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Light Views Counter

Light Views Counter - Fast, Scalable View Counter for High-Traffic Sites
by ThemeRuby · 3,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 22 May 2026, 4 releases in 24 months, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

87/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Light Views Counter
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security100
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Light Views Counter still maintained?
Yes. Last release 22 May 2026, 4 releases in the last 24 months. 22 May 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Light Views Counter, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer themeruby since Nov 2025. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Light Views Counter removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Light Views Counter safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Light Views Counter update safe to install?
No ownership change before 1.3.0. No one-star spike after it. 22 May 2026 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master31 Oct 2025 to 31 Oct 2025, 1 commits
themeruby2 Nov 2025 to 22 May 2026, 9 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2025.

Maintenance

Last release
6 months ago
Releases, 24 months
4
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Light Views Counter
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20251
Q1 20262
Q2 20261
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 22 May 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 5.0.

Rating distribution
5 star1
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

100% of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months.

Momentum

3,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Light Views Counter
4 May 202680
11 May 2026170
18 May 2026892
25 May 2026486
1 Jun 2026343
8 Jun 2026290
15 Jun 2026188
22 Jun 2026218
29 Jun 2026242
6 Jul 2026219
13 Jul 2026230
20 Jul 2026251
27 Jul 2026223
3 Aug 2026252
10 Aug 2026240
17 Aug 2026233
24 Aug 2026254
31 Aug 2026206
7 Sep 2026214
14 Sep 2026250
21 Sep 2026219
28 Sep 2026230
5 Oct 2026213
12 Oct 2026230
19 Oct 2026317
26 Oct 2026279
2 Nov 202649

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 16% below the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

Post Views CounterScore 93 · 100,000+Independent AnalyticsScore 93 · 100,000+MetricoolScore 93 · 90,000+GA Google AnalyticsScore 92 · 400,000+Matomo AnalyticsScore 92 · 100,000+

Facts

Version1.3.0
AuthorThemeRuby
Added2 Nov 2025
Last updated22 May 2026
Active installs3,000+
Requires WordPress6.0
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP7.4
Categorynot stated
Tagsviews, Counter, tracking, statistics, popular posts

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Questions

Is Light Views Counter still maintained?

Yes. Last release 22 May 2026, 4 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Light Views Counter, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer themeruby since Nov 2025.

Was Light Views Counter removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Light Views Counter safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Light Views Counter update safe to install?

No ownership change before 1.3.0. No one-star spike after it.

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