About this plugin
Admin Views Column for Matomo adds a Matomo views column to WordPress admin lists.
It helps you see how your content performs directly from the WordPress dashboard, without opening Matomo every time you want to check whether a post, page, or custom post type is being read.
The plugin can read statistics from two sources:
- The official Matomo Analytics for WordPress plugin installed on the same site.
- A remote Matomo instance (self-hosted or Matomo Cloud), using the Matomo Reporting API with a site ID and an auth token.
The plugin can display Matomo statistics for:
- Posts
- Pages
- Public custom post types visible in the WordPress admin
The views column is sortable, so you can quickly find your most viewed or least viewed content. The counts load in the background, so your admin lists stay fast even when the Matomo data is not cached yet, and each count links straight to the Matomo report for that exact page.
Every list has its own period selector in the Screen Options panel: posts, pages and each custom post type can report on a different period, and the choice is saved per user without changing anything for anyone else. The column header always names the period it reports on.
A dashboard widget lists your most viewed content for the selected period and remembers the period you picked, independently of the lists. A Test connection button in the settings instantly verifies your Matomo configuration and shows the exact error message when something is wrong.
You can also choose the reporting period:
- Today
- Yesterday
- Last 7 days
- Last 30 days
- Last 90 days
- Last 365 days
- Current year
- All time
The plugin supports two Matomo metrics:
- Page views ( nb_hits )
- Unique views ( nb_visits )
To avoid slowing down the WordPress admin, Matomo data is cached with WordPress transients. The cache duration can be changed from the plugin settings page.
The settings are organized in three tabs: Matomo source, Settings, and 301 redirects.
If your permalinks changed over time, the plugin can keep the historical view counts: old slugs saved by WordPress are matched automatically, and 301 redirect rules can be declared in the settings — either by hand or by importing a CSV file.
Requirements
This plugin requires a working Matomo installation that is already tracking your website. Two setups are supported:
- Local: the official Matomo Analytics for WordPress plugin installed, active, and configured on the same site.
- Remote: a self-hosted Matomo or Matomo Cloud instance, reachable over HTTPS. You will need the site ID and a Matomo auth token (created in Matomo under Administration > Personal > Security > Auth tokens).
If Matomo is not collecting data, this plugin cannot display statistics.
Privacy
This plugin does not track visitors by itself.
It reads existing statistics from Matomo and displays them in the WordPress admin.
In local mode, no data is sent to an external service. In remote mode, the plugin sends API requests (including the configured auth token) to the Matomo server you configured — and to no other service. The token is sent in the request body (POST), so it does not appear in URLs.