Post Views for Jetpack
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About
Display the number of views for each one of your posts, as recorded by Jetpack Stats.
What It Does
Post Views for Jetpack reads view counts collected by Jetpack Stats and surfaces them on your WordPress site, typically as a 'views' badge next to each post in archives, feeds, or post meta. It depends on Jetpack and its Stats module being connected and active, since the plugin itself does not record views. In effect, it gives you a lightweight way to make Jetpack's already-tracked numbers visible to readers or your editorial team.
Who It's For
This plugin fits Jetpack users who already rely on Jetpack Stats for analytics and want to display view counts on the front end of their blog or multi-author publication. It is most useful on content-driven sites where social proof matters, such as news outlets, digital magazines, or influencer blogs. Setup is trivial for anyone comfortable toggling a few checkboxes in Jetpack's settings.
Who Should Skip It
If you do not use Jetpack, this plugin will not work for you, since it pulls everything from Jetpack Stats rather than counting views independently. Sites needing detailed traffic analysis or GDPR-friendly on-site analytics will want a dedicated solution instead.
The Bottom Line
For a site already running Jetpack Stats, Post Views for Jetpack is a small, well-maintained utility that does one thing and does it cleanly, earning an overall Quality Score of 75.93/100. Its biggest weakness is dependency: without Jetpack, it does nothing, and the lack of any support history means we cannot fully judge how the developer handles edge cases. It is a sensible pick for Jetpack users who want a public view counter and a poor pick for everyone else.
Related Plugins
Pick WP Statistics when you want a full-featured, privacy-friendly on-site analytics suite and do not want to depend on Jetpack at all.
Pick Jetpack Protect if your real concern is security scanning rather than showing view counts to readers.
Pick Statify if you need a lightweight, cookie-free view counter that lives entirely inside WordPress without any Jetpack dependency.
Pick Matomo Connect when you want a self-hosted or privacy-first Matomo dashboard inside your WordPress admin.
Pick StatCounter if you want an external, real-time visitor tracker with a simple embeddable widget.