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SourceWordPress plugins · Oct 17, 2026

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About this tool.

The Statify Widget shows the most popular content from the Statify plugin, which collects statistics in compliance with data protection regulations. Fast and clear!

What is Statify?

Statify is a plugin for visitor statistics with emphasis on privacy, transparency and clarity.

Note : This widget only works with the main plugin Statify .

Features

Popular Posts : Sum up all view from Statify and put it together in a widget
Shortcodes : The counter for each post/page can be put everywhere
Custom Post Types : Statify Widget supports custom post types, that can be displayed
Intelligent summary : Once there are different paths to a content, the widget adds them together
Period Selectable : It is possible to choose an individual daily period for the post popular content
Custom Widget Template : You can add individual post/page paramater to widget template (see FAQ)
New: Customize cache time : Change default 4 minutes cache time to another value! (see FAQ)

Shortcode

The shortcode [statify-count] can be used to display calls to the current post or page. With the options “prefix” and “suffix” displayed texts can be checked before (prefix) and after (suffix) the calls:

[statify-count prefix="Total " suffix=" calls." days="8"]

Parameter:

prefix Sentence before views
suffix Sentence after views
days Inteval for view statistics

Result: A total of 243 views.

Widget Settings

The following settings can be made in the widget:

Title
Content Type (Default: post )
Category (when content type post is select)
Amount of entries (default: 5)
Show views (default: No)
Custom text (Replace variable for views: %VIEWS%)

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Frequently asked questions.

Error: The widget does not find any entries

Statify has not added statistics yet. Wait some days to collect some statistics by Statify.

Can I change the default cache expiry time?

Yes! Since 1.4.1 you can add the following filter to change the default 4 minute cache (60 * 4) to another value in seconds:

add_filter( 'statify_targets_cache_expiry', fn() => 60*4 );

If you do not set a numerical value greater than zero (>0), the standard cache expiry time is automatically used.

I set the cache too high (remove cache)

If you deactivate the plugin, all existing cache will be delete. After that you can activate Statify Widget again. Everything continues to work as usual.

Show pages and posts together

Yes! Since 1.1.4 that works.

Just in the content type widget: select Pages and posts . He then displays the default content types “post” and “page” together.

Show views in pages and posts

This is possible with shortcodes. Specifying a prefix and suffix is not mandatory:

Properties:

days = Amount of days
prefix = Text before the view count
suffix = Text after the view count

Shortcode:

[statify-count prefix ="Total" suffix ="calls." days="8"]

The total view counter for the whole webpage:

[statify-count-sum prefix="Total" suffix="calls."] I do not have static page as homepage

No problem. A pseudo “Frontpage” (with views) entry appears.

I changed the permalink structure

This changes nothing. The plugin takes every Statify entry and adds it together.

Change design (CSS)

Just use these CSS classes: * List: .statify-widget-list {...} * List item: .statify-widget-element {...} * List item view counter: .statify-widget-element span {...} * List item link: .statify-widget-link {...}

Change list from numeric to points

If you want to change the list of contents (1st, 2nd, 3rd, …) to bullets, just add the following to your CSS:

.statify-widget-element { list-style-type: circle; } ADVANCED: Change Widget Template

Since 1.3.8 it is possible to customize the Widget Template by adding code to your Template functions.php . You can use the WP Post Object in the template.

There exists two hooks:

statify_widget_before_link
statify_widget_after_link

For Example add thumbnail before link in a div:

function statify_custom_template($post) { echo '<div class="post_thumbnail">'. get_the_post_thumbnail($post->ID, 'thumb') .'</div>'; } add_action('statify_widget_before_link', 'statify_custom_template'); ADVANCED: Return all posts as WP Query

For example put this in your theme:

<?php if(function_exists('statify_popular_posts')) { $wp_query = statify_popular_posts( $amount = 5, $days = 30, $post_type = 'post', $post_category = 0 ); // Make WP Post loop... while ( $wp_query->have_posts() ) { $ wp_query->the_post(); } } ?>

Properties

$days = Range of days for statictics (0 = all days)
$amount = Amount of posts
$post_type = Post type (“post”, “page”, …)
$post_category = Category of the post, if post type is choosen

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Statify Widget

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Widget Settings

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Getting started.

Frequently asked questions.

About this tool.

What is Statify?

Features

Shortcode

Widget Settings

Your next useful tool is out there.

Support

Author

Getting started.

Frequently asked questions.

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