by
Adam Greenwell
1 (0 reviews)
The Hits List
Track post views locally, display popular posts, and migrate Top 10 data into a completely free, drop-in replacement.
The Hits List ranks #35,777 among WordPress.org plugins with 10+ active installations, is #2,295 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 1/5 rating from 0 reviews, and was last updated Oct 8, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
Compatible with WP 7.1
v1.6.0
Current Version v1.6.0
Updated 4 weeks ago
Last Update on 08 Oct, 2026
Refreshed 1 week ago
Last Refreshed on
#2,295 of 5,310 in Utilities & Tools
Top 50% by installs
Actively maintained
Rank
#35,777
—
No change
Active Installs
10+
—
No change
KW Avg Position
N/A
—
No change
Downloads
548
+1 today
Support Resolved
0%
—
No change
Rating
20%
Review 1 out of 5
1
(0 reviews)
Next Milestone 20
10+
20+
12,604
Ranks to Climb
-
Growth Needed
8,000,000
Active Installs
Pro
Unlock Exact Install Count
See the precise estimated active installs for this plugin, calculated from real-time ranking data.
- Exact install estimates within tiers
- Track install growth over time
- Milestone progress predictions
Need 3 more installs to reach 20+
Rank Changes
Current
#35,777
Change
Best
#
Downloads Growth
Downloads
Growth
Peak
Upgrade to Pro
Unlock 30-day, 90-day, and yearly download history charts with a Pro subscription.
Upgrade NowReviews & Ratings
1.0
0 reviews
Overall
20%
5
0
(0%)
4
0
(0%)
3
0
(0%)
2
0
(0%)
1
0
(0%)
Track This Plugin
Get detailed analytics, keyword tracking, and position alerts delivered to your inbox.
Start Tracking FreePlugin Details
- Version
- 1.6.0
- Last Updated
- Oct 08, 2026
- Requires WP
- 6.2+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1
- PHP Version
- 7.4 or higher
- Author
- Adam Greenwell
Support & Rating
- Rating
- ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1
- Reviews
- 0
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
Keywords
Upgrade to Pro
Unlock keyword rankings, search positions, and detailed analytics with a Pro subscription.
Upgrade NowSimilar Plugins
Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer
6K+ installs
#2,757
Master Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Widgets, Mega Menu Builder, Popup Builder, Widget Builder & Template Kits
30K+ installs
#1,015
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder
10M+ installs
#1
Contact Form 7
10M+ installs
#3
All-in-One WP Migration and Backup
5M+ installs
#10
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
4M+ installs
#14
WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager
3M+ installs
#19
Hostinger Tools
3M+ installs
#20
WordPress Importer
2M+ installs
#23
WPS Hide Login
2M+ installs
#27
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about The Hits List
No. The Hits List stores tracking data locally in your WordPress database and does not call a third-party analytics endpoint.
Yes. The plugin can import compatible overall and daily counts from Top 10 tables. Imports are SQL-backed, resumable, and rerun-safe, so repeating the import does not double-count unchanged source data. Very large imports can be monitored from the settings screen or run through WP-CLI. If Top 10 is deactivated, existing Top 10 Popular Posts widgets can continue rendering through The Hits List using their saved settings, and the settings screen can convert those placements into native The Hits List widgets. After the import and widget conversion are complete, the settings screen also exposes Clean Up Top 10 and Remove Top 10 Plugin buttons to remove leftover Top 10 database data and delete the old plugin.
Daily buckets are retained for 180 days by default. Older daily rows are pruned automatically by a scheduled cleanup task.
Trending compares the last three completed days with the preceding fourteen completed days in your site's timezone, excluding today. The score is (recent + k) / (prior * recent_days / prior_days + k), where recent and prior are recorded view totals and k is 200 pseudo views in the recent window by default. A score of 1.00 means a steady recorded daily rate. It is a smoothed ranking score, not a literal growth multiplier or percentage. The dashboard labels new posts, no recorded prior views, thin prior evidence, and unknown or incomplete history. Tracking coverage is recorded prospectively; legacy or imported rows do not establish uninterrupted tracking. Missing history can affect scores. The thehili_trending_recent_days, thehili_trending_prior_days, and thehili_trending_smoothing filters can adjust the windows and smoothing.
The card charts the last 30 completed local days and compares them with the preceding 30 completed days. Today is excluded, and exact dates and the site's timezone are shown. Percentages require covered retained history in both periods and a nonzero recorded baseline. Unknown or incomplete coverage, a known zero baseline, and a failed data read each get a clear message. When a complete daily subset is known, its available date range is shown beside an insufficient-history report. Expand Daily counts and coverage to inspect recorded totals and each day's coverage. A zero with unknown or incomplete coverage does not establish zero readership. Coverage describes prospectively observed, retained recorded counts; legacy or imported rows do not prove uninterrupted tracking, and coverage does not guarantee every browser view reached the tracker. Suppressed posts remain included in site totals.
Yes. Check Suppress this post from rankings in the post editor and save, or go to Settings > The Hits List > Ranking Suppression, select categories and tags by name, and save changes. Search keeps selected terms visible, and the checkboxes work without JavaScript. A match against any selected category or tag suppresses the post from public popular/trending lists and dashboard rankings, including Refresh Candidates. Child Categories is off by default; enable it to include all descendants of selected categories. View tracking, individual counts, and existing count history remain intact; normal retention still applies. Clear the post checkbox and any matching term rules to restore eligibility. Other list filters and ranking limits still determine whether the post appears. If your site caches rendered pages, purge that page cache to update lists already stored in page HTML.
Yes. The Hits List panel on the edit screen shows lifetime views and selectable 7-/30-day daily charts, with an accessible table. Both periods use completed days in the site's timezone, and the comparison labels insufficient history, a new article's limited baseline, and a zero prior total. Editors who can edit the article can read its performance; the admins-only metabox setting continues to restrict editable controls. Switching periods and saving ordinary content do not change counts.
Yes. Set Maximum post age (days) in the Popular Posts block or widget, use [thl_list max_age_days="30"], or pass max_age_days to a list template tag. Values range from 0 to 36500: 0 (the default) leaves age unlimited, 1 includes today, and 30 includes today plus the preceding 29 calendar days. Negative or invalid values leave age unlimited. The inclusive cutoff is local midnight in the site's timezone and uses the publication date, not the last edit. This filter works with lifetime, daily/hourly, and trending rankings, separately from their view-count windows. It combines with other filters before the list limit and offset; tracking, stored counts, and individual reports remain intact.
Yes. Preview with wp the-hits-list delete-post-counts 123 456 --dry-run, then remove those IDs' lifetime, daily, and hourly rows with wp the-hits-list delete-post-counts 123 456. The articles remain intact. All IDs are validated before any deletion, affected caches are refreshed, and the command reports per-table rows and warns about IDs with no counts. On multisite, the default is the current WP-CLI site; --blog-id=2 selects another existing site. Partial failures exit nonzero and report confirmed progress. Rerunning removes remaining rows; deletions are not transactional.
