https://github.com/theafolayan/wp-rest-api-page-views-tracker
https://github.com/theafolayan/wp-rest-api-page-views-tracker
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- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/theafolayan/wp-rest-api-page-views-tracker
- Owner: theafolayan
- Created: 2024-06-18T14:59:58.000Z (12 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-06-18T15:02:46.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-14T04:14:08.557Z (about 2 months ago)
- Language: PHP
- Size: 154 KB
- Stars: 4
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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# Page Views Tracker
**Plugin Name:** Rest API Page Views Tracker
**Description:** This Plugin Records page views on WordPress posts, including those fetched from the REST API and WPGraphQL, displays the views in the admin post list, and includes the views in the REST API and WPGraphQL responses.
**Version:** 1.3.1
**Author:** [@theafolayan](https://twitter.com/theafolayan)
## Description
The Page Views Tracker plugin records page views on WordPress posts. It tracks views when posts are viewed on the site, fetched from the REST API, or queried via WPGraphQL. The plugin also displays the page views in the WordPress admin post list and includes the views in the REST API and WPGraphQL responses.
## Features
- Tracks page views for WordPress posts.
- Increments page views when posts are viewed on the site.
- Increments page views when posts are fetched via the REST API.
- Increments page views when posts are queried via WPGraphQL.
- Displays page views in the WordPress admin post list.
- Adds the `page_views` field to the REST API response.
- Adds the `pageViews` field to the WPGraphQL schema.
## Installation
1. Download the plugin.
2. Upload the `page-views-tracker` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
3. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
## Usage
Once activated, the plugin will automatically start tracking page views for your posts. You can see the page views in the WordPress admin post list. The page views will also be included in the REST API and WPGraphQL responses.
### REST API
When you fetch a post via the REST API, the response will include the `page_views` field:
```json
{
"id": 1,
"date": "2024-06-18T12:34:56",
"title": {
"rendered": "Sample Post"
},
"page_views": 10
}