Views on Individual Posts and/or Files

thevampirologist · Member · Nov 30, 2017 at 5:24 am
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Good afternoon,

I am interested in creating an academic journal on WordPress, which would include links to download pdf files of articles posted on the site.

I know there is a widget (Blog Stats) that shows overall website views, but is it possible to display individual post views and/or how many times a pdf file has been viewed or downloaded?

The example I’ll refer to is this one: https://www.sociologicalscience.com/
okanagancreativedesigns · Member · Dec 7, 2017 at 9:22 pm
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Hi @thevampirologist,

The site you’re referring to – sociologicalscience.com – is not hosted on WordPress.com. Your site is a self-hosted WordPress.org site (BlueHost).

This is a public forum which provides support only for the sites hosted on WordPress.com

You can seek help for WordPress.org sites here: https://wordpress.org/support/

Also – please know that you might need an account to post on self-hosted WordPress forums. You can create one here. https://login.wordpress.org/register

Read the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

Cheers,

Ally
thevampirologist · Member · Dec 15, 2017 at 2:30 pm
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Hi Ally,

I know it isn’t hosted on WordPress, I was using the site as an example, re: “I know there is a widget (Blog Stats) that shows overall website views, but is it possible to display individual post views and/or how many times a pdf file has been viewed or downloaded?”

As you’ll see from following the link, it displays download numbers for the pdf documents they host.
okanagancreativedesigns · Member · Dec 15, 2017 at 2:54 pm
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Hi @thevampirologist,

Thank you for the clarification!

With the given widget, Blog Stats, I believe it only offers the option of overall views.

https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/blog-stats-widget/

It is possible to upgrade your plan to the Business Plan, in which you are able to upload your choice of plugin that would be able to give you a more detailed breakdown.

https://en.support.wordpress.com/business-plan/

Cheers,

Ally
thevampirologist · Member · Dec 15, 2017 at 3:02 pm
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Hi Ally,

You’re welcome. And yes, I figured that might be the only option.

The reason I ask is because I am considering my options in terms of whether to go with a free blog or to go on a plan. I’ve found the free version, naturally, very limited, so it got me thinking about workarounds. But you’re probably right, it does sound like a plugin thing…unless there was a free theme that had the function inbuilt. I hope!

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