Incorrect post views…

just want to add, that I see accurate data on Dashboard > Home. The data that is not accurate is when I go to posts and check the views of specific posts…

Hi,

I don’t know how you could relate the number of views with the number of shares in a reliable manner. Mainly because you can share a page on a social network without visiting it.

For per post/page reports, you haven’t specified if we’re talking about the reports displayed on frontend or on the backend (the post list screen). Also check if there are any differences between these two.

Hi,

Thanks for reply!

I am talking about the backend reports. I’m not using frontend reports from this plugin. My backend reports differ from what I see when I log in Google Analytics.

For example, I see exactly 153 page views in the backend report from the plugin for this page https://top6.com/top-6-new-features-expected-in-iphone-7/ . However, when I log in Google Analaytics, I see that this page has 3923 views for the same period of time… I first thought just what you said, that I couldn’t relate the shares to the views, but then I checked my GA account and it proved me that the backend report was not showing me correct numbers indeed. I deactivated my W3 total cache plugin and it didn’t fix the issue… I don’t know what else to do…

1. Regarding the tracking code, it’s included twice in your page, which may end-up doubling the number of views, you should fix that ASAP.

2. From General Settings screen:

– Clear the cache and check if the difference remains
– If you’re using multiple views, make sure the right View is selected

3. On your Google Analytics account, go to Behavior -> Site Content -> All Pages and search for /top-6-new-features-expected-in-iphone-7/, how many Page Views are displayed there, for the exact match of /top-6-new-features-expected-in-iphone-7/ (don’t sum up multiple occurrences in the table)?

4. You’ve probably already noticed that the default metric is Unique Pageviews not the Page Views.

Thanks for your help!

1. I removed the additional code
2.
– cleared the cache, the difference remains
– I am not sure what exactly do you mean by that. I’m sure I’ve selected the right tracking code.
3. /top-6-new-features-expected-in-iphone-7 : Page Views – 4,273; Unique page views – 2,001.
4. It still differs… Right now I see 189 page views on the backend report in wordpress…

Any more suggestions? ??

Found the issue, looks like your site is using two URLs for same page:

/top-6-new-features-expected-in-iphone-7
/top-6-new-features-expected-in-iphone-7/

You should fix that ASAP. Most probably GADWP retrieves the stats for:

/top-6-new-features-expected-in-iphone-7/

while you’re looking at the Page Views of:

/top-6-new-features-expected-in-iphone-7

While I highly recommend sticking to one version either with or without the trailing slash and redirecting the other, you can use the following filter to strip the trailing ‘/’ for GADWP request path:

add_filter( 'gadwp_backenditem_uri', 'gadwp_uri_correction', 10, 1 );

function gadwp_uri_correction( $uri ){
   return rtrim( $uri, '/' );
}

or add the trailing slash like this:

add_filter( 'gadwp_backenditem_uri', 'gadwp_uri_correction', 10, 1 );

function gadwp_uri_correction( $uri ){
   return $uri . '/';
}

You’ll use one of these depending on the stats you are looking at. From your previous post it seems like you are looking at stats with paths without trailing slashes, so you should use the first piece of code.