Title: [ Plugin: WordPress.com Stats]mysterious happy face
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [ Plugin: WordPress.com Stats]mysterious happy face

 *  Resolved [John Latour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-latour/)
 * (@john-latour)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-statsmysterious-happy-face/)
 * Hi,
 * Whenever I install the WordPress.com Stats on my site (www.johnlatourart.com)
   a mysterious code appears at the bottom of each page (looks almost like a happy
   face). Any suggestions how to remedy the situation? I’ve left the Plugin activated
   for your convenience.
 * Thanks.
 * JL
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/)

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-statsmysterious-happy-face/#post-1837696)
 * In order to tell you all the cool stats about how many visitors you’ve had, which
   of your posts are most popular, and how people get to your site, the plugin needs
   a way to track things.
 * It’s able to collect this information by loading a small image to your page when
   someone looks at it, and the developers chose to use a small smiley 🙂
 * You can hide it without preventing its function by using `display:none`.
 * Go to Appearance -> Editor in your Dashboard and add this code in your Stylesheet:
 * `img#wpstats{display:none}`
 *  Thread Starter [John Latour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-latour/)
 * (@john-latour)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-statsmysterious-happy-face/#post-1837715)
 * Hi James,
 * Thanks for your quick reply. As you may have guessed, I’m a bit of a newbie to
   WordPress. I understood 99% of your answer, but not sure where exactly to put
   the code in the Stylesheet (style.css). I’ve tried inserting it in a few places
   with no luck. Any more info would be greatly appreciated.
 * Cheers.
 * John
 *  Thread Starter [John Latour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/john-latour/)
 * (@john-latour)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-statsmysterious-happy-face/#post-1837751)
 * Got it. Thanks. J.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-statsmysterious-happy-face/#post-1837801)
 * You’re welcome!

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wordpresscom-statsmysterious-happy-face/#post-1837801)
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