The Blog Stats Widget displays the all-time total number of views to your blog (not including your own views). It’s a nice way of showing off how popular your blog is.
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Themes that support the Site Editor do not use widgets, so you won’t see Appearance → Widgets in your dashboard. Instead, you can edit all of your site in one place at Appearance → Editor. Click here to learn how to use the Site Editor.
Here’s an example of how the Blog Stats Widget looks like when it’s activated on a blog sidebar:
![blog-stats-widget](https://en-support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/blog-stats-widget1.png)
To add the widget to your site:
- In your dashboard, click on Appearance → Widgets.
- Choose the location where you’d like to place the widget on your site. Standard options include the Footer and Sidebar, but this may differ depending on your theme.
- Click either of the + block inserter buttons (see right) to see a list of all the available blocks and widgets.
- Scroll down to the Widgets section and click on the widget once to add it to your site.
For more general information, see this guide on working with widgets.
![The Widgets Editor with highlights on the + Block Inserter at the top of the page and in a widget area.](https://en-support.files.wordpress.com/2022/02/widgets-add-a-widget.png?w=688)
Once you add the widget to your sidebar from Appearance → Widgets, you’ll see that the widget settings look like this:
![blog-stats-widget-wordpress](https://en-support.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/blog-stats-widget-wordpress.png?w=291)
- Title: Set the title to use above the blog stats count. (i.e. Stats, Traffic Love)
- 12,345: Set the word(s) to use along with the number. “hits” and “views” are popular choices, but feel free to get creative and make up your own