Please explain how
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To-day I got 6 emails telling me I have 6 new followers.
It shows 6 new ones in the stats
I checked the blog and only 4 new ones show in the front page total.
Two are missing from the grand total.
All my other stats are as they were yesterday, nothing missing or added.
This has been happening daily for months, there must be a fault at wordpress end.
the blog is https://poetscornerblog.wordpress.com/
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@dribblingpensioner we cache the front page, so it could be just that. If you’re still having trouble, let me know what the number should be and we’ll do some digging.
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@supernovia, Thank you very much for your quick answer.
below you will find some posts I made before about this matter and the last one is a year ago, I have kept a check on the stats several times and on occasions I have lost up to 3/4 but mostly 1/2 a day.
Maybe its me :) but I like things to work right, hoping you can sort this out for me.
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/followers-not-counted-on-front-page?replies=5#post-2824047
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stats-not-right-1?replies=3#post-2787275
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/lost-followers-etc?replies=6#post-2685202
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/followers-not-showing-1?replies=2#post-2607113
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@dribblingpensioner yeah, so we have fluctuations based on social media follows and any caching they are using, plus our own caching.
All that caching just makes your site load faster..
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The total number of followers is made up of:
– Those who follow your site on WordPress.com
– Those who follow your site by email
– If you use Publicize, it covers those who follow you on Twitter & Facebook, too.
We check for updated numbers periodically rather than constantly, to help keep your site fast and not overwhelm the services that provide those numbers. I would imagine they also update those numbers periodically rather than in real time. That’s the caching I’m referring to.
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Thanks Supernova, I do understand where the numbers come from and how I loose them but I can’t figure out where the numbers go wrong sometimes.
I guess I never will so we’ll just leave it to the powers that be.
Thanks for all your help and patience with me :)
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You bet. If it’s off by a few then fixes itself within a few days, I wouldn’t worry about it. If it’s ever off for more than 2 days or by a larger number, let us know what numbers you’re seeing and we’ll take a look.
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