Total Hits for Wordpress is a widget plugin which shows the total number of hits on your website and a basic chart with hits for the last 7 days. The data is taken from your Google Analytics account via Google Analytics API. The widget is inspired by the similar widget that is available on blogger.com.

• displays total number of hits and a chart for the last 7 days
• uses official Google API client for PHP
• caches the results of the API calls for 2 hours using Transient API
• renders the chart using Google Charts SDK
• allows styling via CSS classes
• minimum configuration

Before you can use the widget you need to create a service user for it in your Google Account. The service user has restricted permissions and can only read data in your Google Analytics account. The steps to create such a user are the following:

• Open the Service accounts page. If prompted, select a project.
• Click Create service account.
• In the Create service account window, type a name for the service account, and select Furnish a new private key. Then click Create.

Download and save the credentials file in the JSON format.

• install the plugin.
• upload the credentials file to your server in such place that is not available for everyone.
• go to Appearance - Widgets and drag-n-drop the TotalHits widget. Configure the Title and Path to the credentials file on your service.
• save the widget

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