How to track pageviews for entries using the [gv_pageviews] shortcode

Have you ever wanted to show how many times an entry has been visited by users? #

You can track the number of visitors to an entry using GravityView’s integration with the Pageviews plugin. It’s a great visitor counter plugin that now works to track hits to an entry.

When the Pageviews plugin is active, add the [gv_pageviews] shortcode to a Single Entry context automatically works with GravityView to track visitors.

To track visitors to an entry:

1. Edit the entry

2. Click the Single Entry tab

3. Add a Custom Content field to your entry

4. Click the gear icon on the newly-added Custom Content field

5. Add this shortcode to the Custom Content field: [gv_pageviews]

6. Update the View

7. Visit your entry and refresh the page!

You’ll see a number visible that shows the visit count after refreshing. 

Warning: the animated GIF below has flashes as the page reloads.

The [gv_pageviews] shortcode: #

The shortcode has these attributes:

• preload (optional) The preload text, shown while calculating the number of visits. Default: ...
• id (optional) If you want to display Is {entry_id} by default.

What happens when the shortcode is embedded in Multiple Entries?

If the [gv_pageviews] shortcode is embedded anywhere other than a Single Entry context, the Pageview count will be shown, but not incremented.

Show a different message while the visits count is calculating

To change the preloading message from ..., use the preload shortcode attribute.

This shortcode: [gv_pageviews preload="Calculating visits…"] will show as this while the calculation is made:

The limitations:

• The shortcode cannot be used outside of the Custom Content field without supplying the id.
• Cannot sort, order, or filter by pageview (unfortunately!)