Title: Lost hits
Last modified: November 21, 2025

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# Lost hits

 *  Resolved [Jean-Pierre Martel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jean-pierre-martel/)
 * (@jean-pierre-martel)
 * [6 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-hits/)
 * Recently, I noticed that the cumulative number of requests to my blog (jpmartel.
   quebec) had dropped from 21 million hits to approximately 130,000.
 * Based on data from web.archives.org, we can determine that this loss occurred
   between July 8, 2025 (21,795,149 hits) and August 12, 2025 (117,389 hits).
 * How can I recover the lost hits?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Flost-hits%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [Mehmet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gandomi/)
 * (@gandomi)
 * [6 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-hits/#post-18739342)
 * 
   Hi [@jean-pierre-martel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jean-pierre-martel/),
   Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.I understand your concern, and normally
   the total number of visitors and visits should never be removed. The plugin may
   optimize old data from time to time, but even then, your overall counts should
   remain intact.Please check this setting:Statistics > Settings > Advance Options
   > **Purge Old Data Daily**You can set it to “Never” to prevent any automatic 
   data cleanup in the future.At this point, the only way to recover your previous
   cumulative counts is to restore a backup from your hosting server, if one is 
   available.If you need help with anything else, I’m here to help.Best regards,
 *  [Mehmet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gandomi/)
 * (@gandomi)
 * [6 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-hits/#post-18750264)
 * Hi [@jean-pierre-martel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jean-pierre-martel/),
 * It’s been a while since your last message, so I’m just resolve this thread for
   now.
 * You can come back anytime if you’d like us to continue helping with this issue.
 * Best regards,

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 * Last reply from: [Mehmet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gandomi/)
 * Last activity: [6 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/lost-hits/#post-18750264)
 * Status: resolved