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GW Live Visitors<\/strong> gives you real-time insights about your website traffic directly inside the WordPress admin.
\nSee how many visitors are currently active, what pages are trending, and where your traffic is coming from \u2014 without exposing any counters publicly.<\/p>\n\n

Unlike heavy analytics tools, GW Live Visitors is lightweight, privacy-friendly and focused on what really matters<\/strong>:
\n- Real-time visitor count (updated automatically)
\n- Top pages and activity trends
\n- Admin-only view (no public display)
\n- Sessions stored only short-term (24h \/ 7d) for performance and privacy<\/p>\n\n

Why only 24h \/ 7d?
\nBecause the goal is speed and simplicity<\/strong>. Keeping session data forever would bloat your database, slow down queries, and create GDPR\/privacy concerns. By limiting storage, the plugin stays fast and keeps your data footprint small \u2014 while still giving you meaningful daily and weekly insights.<\/p>\n\n

If you need long-term analytics, you can combine this with a dedicated tool such as Matomo, Plausible or Google Analytics.<\/p>\n\n

External Services<\/h3>\n\n

GW Live Visitors makes use of the following external libraries and data sources:<\/p>\n\n

Leaflet.js<\/h4>\n\n
    \n
  • Purpose: Interactive map display of visitor locations.<\/li>\n
  • License: BSD 2-Clause License<\/li>\n
  • Homepage: https:\/\/leafletjs.com\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

    OpenStreetMap Tiles<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Purpose: Map tiles for the visitor map.<\/li>\n
    • License: Open Database License (ODbL)<\/li>\n
    • Homepage: https:\/\/www.openstreetmap.org\/<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      World Countries GeoJSON<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Purpose: Country boundaries and metadata for highlighting top countries.<\/li>\n
      • License: MIT License<\/li>\n
      • Source: https:\/\/github.com\/mledoze\/countries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        IP Geolocation (optional)<\/h4>\n\n

        If geolocation is enabled in the plugin settings, the visitor's IP address is sent to a third-party service to resolve country and approximate coordinates. Users can choose which provider to use or keep geolocation disabled for full privacy.<\/p>\n\n

          \n
        • ipapi.co \u2014 Used to look up the visitor's country and coordinates. Sends the visitor's IP address on each request. Terms: https:\/\/ipapi.co\/terms\/ \u2014 Privacy: https:\/\/ipapi.co\/privacy\/<\/li>\n
        • ipinfo.io \u2014 Used to look up the visitor's country and coordinates. Sends the visitor's IP address on each request. Terms: https:\/\/ipinfo.io\/legal \u2014 Privacy: https:\/\/ipinfo.io\/privacy-policy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          Privacy Notice<\/h3>\n\n

          By default, GW Live Visitors does not<\/strong> collect, transmit or store any personally identifiable information (PII).
          \nOnly anonymous session IDs and page hits are stored locally in your WordPress database.<\/p>\n\n

          If you enable the \u201cCollect IP, User-Agent, country & coordinates\u201d setting, the following applies:<\/p>\n\n

            \n
          • Visitor IP addresses, User-Agent strings, and derived geolocation data may be stored locally in your database. <\/li>\n
          • When using an external geolocation provider (ipapi.co or ipinfo.io), the visitor\u2019s IP address is transmitted to that service in order to resolve country and approximate coordinates. <\/li>\n
          • No cookies are set by this plugin. <\/li>\n
          • All data remains private to your WordPress installation unless you choose to export it. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            It is the site owner\u2019s responsibility to update their site\u2019s privacy policy if enabling IP and geolocation collection.<\/p>\n\n\n

              \n
            1. Upload the plugin files to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/gw-live-visitors<\/code> directory, or install directly from the WordPress Plugin Directory. <\/li>\n
            2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins<\/strong> menu in WordPress. <\/li>\n
            3. Go to GW Live Visitors \u2192 Dashboard<\/strong> to see real-time visitors and stats.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
              \n

              Why does the plugin only store data for 24 hours or 7 days?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

              Because GW Live Visitors is designed for real-time monitoring<\/strong>, not long-term analytics. Storing unlimited sessions would cause database bloat, performance issues, and privacy concerns. Daily and weekly snapshots are usually enough to understand visitor activity.<\/p><\/dd>\n

              Can I keep visitor logs forever?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

              No. The plugin deliberately avoids indefinite storage. If you want full historical analytics, we recommend using this plugin alongside a dedicated analytics tool.<\/p><\/dd>\n

              Is this GDPR-compliant?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

              Yes. GW Live Visitors does not store personal identifiers. Sessions are short-lived and expire automatically (24h or 7d), which reduces privacy risks and keeps your database clean.<\/p><\/dd>\n

              Does this show a public visitor counter?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

              No. GW Live Visitors is for admin eyes only<\/strong>. Nothing is displayed on the front-end of your site.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

              1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
                \n
              • Initial release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Real-time visitor stats and trends in your dashboard. Fast, private and focused on short-term insights.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/249965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249965"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/greenwebsite"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=249965"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=249965"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=249965"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=249965"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tah.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=249965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}