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StatCounter – Real Time Visitor Stats, Session Replay & Heatmaps v2.2.0

Real-time visitor stats, session replay and heatmaps for your WordPress site. See exactly how visitors use your site - and why they leave.

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  • Audit coverage Not yet audited newest version pending
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 6, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 6, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

The PHP and WordPress versions this plugin needs, and how current its version support is.

  • Requires WordPress 2.0.2+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current

Audit scores by category

125 checks

How this plugin scores across the six areas we audit, from security to accessibility.

  • 111 Passed
  • 13 Warnings
  • 1 Failed
Security 100/100
Excellent

37 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 84/100
Good

51 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 92/100
Excellent

11 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 100/100
Excellent

3 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 83/100
Good

5 of 6 checks passed.

Code footprint

How much code ships in this plugin, and the file types that make it up.

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ZIP file size

216.6 KB

234.6 KB unzipped

Total files

4

across all file types

Lines of PHP

306

in 1 files Small

File types

  • PNG
  • TXT
  • PHP

Top issues

The most important findings from the latest audit, ordered by severity.

  • 0 Critical
  • 2 High
  • 7 Medium
  • 10 Low

This is a preview of notable findings. Full file-level results, line numbers and code context are in the scan.

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How scores changed across versions

Across 29 audited versions of StatCounter – Real Time Visitor Stats, Session Replay & Heatmaps, Security improved the most (+11). The largest regression was in Accessibility (-17). The codebase shrank 3% in size.

Audited 1.3 → 2.1.2 · 29 versions

0 50 100 1.3 1.6.7 2.0.5 2.1.2

How issues changed across versions

Findings by severity for each audited version, so you can see which issues were fixed over time.

0 50 100 1.3 1.6.7 2.0.5 2.1.2

Download momentum

How fast this plugin is being installed lately, and whether that pace is rising or slowing.

Last 7 days

3,445

downloads

Today

346

downloads

Week over week

−37%

vs previous week

Month over month

+353%

vs previous month

Download trend: Growing. Abandonment risk: Low.

Version intelligence

100% of installs run the current version

  • Other
  • v2.0
  • v2.1

Ratings

47 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 33
  • 4 2
  • 3 1
  • 2 2
  • 1 9

Support: 0 / 1 threads resolved in the last two months

Maintenance & history

How actively this plugin is kept up, from its last update to its release history.

Last updated

This month

May 25, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 164 days

average between releases

Total releases

29

since Mar 2010 · 16 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

  • StatCounter Maintainer
  • aodhan-cullen Contributor Past

Running StatCounter in Your Site?

Our latest audit of StatCounter v2.2.0 flagged 19 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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