Title: [Plugin: WordPress.com Stats] Doesn’t work
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: WordPress.com Stats] Doesn’t work

 *  [dancres](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dancres/)
 * (@dancres)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-doesnt-work/)
 * This plugin doesn’t seem to work – I get exactly the same problem as a [number of others](http://www.paininthe.net/?p=273)
 * It’s been the case for several versions of the plugin, wordpress 2.7 and 2.7.1.
   The FAQ says nothing, the screenshots are out of date, there’s no documentation
   and the authors are seemingly silent.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/)

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 *  [GrandSlambert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grandslambert/)
 * (@grandslambert)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-doesnt-work/#post-992385)
 * Really? It works perfectly for me on over 20 blogs – I have never had a problem.
   What exactly doesn’t work? Did you follow the installation steps?
    1. Upload stats.php to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
    2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in
        WordPress.
    3. It will ask you to enter your WordPress.com API key, do so.
    4. Sit back and wait a few minutes for your stats to come rolling in.
 * See the third step, about the WordPress.com API key? Did you do that? That is
   a required step of course. If you have done all of these and still don’t get 
   anything tell us where it goes wrong for you.
 * Sorry, I am at work and can’t access the link you included in your post. Besides,
   it it really were a problem with the plugin, why don’t those people report it
   here?
 *  Thread Starter [dancres](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dancres/)
 * (@dancres)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-doesnt-work/#post-992521)
 * Yes, I entered my API key and it goes wrong in exactly the way described on the
   link I provided. I referenced this because it saves me producing screenshots 
   etc….
 * Why didn’t these people report it here? Ultimately you’d have to ask them…..
 *  Thread Starter [dancres](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dancres/)
 * (@dancres)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-doesnt-work/#post-992523)
 * And after a little digging – one can see reports of similar problems in the forums:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/224510?replies=18](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/224510?replies=18)
 *  [supermag](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supermag/)
 * (@supermag)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-stats-doesnt-work/#post-992564)
 * i think the plugin will not get fixed, so gonno uninstall it. damn, it was nice
   using it.

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