Useful plugin, but unique view counting by IP would be a great addition

I’ve been using WP-PostViews for some time now, and it’s a very straightforward and effective plugin for displaying post views. The settings to count views only from guests and exclude bots work well.

However, I’ve noticed that if a guest refreshes a page multiple times, each refresh is counted as a new view. While this is typical behavior for a basic hit counter, it makes the view count less representative of actual unique visitors.

I would highly recommend considering an enhancement to include an option to count unique views based on IP address (e.g., once per IP within a specified timeframe like 24 hours). This would significantly improve the accuracy of the statistics and make the plugin even more valuable for site owners who want to track genuine reader engagement.

Thank you for this plugin!