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Visitors Online by BestWebSoft

Name: Visitors Online by BestWebSoft
Rating: 3.5 (11 reviews)
Author: bestweblayout

Display live count of online visitors who are currently browsing your WordPress website.

Visitors Online by BestWebSoft ranks #5,845 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #158 of 1,980 in the Analytics category, a 3.5/5 rating from 11 reviews, and was last updated Jun 9, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.8 (Current: 7.1)

v1.1.6 Current Version v1.1.6

Updated 1 year ago Last Update on 09 Jun, 2025

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#158 of 1,980 in Analytics Top 10% by installs Downloads +53.6% this week No update in over a year

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Rank

#5,845

-1 this week

Active Installs

1K+

-40.3%

KW Avg Position

16.4

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Downloads

82.2K

+8 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

70%

Review 3.5 out of 5

3.5 (11 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 63.8%

1K+ 2K+

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Reviews & Ratings

3.5

11 reviews

Overall 70%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

May 16, 2017

Visitors Online by BestWebSoft [visitors-online] < 1.0.0

CVE-2017-2171 · Fixed in v1.0.0
Apr 12, 2017

Visitors Online by BestWebSoft [visitors-online] < 1.0.0

CVE-2017-18537 · Fixed in v1.0.0
Oct 26, 2015

Visitors Online by BestWebSoft [visitors-online] < 0.4

CVE-2015-9325 · Fixed in v0.4
Visitors Online by BestWebSoft [visitors-online] < 1.0.0

Fixed in v1.0.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.1.6
Last Updated: Jun 09, 2025
Requires WP: 5.6+
Tested Up To: 6.8
PHP Version: N/A
Author: bestweblayout

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.5
Reviews: 11
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to show how many visitors are currently browsing their site. It solves the problem of tracking and displaying live visitor counts on the dashboard or via a front-end widget.

Displays visitor statistics on dashboard
Adds visitor statistics widget
Sets online status timeout
Customizes data input structure
Resets statistics table
Adds custom code via settings
Multilingual and RTL ready

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Visitors Online by BestWebSoft

the user will be displayed online, if he/she had left the site, but the time when the user is considered being online is not yet passed. to define the user`s country, you will need to download the file according to the instruction https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sxxeDleJdPS8HvRdYwYSABQ586t1s-Z8r6wy55iXJCM/ if the number of visits from different countries is the same, the plugin will display several countries, but not more than three; if the number of visits from different browsers is the same, the plugin will display several browsers, but not more than three

You should set rights 755 to the folders wp-content, plugins, visitors-online and 644 to the IpToCountry.csv file. In such case the plugin’s script will have enough rights to upload the file. Here is some useful information for you https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions#Shared_Hosting_with_suexec.

You can see statistics on the admin panel, in any place of a post (if using shortcode), or in a widget (if this widget is added to the sidebar).

The user will be displayed online if he/she had left the site, but the time, when the user is considered being online, is not yet passed.

The plugin receives data from the server variable $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'], and searches the resulting value in its list of the most common bots. Once a match was found, the visitor is considered being a bot.

The plugin counts the number of the site visitors during the day. If the same user visits the site 5 times during the day, the plugin sees 5 visits, but not one. The visit means that a user enters the site or console as a guest user or bot, and stays within the time set on the plugin settings page. (The time period when the user is online, without making any actions).

Unzip the file IpToCountry.csv.zip to a folder {your_site_folder}/wp-content/plugins/visitor-online/geolite-country. Go to the settings page of the plugin Visitors Online by a link http://{your_domain}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=visitors-online.php or Admin Panel->Visitors Online. Find an option "Import Database" and click "Import" button.

Please make sure that the problem hasn't been discussed yet on our forum (https://support.bestwebsoft.com). If no, please provide the following data along with your problem's description: the link to the page where the problem occurs the name of the plugin and its version. If you are using a pro version - your order number. the version of your WordPress installation copy and paste into the message your system status report. Please read more here: Instruction on System Status