

   So far it seems to be working. Let me know if it works for you.

4. JBrinx
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   This way you only count the registered users, if you change this line:

   if ( !empty($current_user->ID) || empty($options['blog_id']) )

   for this one:

   if ( empty($options['blog_id']) )

   it counts everything.

   Greets,

   Jbrinx

5. spockers
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks, JBrinx, that makes more sense, and works for me.

6. NerdSpawn
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for this thread. And thanks for the code change, JBrinx. Made those changes now and am super-happy with the stats now, as my site is mainly for registered users.

   One little issue I was wondering if anyone had a solution for...
   Does anyone know how to exclude administrator page views from the stats? We've got 2 site admins and I notice that when I'm adding new content, it includes any of my page views. Since I'm using WordPress as a CMS, I'd prefer it not show my own page views to give a more accurate representation of the site traffic.

   Thanks in advance for any help offered.

7. podictionary
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm running a couple of invitation-only blogs using the "members only" plugin so all my visitors are logged in.

   I could fiddle the code as suggested above but won't that get washed out every time a new version of the stats plugin is updated?

   I see that the "Google Analyticator" plugin has an option not to count administrators. (actually it tracks by "level" admin being 10, I don't know what the other levels are).

   Here's a plea to the designers of stats plugin to add similar functionality.

8. spockers
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   @ podictionary...
   Yes, the code change above will get wiped out on updates, I had to hunt this thread again because I got a notice that there's an update to the plugin and I like to stay current. I second your (and NerdSpawn's) plea about the plugin not counting admin users. I'm sure someone out there knows how to do this -- it's surely trivial, so please, someone, jump in!

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