Globe Visitors Counter

Description

Globe Visitors Counter (Lite) adds a beautiful, fast, iframe-isolated 3D visitor globe to any WordPress site.
It instantly shows your audience geography — fully locally, privately, and without any third-party tracking.

This Lite version is designed for clarity, speed, and instant visual feedback — especially on landing pages and campaign pages.

Use Case: Instant Visual Feedback for Advertising Campaigns

The situation

You have a product or a service.
You launch an advertising campaign:

  • Google Ads
  • Facebook / Instagram
  • TikTok
  • banner ads
  • email campaigns
  • any other traffic source

All traffic is sent to one landing page.

Usually what comes next is boring:
tables, charts, numbers, dashboards, “we’ll analyze it later”.

The solution

You place Globe Visitors Counter Lite directly on the landing page.

No server setup.
No external analytics.
No configuration.

And you start seeing your traffic with your own eyes.

How it works (very simple)

  1. You launch the ads
  2. Visitors arrive at the page
  3. Each real visitor appears as a dot on the globe — in real time, from their actual location

The globe comes alive and instantly shows:
– whether people are coming at all
– which countries and regions react
– whether the campaign works or misses completely

No dots — ads don’t work.
Dots appear — ads are alive.

Why Lite is perfect for landing pages

Lite is not deep analytics.
It’s a visual “life indicator”.

Perfect when you need:
– fast visual feedback
– immediate confirmation that traffic is real
– zero setup and zero learning curve
– a simple “wow effect” for clients, teams, or investors

You watch, not analyze.

Key Features

  • Interactive 3D Land-Cover globe included out of the box
  • Real-time visitor logging using a tiny local JSON file
  • Historical dots displayed automatically
  • Zero configuration, works with all themes & editors
  • Shortcode-based, easy placement on any page
  • No cookies, no remote APIs, GDPR-friendly
  • Ultra-fast loading thanks to iframe sandboxing

How It Works

When a page with the shortcode is opened, the plugin loads a fully self-contained viewer from:

/wp-content/uploads/visitors-lite-landcover/

Each visit is logged locally as a minimal record (timestamp + coordinates + city + country) into:

visitors.json

Everything stays on your server.
No tracking pixels.
No third-party analytics.
No cookies.

Why Use It

  • Ideal for landing pages and product launches
  • Visualizes global audience instantly
  • Safe for cached pages and CDNs
  • Works even on heavily optimized sites

When You May Need the Full Version

Lite is intentionally simple and fast.

If you need:
– long-term statistics
– multiple pages or sites
– extended visitor history
– advanced visual modes and skins
– more control and customization

…then the Full (Pro) version may be a better fit.

Lite remains perfect for single pages, launches, tests, and quick visual validation.

Tester Program (optional)

We are tuning defaults and performance for upcoming builds.
If you want to enable advanced features during testing at no cost (extra visual modes, effects, skins), join via Support:

https://wordpress.org/support/topic/looking-for-testers-free-advanced-features-for-feedback/

Usage

Shortcode:

[visitors_globe_lite title=”VISITORS” width=”100%” height=”600″]

Attributes:
title — optional caption above the globe
width — iframe width (100% or fixed px)
height — iframe height in px

Place the shortcode anywhere — Classic or Block editor.

Screenshots

  • Land-Cover Globe with HUD and city markers.

Installation

  1. Go to Plugins Add New, search for Globe Visitors Counter, then Install Activate
    — or upload the ZIP manually.
  2. Insert the shortcode into any page or post:

    [visitors_globe_lite title=”VISITORS” width=”100%” height=”600″]

  3. Open the page — the 3D globe appears inside an iframe.
  4. Visits are logged locally in:

    /wp-content/uploads/visitors-lite-landcover/visitors.json

FAQ

Does it collect personal data?

No.
A minimal JSON record is stored locally only to draw the globe.
Nothing is sent to third-party analytics providers.

Is it compatible with caching/CDN?

Yes — the viewer is iframe-isolated.
If you use aggressive minify/defer, exclude only the page with the globe.

Will it slow down my theme?

No.
The viewer runs inside an iframe, fully detached from your theme and plugins.

Reviews

24. jaan 2026
Let me share my personal opinion: I found the design to be effective, attractive, and clear. It operates smoothly, almost automatically, with speed and transparency, and also provides an excellent level of privacy and credibility. It’s efficient, practical, and beneficial for all of us. It has several features we all desire, and it’s extremely easy to use.
24. jaan 2026
I really like the way this plugin visualizes real-time traffic. Seeing active users as dots on a rotating globe is much more intuitive than just reading statistics. It set up quickly and the animation looks very professional on the dashboard.

Yes

23. jaan 2026
The plugin manages to turn boring telemetry into a visual heartbeat. While most trackers feel invasive, this feels like an art installation that proves your site is alive
22. jaan 2026
What I like about this plugin is that it communicates activity instantly, without forcing visitors to interpret metrics. The live globe works almost subconsciously: a few moving points tell you the site isn’t empty. For content sites or landing pages, this visual cue feels more human than numbers and doesn’t distract from the main message.
19. jaan 2026
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18. jaan 2026
Beautifully designed and surprisingly engaging. The globe visualization makes visitor activity feel alive without overwhelming the page. Smooth performance, easy setup, and strong privacy focus are big advantages. It’s a simple idea executed thoughtfully, adding a calm, modern touch that works perfectly for landing pages and small websites.
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Contributors & Developers

“Globe Visitors Counter” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.5.1

  • New Land-Cover globe viewer (same engine as commercial build)
  • Added full PHP visitor logger (save_visitor.php)
  • Updated seed files (index.html, app.js, visitor.js)
  • Atomic JSON writer with rotation for safe logging
  • Cleaned up old files and simplified defaults
  • Updated documentation and shortcode examples

1.2.1

  • Expanded world cities dataset to 7,342 places (ASCII-only, deduplicated)
  • Kept filename (cities_1000.json) for compatibility

1.1.9

  • Added community Tester Program
  • Improved accessibility defaults
  • Better cache-safe behavior

1.1.8

  • Rename to Globe Visitors Counter
  • Lower “Requires at least” to 5.4
  • Minor text improvements