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WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) v8.6

A comprehensive plugin for your WordPress visitor statistics, Track statistics for your WordPress site without depending on external services. Enable you to display how many users are online on your W...

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  • Audit coverage Up to date 30 versions audited
  • On Plugin Auditor since Sep 12, 2026
  • Last audited Sep 12, 2026

Compatibility & requirements

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

  • Requires WordPress 5.0+
  • Tested up to WP 7.0 WP 7.1.3 is current
  • Version adoption 49% run the current version

Audit scores by category

125 checks

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

  • 76 Passed
  • 39 Warnings
  • 10 Failed
Security 65/100
Needs Improvement

24 of 37 checks passed.

Code Quality 61/100
Needs Improvement

37 of 61 checks passed.

Performance 58/100
Needs Improvement

7 of 12 checks passed.

Compatibility 67/100
Needs Improvement

4 of 6 checks passed.

Privacy 33/100
Poor

1 of 3 checks passed.

Accessibility 50/100
Needs Improvement

3 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

2.3 MB

4.1 MB unzipped

Total files

88

across all file types

Lines of PHP

17,472

in 11 files Medium

File types

  • PNG
  • JS
  • PHP
  • CSS
  • Other

Top issues

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

  • 156 Critical
  • 395 High
  • 137 Medium
  • 258 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 30 audited versions of WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic), Security improved the most (+3). The largest regression was in Privacy (-67). The codebase grew 8% in size.

Audited 6.2 → 8.6 · 30 versions

0 50 100 6.2 6.9.2 7.6 8.6

How issues changed across versions

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

0 475 950 6.2 6.9.2 7.6 8.6

Download momentum

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

Last 7 days

696

downloads

Today

102

downloads

Week over week

−9%

vs previous week

Month over month

−13%

vs previous month

Download trend: Declining. Abandonment risk: None.

Version intelligence

51% of installs run an older version

≈ 10.3K+ sites on a lower-scoring version.

  • Other
  • v6.9
  • v8.3
  • v8.4
  • v8.5
  • v8.6

Ratings

156 ratings on WordPress.org

  • 5 120
  • 4 15
  • 3 4
  • 2 8
  • 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

2 mo ago

Jun 28, 2026

Actively maintained

Release cadence

~ every 17 days

average between releases

Total releases

51

since Apr 2020 · 6 yrs

Contributors & developers

The people credited with building and maintaining this plugin.

Running WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) in Your Site?

Our latest audit of WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) v8.6 flagged 946 issues. Scan your own copy to see each one with its exact file, line number, and a recommended fix.

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