Traffic Monitor

Beschreibung

Traffic Monitor gives you full visibility into how people and bots are hitting your site.

Unlike bloated analytics and security plugins, Traffic Monitor focuses on logging raw request data that you control. You’ll know which pages are cached, which bots are visiting, where users are coming from, and how many requests are tied to each IP/browser combination.

Perfect for developers, marketers, and site owners who want fast insights—without handing over their traffic data.

What Makes It Different

  • ✅ Logs requests for both cached and non-cached pages
  • ✅ Lets you export raw traffic logs for your own analysis
  • ✅ Identifies repeat ad clicks for spotting potential click fraud
  • ✅ Reveals which bots are hitting your site, so you can block them elsewhere (example: Cloudflare)
  • ✅ Displays referrer URLs and query strings
  • ✅ Tracks IP address, fingerprint, device type, bot name, cache status, and more
  • ✅ Doesn’t auto-block or inject junk—just clean, useful data

Key Features

  • Logs every page request, including IP address, referrer, user-agent, browser, device, method, and more.
  • Detects cached traffic even if served by Cloudflare, your web host, or a plugin.
  • Breaks down bot traffic with names, categories, and optional logging.
  • View click IDs from ad platforms like Google Ads and Meta Ads (example: gclid, fbclid).
  • Filter by ad platform and identify patterns that indicate click fraud.
  • Bulk delete or export logs with one click.
  • Search, sort, and drill into each request from your WordPress dashboard.
  • Help tabs built-in with usage instructions, column definitions, and troubleshooting tips.

Use Cases

  • Debug your integrations: See what URLs are being hit, by whom, and with what parameters.
  • Optimize caching: Instantly spot which pages are being served from cache and which aren’t.
  • Understand user behavior: Know which devices, browsers, and entry pages users are hitting.
  • Identify unwanted bot traffic: View a full list of bots and decide which ones to block using Cloudflare or a separate plugin.
  • Detect click fraud: Spot repeat ad clicks from the same IP/user-agent fingerprint, even when served from cache.
  • Audit referrer sources: See exactly which sites or campaigns are sending traffic.

Screenshots

  • Admin log view – Track all visits with sortable data.
  • Request details – See full information about a specific visit.

Installation

Automatic installation

  1. Log into your WordPress admin
  2. Go to Plugins > Add New
  3. Search for Traffic Monitor
  4. Click Install Now and then Activate

Manual installation

  1. Download the plugin
  2. Unzip the contents
  3. Upload to wp-content/plugins/
  4. Activate from your WordPress dashboard

FAQ

Does this plugin track users across pages?

No. Traffic Monitor logs individual requests, not full session paths.

Where is the data stored?

In custom database tables within your WordPress site—nothing is sent to third parties.

Can I export the logs?

Yes, as CSV files. Export selected rows or the entire log.

How long are logs kept?

Until you delete them. Use the bulk delete option if you need to manage storage.

Will it slow down my site?

No. The plugin is optimized to skip static assets and unnecessary requests.

Rezensionen

12. April 2025
I had no idea how many bots were visiting my website until Traffic Monitor updated to version 3. Not only that, but I can actually track when people visit my site after clicking on a Google search ad. Pretty sweet for a free plugin!
13. März 2025 2 Antworten
Around many plugins called „traffic logs, traffic monitor“ – this one really logs traffic on website in a clear and simple way. And is free. Is simple as i was expected to be – a traffic log. Just like a access.log in apache – nothing more, nothing less.
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Änderungsprotokoll

3.0.0 (2025-04-12)

  • Normalized database into multiple tables with added fields
  • Added bot detection with category tracking
  • Added advertising click tracking (example: gclid, fbclid)
  • Added fingerprint hash and session hash for tracking repeat visitors
  • Added filters to log table
  • Added ability to combine filtering, searching, and sorting to drill into data

2.3.0 (2025-02-21)

  • Removed user agent parsing dependancy

2.2.1 (2025-02-19)

  • Minor layout updates.

2.2.0 (2025-02-19)

  • Added field for whether page requested was cached.

2.1.1 (2025-02-15)

  • Improved comments and code organization.

2.1.0 (2025-02-14)

  • Improved branding, cache busting, and updating.

2.0.0 (2025-02-12)

  • Added logging of cached pages.

1.4.0 (2025-02-11)

  • Added Request Type field.
  • Refactored code from proceedural to OOP with MVC design.

1.3.2 (2025-02-05)

  • Fixed version error.

1.3.1 (2025-02-05)

  • Fixed version error.

1.3.0 (2025-02-05)

  • Removed cache detection.

1.2.0 (2025-01-29)

  • Added sorting for each column and increased number of search fields.
  • Removed forwarded, x_real_ip, x_forwarded_for, and x_forwarded_host fields
  • Improved help file and code comments

1.1.3 (2025-01-28)

  • Fixed bugs and improved help.

1.1.2 (2025-01-28)

  • Security enhancements.

1.1.1 (2025-01-28)

  • Fixed bugs.

1.1.0 (2025-01-27)

  • Added cache detection and bug fixes.

1.0.4 (2025-01-22)

  • Improved readme.txt and fixed bugs.

1.0.3 (2025-01-22)

  • Fixed bugs.

1.0.2 (2025-01-21)

  • Security enhancements.

1.0.1 (2025-01-20)

  • Security enhancements.

1.0.0 (2025-01-16)

  • Initial release.