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It shows real-time visitor count, tracks unique visitors, and displays live traffic stats in your admin dashboard. You can add a live visitor counter bar to your WordPress header or footer to show website statistics to your visitors.<\/p>\n\n<p>The plugin stores all visit data in your own WordPress database. No data is sent to any external server, and no third-party tracking service is used.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Why Use This Plugin<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>See who is online on your website in real time<\/li>\n<li>Track daily, weekly, and monthly visitor counts<\/li>\n<li>Identify your most popular pages with the top pages report<\/li>\n<li>Display a live visitor counter in your WordPress header or footer<\/li>\n<li>Export visitor data as CSV for external reporting<\/li>\n<li>Works with any WordPress theme \u2014 no theme modifications required<\/li>\n<li>100% privacy-friendly: all data stays on your own server<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Features<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Admin dashboard with four statistic cards showing Today, Total, Unique, and Online visitors<\/li>\n<li>Interactive visitor statistics charts powered by Chart.js (bundled locally for privacy)<\/li>\n<li>Top pages report showing which pages get the most visitors<\/li>\n<li>Detailed visitor log with pagination and IP address tracking<\/li>\n<li>CSV export of visitor data for external analysis<\/li>\n<li>Settings page to configure the horizontal live stats bar<\/li>\n<li>Horizontal live visitor counter bar for header or footer placement<\/li>\n<li>Light and dark bar styles to match your theme<\/li>\n<li>Shortcodes for manual placement anywhere on your site<\/li>\n<li>Bot detection to filter out crawlers and spiders<\/li>\n<li>15-minute duplicate prevention using transient caching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Available Shortcodes<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>[gamixer_counter] - Displays inline statistics badges anywhere on your site<\/li>\n<li>[gmxwc_bar] - Displays the full horizontal live stats bar<\/li>\n<li>[gamixer_website_counter] - An alternative to gamixer_counter<\/li>\n<li>[gmxwc_counter] - Another alias for gamixer_counter<\/li>\n<li>[gmxwc_stats] - Alias for gamixer_counter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>All data is stored in a custom database table on your own server. No data is sent to any external service.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Privacy and Data Ownership<\/h4>\n\n<p>This plugin does not send any data to external servers. All visitor data is stored in your WordPress database, and you have full control over it. No cookies are used for tracking. No third-party analytics service is integrated.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Source Code<\/h3>\n\n<p>This plugin includes the following third-party library and custom code.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Chart.js<\/h4>\n\n<p>Chart.js is a JavaScript charting library used for displaying visitor statistics.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Version: 4.5.1<\/li>\n<li>License: MIT<\/li>\n<li>Source: https:\/\/github.com\/chartjs\/Chart.js<\/li>\n<li>Release: https:\/\/github.com\/chartjs\/Chart.js\/releases\/tag\/v4.5.1<\/li>\n<li>Bundled file: assets\/js\/chart.umd.min.js<\/li>\n<li>Non-minified source: https:\/\/github.com\/chartjs\/Chart.js\/tree\/v4.5.1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The bundled file is the official distributed build of Chart.js version 4.5.1. 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You can display it in your header, footer, or use the [gamixer_counter] shortcode anywhere on your site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20can%20i%20see%20who%20is%20online%20on%20my%20website%20right%20now%3F\"><h3>How can I see who is online on my website right now?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin's admin dashboard shows the number of online visitors in the last 5 minutes. Go to \"Gamixer Counter\" in your WordPress admin menu to view real-time visitor stats.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20do%20i%20show%20live%20visitor%20count%20in%20my%20wordpress%20header%20or%20footer%3F\"><h3>How do I show live visitor count in my WordPress header or footer?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Go to Gamixer Counter &gt; Settings and choose \"Header - Fixed Top\" or \"Footer - Fixed Bottom\" from the Bar Display Position dropdown. The horizontal live stats bar will appear automatically on your site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20display%20visitor%20statistics%20without%20the%20horizontal%20bar%3F\"><h3>Can I display visitor statistics without the horizontal bar?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Use the [gamixer_counter] shortcode to show inline statistics badges anywhere on your site, or use [gmxwc_bar] to place the horizontal bar manually in a specific location.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20slow%20down%20my%20wordpress%20site%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin slow down my WordPress site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The plugin loads minimal assets and stores all data locally in your own database. The frontend only loads a small CSS file for the stats bar. Chart.js only loads in the admin area, not on your public site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20call%20any%20external%20services%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin call any external services?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. All assets, including the Chart.js library, are bundled locally within the plugin. No visitor data is sent to external servers.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20long%20is%20a%20visitor%20counted%20as%20%22online%22%3F\"><h3>How long is a visitor counted as \"online\"?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>A visitor is counted as online if they have been active in the last 5 minutes.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20is%20a%20unique%20visitor%20determined%3F\"><h3>How is a unique visitor determined?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>A visitor is considered unique based on their IP address and browser user agent combination.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20shortcodes%20are%20available%3F\"><h3>What shortcodes are available?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><ul>\n<li>[gamixer_counter] - Inline statistics badges<\/li>\n<li>[gmxwc_bar] - Full horizontal bar<\/li>\n<li>[gamixer_website_counter] - Alternative to gamixer_counter<\/li>\n<li>[gmxwc_counter] - Alias for gamixer_counter<\/li>\n<li>[gmxwc_stats] - Alias for gamixer_counter<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"will%20this%20plugin%20slow%20down%20my%20website%3F\"><h3>Will this plugin slow down my website?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. The plugin uses minimal CSS and JavaScript on the frontend. All analytics calculations are done in the admin area, not on the public site.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"can%20i%20export%20my%20visitor%20data%3F\"><h3>Can I export my visitor data?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. Go to Gamixer Counter &gt; Visitors Log and click the \"Export CSV\" button. You can download up to 10,000 visitor records at a time.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20this%20plugin%20work%20with%20caching%20plugins%3F\"><h3>Does this plugin work with caching plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. The visitor tracking runs on the init hook, which fires on every page load. Most caching plugins do not interfere with this. If you experience issues, add an exception for the admin-ajax.php file.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20this%20plugin%20gdpr%20compliant%3F\"><h3>Is this plugin GDPR compliant?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>The plugin stores IP addresses and user agents in your own database for visitor tracking. This data never leaves your server. 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