Title: GNS Page and Site Tracker Author: gsmith6673 Published: November 13, 2026 Last modified: November 14, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/gns-page-and-site-tracker/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=3801208) ![](https://ps.w.org/gns-page-and-site-tracker/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3801196) # GNS Page and Site Tracker By [gsmith6673](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gsmith6673/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/gns-page-and-site-tracker.0.12.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gns-page-and-site-tracker/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gns-page-and-site-tracker/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gns-page-and-site-tracker/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gns-page-and-site-tracker/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gns-page-and-site-tracker/) ## Description Most traffic tools are written for engineers. This one is written for the rest of us. Easy as pie. Click “Start tracking,” and Tracker begins counting Pages Seen and link clicks on your site right away. No Google account or complicated setup is needed, and your numbers stay in your own WordPress database. Tracker starts fresh the day you turn it on and grows with your site. Some cards are ready right away; others fill in after a week or two, and the dashboard tells you when. **Six cards, readable at a glance** * **Pages Seen.** How many times people looked at your pages during the dates you picked. * **Most Visited Page.** The page people looked at most. * **Link Clicks.** How many times people clicked links in your pages (menu clicks not included). * **Mobile vs. Desktop.** Whether people visited on a phone or tablet, or on a computer. * **Busiest Day.** The day of the week your pages are seen most. * **Trending Page.** The page getting more attention now than it did the week before. **Lists below the cards** * **Focus Page.** Pick one page and check on it each time you visit. Tracker compares it with the period before. * **Most Visited Pages.** Every counted page, ranked by Pages Seen. * **Link Tracker.** Which links people clicked, and how many times. Menu clicks are marked. * **Pages with Amazon Links.** Pages whose content links to Amazon, ranked by Amazon link clicks. * **New Content Check.** Pages and posts published in the last 30 days, with Pages Seen since each went up. * **Quiet Pages.** Pages nobody looked at during the dates you picked. One date control sets the dates for the main cards and lists; Focus Page has its own date selection. Each admin’s choices are remembered. If the dates you pick start before Tracker began counting, the dashboard says which days the numbers cover. Long lists show 10 rows at a time, with a search box and Previous and Next buttons. **Tracker Glossary** Every card and list has an info icon with a one-sentence explanation, and a book icon that opens a fuller explanation in the Tracker Glossary at the bottom of the dashboard. No jargon to decode. **What it does not count** * Visits while you or another user are signed in to WordPress. * Known bots and crawlers, such as search engine bots. Tracker checks each visit against the open-source isbot list before anything is counted. No bot filter is perfect, so bots that pretend to be people may still be counted. ### Privacy Tracker stores aggregated daily counts for pages seen and link clicks, including the page, the link clicked (without anything after a “?” in the address), whether the link was in a menu, the date, and a general device type (phone, tablet, computer, or unknown). It does not create individual visitor histories. It does not store IP addresses, names, or email addresses. It does not set cookies or track individual visitors from page to page. All counts stay in your own WordPress database. Tracker does not send your data anywhere and does not contact Google or any other outside service. To skip known bots, Tracker checks the visitor’s browser identification against the isbot list. This check runs in the visitor’s browser, and nothing about it is stored or sent anywhere. Tracker also remembers each signed-in admin’s own dashboard choices, such as the dates they picked and their focus page. These are settings for the dashboard, not information about visitors. You may still want to mention in your site’s privacy policy that you count page visits and link clicks. ### Credits Known-bot detection uses isbot by Omri Lotan (https://github.com/omrilotan/isbot), released under the Unlicense. A copy of its license is included in the vendor folder. ## Installation 1. In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins > Add New, search for “GNS Page and Site Tracker,” and click Install, then Activate. 2. Open **Page & Site Tracker** in the left-hand menu. 3. Click **Start tracking**. Counting begins right away. ## FAQ ### Do I need Google Analytics? No. Tracker counts on its own and never contacts Google. ### Can I use Tracker with Site Kit by Google? Yes. They work side by side. Use Site Kit for Google’s numbers and Tracker for your own, in plain language. ### Why don’t Tracker and Google Analytics show the same numbers? Tracker and Google Analytics count activity differently. Ad blockers, privacy settings, filtering, and time-zone differences can affect the results. Either system may show higher counts. ### Why does a card say it “starts” on a certain date? Some cards need enough days of counting to be fair. Busiest Day and Quiet Pages start after a full week. Trending Page starts after two weeks. Comparisons with an earlier period start once Tracker has counted that whole earlier period. ### Why does today’s number look low? Today isn’t over yet. When your dates include today, the cards say so, because the number may still grow. ### Why are my own visits missing? Visits while signed in to WordPress are left out on purpose, so your own checking and editing don’t inflate the numbers. ### Does Pages Seen mean that many different people visited? No. If one person opens the same page five times, Tracker counts all five. ### How long does Tracker keep my counts? For as long as the plugin is installed. Deactivating the plugin keeps all of your counts, so you can turn it back on later and pick up where you left off. Deleting the plugin from the Plugins screen removes its counts, its settings, saved focus pages, and remembered date choices from your WordPress database. ### How do I start over? Delete the plugin from the Plugins screen. This removes all of its counts and settings. Then reinstall it and click Start tracking. Deactivating alone keeps your counts. ### What does “Unknown” mean under “By device”? The visitor’s browser didn’t say what kind of device it was. These visits are left out of the Mobile vs. Desktop card. ### Which Amazon links does Tracker find? Links to amazon.com (including www.amazon.com) and amzn.to in the content of your published pages and posts. Links in sidebars and widgets aren’t included. Ads and buttons that aren’t ordinary links can’t be counted. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “GNS Page and Site Tracker” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ gsmith6673 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gsmith6673/) [Translate “GNS Page and Site Tracker” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/gns-page-and-site-tracker) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gns-page-and-site-tracker/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/gns-page-and-site-tracker/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gns-page-and-site-tracker/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/gns-page-and-site-tracker/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.12.0 * New: six cards at the top of the dashboard: Pages Seen, Most Visited Page, Link Clicks, Mobile vs. Desktop, Busiest Day, and Trending Page. * New: Pages with Amazon Links, New Content Check, and Quiet Pages lists. * New: Tracker Glossary, with an info icon and a book link on every card and list. * New: one date control for the cards and lists, remembered separately for each admin. Focus Page keeps its own. * New: the cards note when today isn’t over yet, and show the date a card will start when more counting is needed. * Improved: known bots and crawlers are now skipped in the visitor’s browser using the isbot list, before anything is sent. * Changed: “Page views” is now called “Pages Seen” throughout. * Changed: Link Clicks on the cards leaves out menu clicks. Link Tracker still shows them, marked as menu clicks. * Changed: the dashboard now opens with the Tracker banner. * Removed: the Google Analytics tab. Tracker now shows only its own counts and never contacts Google. Site Kit by Google still works side by side for anyone who wants Google’s numbers. * Changed: every list shows 10 rows at a time, with a search box and Previous and Next buttons. * New: when the dates you pick start before Tracker began counting, the dashboard says which days the numbers cover. #### 0.11.3 * Plainer wording throughout the dashboard. * Added short explanations of the Focus page, why the two counts differ, Google link-click settings, and the “Unknown” device type. * All dashboard text can now be translated. * Google Analytics now counts clicks on www.amazon.com links, not only amazon.com and amzn.to. * Fixed: the Built-in counter recorded nothing on sites whose address includes a port number, such as local test sites. * Deleting the plugin now removes its data. Deactivating it still keeps your counts. ## Meta * Version **0.12.0** * Last updated **11 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [analytics](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/analytics/)[link clicks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/link-clicks/) [page views](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/page-views/)[visitor tracking](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visitor-tracking/) [website traffic](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/website-traffic/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gns-page-and-site-tracker/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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