Step 1:
Create PODS custom field for your POST / PAGE
Create a NUMBER field
Name it page_view (no capitalize)
Step 2:
Find your functions.php file in your theme > wp-content \ themes \ your-theme \functions.php
Step 3:
use the PHP as below
function create_view_counter(){
/*page_view will be the name of field created in PODS*/
$view = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'page_view', true);
/* check if your field is empty */
if ($view == ''){
$view = 0;
}
/*auto add 1 view to your counter */
$view = $view+1;
/*update your counter back to WP database */
update_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'page_view', $view);
/*display the counter in your page */
return "View: $view";
}
//create the shortcode by the function above
add_shortcode ('viewcounter', 'create_view_counter');Step 4:
Put the shortcode in your post content (if you don’t put it won’t count) so better to put it where you want it to count. For example theme, or footer…
[viewcounter]
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