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Simple Blog Stats

Displays a wealth of useful statistics about your site. Display total number of posts, pages, categories, tags, and much more.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version20260809
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.7 · PHP 5.6.20
Directory statusactive
Last directory update9 Aug 20262mo ago
Active installations4K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.9 / 5 from 38 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Simple Blog Stats version 20260809 as active, updated 2mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

Simple Blog Stats (SBS) provides shortcodes and tags to display site statistics in posts, pages, and anywhere in your theme.

Displays a wealth of useful statistics about your site. Display total number of posts, pages, categories, tags, and much more.

Display Statistics

  • Total number of posts
  • Total number of pages
  • Total number of drafts
  • Total number of comments
  • Total number of media files (any types)
  • Number of comments in moderation
  • Number of approved comments
  • Number of registered users
  • Number of categories
  • Number of tags
  • Number of words for any post
  • Number of words for all posts
  • Display all blog stats in a list
  • Display number of posts for any Custom Post Type
  • Display list of counts for all Custom Post Types
  • Display current number of logged-in users
  • Display number of logged-in users via Dashboard widget
  • Display number of words in any custom field

Plugin Features

  • Uses caching for better performance
  • Provides shortcodes to display stats in Posts and Pages
  • Provides template tags to display stats anywhere in your theme
  • Configure text/markup to appear before/after each shortcode
  • Built with the WP API for optimal performance and security
  • Provides slick settings screen with toggling panels
  • Provides option to restore default plugin settings
  • Displays your stats with clean, valid markup
  • Works with or without Gutenberg Block Editor
  • Plugin is regularly updated and “future proof”
  • Display list of stats via Dashboard widget

More Statistics

  • Display date of most recent site update
  • Display list of recent posts (configurable)
  • Display list of recent comments (configurable)
  • Display number of users per role (configurable)
  • Display all blog stats in a nicely formatted list
  • Configure all shortcodes via the plugin settings

Privacy

This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.

Simple Blog Stats is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.

Support development

I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:

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WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • analytics
  • blog
  • numbers
  • statistics
  • stats
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.7 · PHP 5.6.20
Update activity9 Aug 20262mo ago

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