Title: Stats4U
Author: lwitsolutions
Published: <strong>29 september 2026</strong>
Last modified: 29 september 2026

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# Stats4U

 Door [lwitsolutions](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lwitsolutions/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/stats4u.1.6.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/#description)
 * [Beoordelingen](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/#reviews)
 *  [Installatie](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/#installation)
 * [Ontwikkeling](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/#developers)

 [Ondersteuning](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stats4u/)

## Beschrijving

The plugin puts the official Stats4U script (s4u.js) on your site – the same
 code
the creator on stats4u.net gives you, with every setting from it – right where you
want the counter to appear.

 * **Paste what you copied.** Paste the code you got on stats4u.net – HTML,
    BBCode,
   Markdown, the script code or just the image address – or only the counter number.
   Design, colors, size and every other setting you chose there come along. No counter
   yet? One button takes you to the free creator on stats4u.net, and a button at
   its end brings the code back.
 * **Placed right, with any theme.** Below your theme’s footer (the default),
    inside
   it, at the end of the page, below posts and pages, or fixed in a corner – on 
   all pages, only on the front page or only on single posts and pages. Or place
   it yourself with the block “Stats4U counter” or the shortcode `[stats4u]`.
 * **Consent built in.** Choose your consent tool and the counter loads only
    after
   the visitor agreed. Supported: Axeptio, Borlabs Cookie 3, CCM19, Civic Cookie
   Control, Complianz, consented.eu, consentmanager, Cookie Compliance (Hu-manity.
   co), Cookie Information, Cookie-Script, CookieAdmin, Cookiebot, CookieConsent
   3, CookieFirst, CookieHub, CookieYes (also legacy mode), Didomi, GDPR Cookie 
   Compliance (Moove), iubenda, Klaro!, OneTrust / CookiePro, Osano, Real Cookie
   Banner, Termly, Usercentrics and the WP Consent API – or any tool that blocks
   scripts, with your own attributes.
 * **Statistics worth reading.** Every count carries the page and where the
    visitor
   came from; on top come time on page, scroll depth and who is online right now.
   You read it all on stats4u.net.
 * **Light.** The script is 12.6 kB over the wire (Brotli, measured on
    2026-09-
   26) and cached for an hour; each page view adds the counter image (about half
   a kilobyte) and one tiny settings request.
 * **No cookie.** The script sets none and stores nothing on the device.
 * **No account.** Your counter number is all you need.
 * **Size, language, dark mode, what to count.** Sharp at any size for the
    modern
   designs; the words in the counter in the language of your choice or of each page;
   light, dark or following the device; every page view or unique visitors.

A ready-made paragraph for your privacy policy is at
 https://www.stats4u.net/privacy-
embed – tailored to your counter number, in 19 languages.

The words in the counter come in 19 languages – the same as on stats4u.net.
 The
settings page is written in English and ready for translation on translate.wordpress.
org; WordPress installs the translation for your language by itself once it is there.

### External services

This plugin loads the script of Stats4U (https://www.stats4u.net/), the
 visitor
counter service it is made for. Without it, the plugin does nothing.

What is sent and when:

 * On every page view of your site that shows the counter, the visitor’s
    browser
   loads `https://www.stats4u.net/s4u.js` (cached for up to an hour). The script
   then:
    - loads the counter image from `https://www.stats4u.net/index.php`
       (`action
      =pic`) with the counter number, the design settings, the address of the page,
      the address the visitor came from (referrer), the language of the page and
      a random number against caching. Stats4U counts the visit from this request.
    - asks once per page for the counter’s own settings (`action=cfg`: does it
       
      refresh itself, count clicks, have a public statistics page) – with the counter
      number only.
    - when the visitor leaves the page or switches away from it, sends how
       many
      seconds the page was visible, how far down it was scrolled (in percent), the
      page address and – for a page that was loaded normally – its load time (`action
      =puls`). Stats4U sorts these into ranges and adds them up per day.
    - while the page is visible, sends the counter number once a minute, at
       most
      120 times (`action=ping`), for the “online now” figure. This counts nothing.
    - sends an event (`action=event`) when a visitor clicks an element you
       marked
      with `data-s4u-event` – or, only if you switched this on for your counter 
      on stats4u.net, any link. The event name is the link’s target, shortened to
      its host or path.
    - only if the code you pasted contains `data-screen="1"` (a choice in the
       creator
      on stats4u.net): the screen size, the window size and the pixel ratio, sent
      together with the time on page. Like any request to another server, these 
      carry the visitor’s IP address and the browser’s user agent. No cookie is 
      set and nothing is stored on the visitor’s device. If you chose a consent 
      tool, none of this happens before the visitor agreed.
 * On the plugin’s settings page and in the block editor, your own browser
    loads
   a preview image of the counter, marked “display only” (rl=1) so that it is not
   counted.
 * If you click “Create a free counter on stats4u.net”, your browser opens
    stats4u.
   net with the address of this settings page as a parameter (`wpback`), so that
   a button at the end of the creator can bring the code back. That address is only
   used for that button.
 * If you click “Request a new counter number”, your browser asks
    https://www.stats4u.
   net/index.php (`action=wpneu`) for a free counter number, sending only the language
   of your admin area. Nothing is created there until the counter is first seen 
   on your site.
 * If you send feedback from the settings page, your browser sends your
    message
   to `https://www.stats4u.net/index.php` (`action=wpfeedback`), together with the
   plugin version and the language of your admin area – plus your email address 
   if you enter one, and your site address and counter number only if you tick the
   box for them. The message is stored so that it can be answered, and the operator
   is notified through Telegram. Nothing is sent before you click “Send feedback”.
 * Your WordPress server itself never contacts stats4u.net.

The Stats4U script links the counter to its statistics page,
 https://www.stats4u.
net/live/ – as on every site that uses the code from stats4u.net. This link comes
from the service, not from the plugin. A counter that is set to “not public” on 
stats4u.net links to the Stats4U home page, `https://www.stats4u.net`, instead.

The service is provided by LW IT Solutions Company Lukas Wójcik, Łódź, Poland:

 * Terms of use: https://www.stats4u.net/terms
 * Privacy policy: https://www.stats4u.net/privacy
 * Paragraph for your own privacy policy: https://www.stats4u.net/privacy-embed

## Schermafbeeldingen

[⌊The start: a wizard that walks you through it, or all settings at once.⌉⌊The start:
a wizard that walks you through it, or all settings at once.⌉[

The start: a wizard that walks you through it, or all settings at once.

[⌊The wizard: counter, appearance, placement and consent, one step at a time.⌉⌊The
wizard: counter, appearance, placement and consent, one step at a time.⌉[

The wizard: counter, appearance, placement and consent, one step at a time.

[⌊Custom configuration: every setting, sorted in a menu.⌉⌊Custom configuration: 
every setting, sorted in a menu.⌉[

Custom configuration: every setting, sorted in a menu.

[⌊The counter right below the footer of a theme.⌉⌊The counter right below the footer
of a theme.⌉[

The counter right below the footer of a theme.

## Blokken

Deze plugin heeft 1 blok.

 *   Counter

## Installatie

 1. Install and activate the plugin.
 2. Open _Settings -> Stats4U_ and choose the wizard – or the custom configuration,
    if you prefer all settings at once.
 3. Paste the code you got on stats4u.net, click “Create a free counter on stats4u.
    net” (its last step brings the code back), or request a new counter number right
    there.
 4. Save. The counter appears below your theme’s footer; change the place, the look
    and the consent tool any time.

## FAQ

### Where exactly does the automatic counter appear?

By default right below your theme’s footer: behind the element that the theme
 marks
as its site footer (`<footer>`, `role="contentinfo"`, `site-footer`, the footer 
part of a block theme, an Elementor footer …). Tested with Twenty Twenty-Four and-
Five, Astra, GeneratePress, Hello Elementor, Kadence, Neve, OceanWP and themes whose
page body is a flex or grid container. If a theme has no recognisable footer, the
counter goes to the end of the page. You can also choose “inside the footer”, “below
the content of posts and pages”, a fixed corner, or place it yourself with the block
or the shortcode.

### How do I put the counter into a theme template?

Write `<?php echo do_shortcode( '[stats4u]' ); ?>` where it should appear –
 in 
footer.php, for example. A shortcode typed into a PHP file as plain text is not 
processed. Set _Where to show it_ to “nowhere automatically”, otherwise the counter
appears twice. The settings page shows the same line under _Placement_.

### Why the script and not just the counter image?

Up to version 1.4.0 the plugin used the image alone. It was lighter, but
 your statistics
got almost nothing from it: a browser sends only your site’s domain along with an
image from another server, not the page, and nothing about where the visitor came
from or how long they stayed. The script sends the page and the referrer with every
count and adds time on page, scroll depth and the “online now” figure.

### Do I need a cookie banner?

The script sets no cookie and stores nothing on the device; what it sends is
 listed
under _External services_. Which duties apply to your site is a question for your
jurisdiction; a description for your privacy policy is at https://www.stats4u.net/
privacy-embed. If your site uses a consent tool anyway, choose it under _Consent_
and the counter waits for the visitor’s consent.

### My consent tool is not in the list.

If it supports the WP Consent API, choose that. If it blocks scripts that
 carry
a certain attribute, choose “another tool” and enter what it wants on such a script,
for example `type="text/plain" data-category="statistics"`.

### Some tools ask me to create a service first.

Tools that decide per service (Usercentrics, Klaro!, Real Cookie Banner,
 Axeptio,
consented.eu, Civic) need Stats4U as a service in their own settings. Create it 
in the statistics category and enter its name under _Category or service_ – the 
settings page tells you which name it expects. Until the service exists, those tools
never release the counter.

### Will I lose visitors in my numbers?

With a consent tool, visitors who decline are not counted – so yes, the
 numbers
will be lower than without one. The same happens with optimisation plugins that 
hold back JavaScript until the first click or scroll: visitors who do neither are
not counted. Exclude `stats4u.net/s4u.js` there.

### My theme changes pages without a full reload.

Then the counter counts the first page only, unless the theme lets the
 Stats4U 
script run again for each new page – the way the navigation of stats4u.net itself
does: before swapping the page, fire the event s4u:seiteweg on `document` (it closes
the time on the old page), and afterwards insert the counter’s script tag again.
With a consent tool, window.stats4uAn() fills new placeholders after the swap; it
exists only once the visitor agreed.

### How do I change the design?

Create or change it on stats4u.net and paste the new code – or use “Create a
 free
counter on stats4u.net”: when you come back, the settings page shows the new design
at once, and _Save Changes_ puts it on your site. The plugin keeps your placement
and consent settings; only the counter changes. Pasting just a number keeps the 
design and changes only the counter.

### Does the plugin send anything to stats4u.net while I am in the admin area?

Your server does not. Your browser loads the preview image on the settings
 page
and in the block editor, marked so that it is not counted.

### What happens if stats4u.net is unreachable?

Then the counter is missing from your page, and nothing else. The script loads
 
asynchronously and does not hold up your page.

### Why is the counter a link?

The Stats4U script links every counter to its statistics page, so visitors
 can 
click through to your numbers – the same on every site that uses the code from stats4u.
net. If your statistics should stay private, set the counter to “not public” on 
stats4u.net: the link then goes to the Stats4U home page instead of your numbers.

### Does deleting the plugin delete my counter?

No. Deleting the plugin removes its option and the remembered view of its
 settings
page from your database, and nothing else. The counter belongs to you and keeps 
its history – your numbers should not disappear because you tried a plugin and removed
it again.

## Beoordelingen

Er zijn geen beoordelingen voor deze plugin.

## Bijdragers & ontwikkelaars

“Stats4U” is open source software. De volgende personen hebben bijgedragen aan deze
plugin.

Bijdragers

 *   [ lwitsolutions ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lwitsolutions/)

“Stats4U” is vertaald in 3 localen. Dank voor [de vertalers](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/stats4u/contributors)
voor hun bijdragen.

[Vertaal “Stats4U” in je eigen taal.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/stats4u)

### Interesse in ontwikkeling?

[Bekijk de code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stats4u/), haal de [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/stats4u/)
op, of abonneer je op het [ontwikkellog](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/stats4u/)
via [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/stats4u/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.6.0

 * Every value is escaped right where it is printed. The counter below or
    inside
   your theme’s footer is now put in place by an output buffer callback; the plugin
   no longer prints the page itself.
 * Error messages about a pasted code are escaped.
 * The settings page remembers “wizard” or “custom configuration” only when
    you
   choose it on the page itself.
 * Translations now come from translate.wordpress.org instead of files bundled
    
   with the plugin.

#### 1.5.0

 * The counter is now the official Stats4U script (s4u.js) with every setting
    from
   the creator, instead of the counter image alone. Your statistics get the page
   and the referrer of every visit, time on page, scroll depth and the “online now”
   figure. The counter still appears exactly where you place it.
 * Coming back from the creator on stats4u.net shows the new design at once,
    with
   _Save Changes_ right below it. Before, the settings page still showed the old
   design until you saved.
 * Consent: a placeholder waits where the counter goes and is filled with the
    script
   after consent – with every tool. Cookie Information and Civic now use their blocking
   of script files.
 * The link to the statistics page now comes from the Stats4U script itself,
    as
   everywhere the code from stats4u.net is used; the plugin’s own switch is gone.
   A counter set to “not public” on stats4u.net links to the Stats4U home page.
 * `data-private`, `data-alias` and `data-screen` from a pasted script code are
   
   kept.
 * The settings page shows the full code of your counter, ready to copy or to
    change,
   and under _Placement_ the line for a theme template.
 * A feedback form at the end of the settings page: tell us what is missing or
    
   not working.
 * A new start: choose between a wizard that walks you through counter,
    appearance,
   placement and consent step by step, and a custom configuration with all settings
   sorted in a menu. The wizard can be restarted at any time.
 * “Request a new counter number” gets a free number from stats4u.net in one
    click–
   in the design you have set.

#### 1.4.0

 * Paste the code from stats4u.net instead of typing a number: HTML, BBCode,
    Markdown,
   the script version, an image address or just the number. Every setting from the
   creator comes along.
 * “Create a free counter on stats4u.net” – the creator’s last step brings the
    
   code back to the settings page.
 * Consent: 27 consent tools and the WP Consent API, or your own attributes.
 * Placement: below or inside the theme’s footer, end of the page, below the
    content,
   fixed corner, or nowhere automatically; alignment; all pages, front page only
   or single posts and pages only.
 * New block “Stats4U counter”.
 * Size, language of the counter and what to count (page views or unique
    visitors)
   can be set.

#### 1.3.1

 * The automatic counter now sits right below your theme’s footer instead of
    at
   the very end of the page. Themes that lay out as a flex or grid container showed
   it beside the page, halfway down.

#### 1.3.0

 * 16 more interface languages, 19 in total – the same as stats4u.net.
 * Sites in a regional variant (de_AT, es_MX, pt_BR, fr_CA …) get the
    nearest bundled
   translation instead of English.
 * Findings of Plugin Check 2.1.0 fixed.

#### 1.2.0

 * The link from the counter to its statistics page is now an option, off by
    default.
 * The preview on the settings page no longer counts as a visit.
 * All output escaped.

#### 1.1.0

 * Shape and palette can be set; interface strings in English with German and
    Polish
   translations.

#### 1.0.0

 * First release: shortcode, footer, dark mode, settings page.

## Meta

 *  Versie **1.6.0**
 *  Laatst geüpdatet **21 uur geleden**
 *  Actieve installaties **Minder dan 10**
 *  WordPress versie ** 5.8 of nieuwer **
 *  Getest t/m **7.1.2**
 *  PHP versie ** 7.4 of nieuwer **
 *  Talen
 * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/),
   [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/) en [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/).
 *  [Vertaal in je eigen taal](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/stats4u)
 * Tags
 * [consent](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/consent/)[Counter](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/counter/)
   [Hit Counter](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hit-counter/)[statistics](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/statistics/)
   [visitor counter](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visitor-counter/)
 *  [Geavanceerde weergave](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/stats4u/advanced/)

## Waarderingen

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## Bijdragers

 *   [ lwitsolutions ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lwitsolutions/)

## Ondersteuning

Iets te melden? Hulp nodig?

 [Het supportforum bekijken](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stats4u/)