=== Posts Unique View Counter ===
Contributors: dcangulo
Plugin Name: Posts Unique View Counter
Plugin URI: https://www.davidangulo.xyz/portfolio/posts-unique-view-counter/
Tags: post, views, counter, hits, analytics, post counter, post hits, post views
Author URI: https://www.davidangulo.xyz/
Author: David Angulo
Requires at least: 4.8.5
Tested up to: 5.4.1
Version: 1.3.0.0
Stable tag: trunk
License: GPL2
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Easily count unqiue views of your posts.

== Description ==

<strong>Posts Unique View Counter</strong> allows you to easily count how many times a post have been uniquely viewed.

Just install the plugin and the counting begins. No coding skills needed.

= How does it work? =
* All views of the post will start at zero (0) upon the plugin installation.
* When a visitor viewed your post, it will save a cookie on the visitor so that same visitor will only count as one (1) view, this way we can uniquely identify each visitor.
* The cookie expires after a month, so if the same person viewed your post after the cookie expires it will count as another view.
* Visitors who use "incognito" or something similar will be counted always as a unique visitor because "incognito" mode does not save cookies.
* One (1) visitor = One (1) cookie.

= Requirements =
* WordPress 4.8.5 or higher.
* PHP 7.2 or higher.

Please rate and review the plugin if you find it useful.

Find my other works here: <a href="https://www.davidangulo.xyz/portfolio/" target="_blank">https://www.davidangulo.xyz/portfolio/</a>

== Installation ==

For step by step installation guide with visuals you may refer to this <a href="https://www.davidangulo.xyz/how-to-display-number-of-post-views-wordpress/" target="_blank">link</a> instead.

1. In your WordPress admin menu on the left hover to Plugins and click Add New.
2. Enter "Posts Unique View Counter" in the text box in the upper right corner.
3. Find the plugin entitled Posts Unique View Counter By David Angulo then click Install Now.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

Do you have any question? You may contact me using the email <a href="mailto:hello@davidangulo.xyz">hello@davidangulo.xyz</a>

== Screenshots ==

1. Posts Unique View Counter running on Twenty Seventeen theme while viewing a pre-installed post.

== Changelog ==
= 1.3.0.0 =
* Rewrite code for PHP 7.2.
* Tested against WordPress 5.4 and above.
* Optimized SQL queries.
* Added setting for hiding view count on public.

= 1.2.0 =
* Tested against WordPress 5.0 and above.
* Optimized code.

= 1.1.0 =
* Added view count on All Posts page.
* Added another screenshot.
* Updated the plugin description.

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release.