Title: HitCounters Analytics
Author: hitcounters
Published: September 6, 2026
Last modified: September 6, 2026
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# HitCounters Analytics
By [hitcounters](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hitcounters/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/hitcounters-analytics.1.0.1.zip)
* [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitcounters-analytics/#description)
* [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitcounters-analytics/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitcounters-analytics/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/hitcounters-analytics/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/hitcounters-analytics/)
## Description
**HitCounters** is a simple, real-time alternative to Google Analytics 4 for WordPress
site owners who want useful visitor logs without the GA4 learning curve. This plugin
connects your WordPress site to the HitCounters service with one tracking code.
After saving your tracking code, you get:
* **Real-time visitor list** — see live visits with location, referrer, browser,
and pages viewed (not just numbers)
* **Engagement scoring** — visitors who viewed 2+ pages vs bounced, with average
time and scroll depth
* **AI traffic detection** — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Microsoft
Copilot surfaced as their own traffic source
* **Bot filtering** — quality scores 0-100 per visit so you can filter junk traffic
* **URL goals and custom events** — track conversions without writing event code(
URL goals work automatically; events via `hcEvent()` JS API)
* **Email digest reports** — weekly or monthly traffic summaries to your inbox
* **Traffic-spike and bot-spike alerts** — opt-in per site
* **No third-party cookies** — tracker uses scoped first-party `localStorage`;
no cookie banner required for analytics use
The plugin itself is lightweight: it just adds an async `