Title: wordpress hit counter – sidebar.php code?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wordpress hit counter – sidebar.php code?

 *  Resolved [jay0000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jay0000/)
 * (@jay0000)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hit-counter-sidebarphp-code-1/)
 * hello – original put this in the plugin forum but didn’t get any feedback – thought
   id post here and see if anyone has any suggestions.(also new to wp so if this
   is an obvious simple issue, my b!)
 * I have installed the wordpress hit counter plugin. However I can’t get it to 
   activate and show up where I want. For my plugins I have been inserting a code
   into my lsidebar.php or rsidebar.php to call the plugin into that specific place.
   for instance
 * for a stock quote plugin I have – i inserted this into rsidebar.php
    - <?php get_stock_quote(); ?>
 * My question is that for the wordpress hit counter plug in, what code would I 
   insert… get_” ????” to call the plugin into my sidebar.php
 * Plugin site: [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-hit-counter/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-hit-counter/)
 * thanks!

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hit-counter-sidebarphp-code-1/#post-1820194)
 * from the plugin description (your link):
 * > The plugin allows you to choose from a number of different styles, it can be
   > embedded in the footer or activated as a sidebar widget. By default it will
   > display in your footer, to _change these settings simply activate it as a widget
   > in your themes appearance section_ and change the options there.
 * have you checked and tried that?
 * i haven’t worked with that plugin, but to me, that sounds as if there is an option
   panel in ‘dashboard’ ‘appearance’ where you can set the counter to be a widget;
   and then use that widget to drag into the widget area in ‘dashboard’ ‘appearance’‘
   widgets’ (?)
 * if not, come back here.
 *  Thread Starter [jay0000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jay0000/)
 * (@jay0000)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hit-counter-sidebarphp-code-1/#post-1820374)
 * Yeah I’ve tried that, and the problem which I encountered was when I activate
   it through the widgets sections it knocks out everything else i have in the side
   bar, so what i’ve been doing is just keeping the settings activated and “calling”
   the plugin up by putting the “get_….” code into the sidebar setting. Most of 
   the plugins i’ve worked with usually offer the code that can be put into whichever
   php you want it to show up for but wasn’t able to clearly find this one.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hit-counter-sidebarphp-code-1/#post-1820397)
 * > Most of the plugins i’ve worked with usually offer the code that can be put
   > into whichever php you want it to show up for but wasn’t able to clearly find
   > this one.
 * you are right – i had a look, and there does not seem to be a single functions
   call to insert the counter into existing php code.
 * > when I activate it through the widgets sections it knocks out everything else
   > i have in the side bar
 * this might be caused by the way your theme uses widgets; and might be fixed with
   some css, or a look into the ‘register_sidebar()’ code.
 * if you are extremely interested to get the hitcounter to run, you might need 
   to post a link to your site here, with the counter widget installed and the broken
   sidebar visible.
 *  Thread Starter [jay0000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jay0000/)
 * (@jay0000)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hit-counter-sidebarphp-code-1/#post-1820474)
 * thanks for looking into it. I think i am going to just search for another simple
   counter plugin with a call code given – think that would be easier than messing
   with the theme code for now as i am still new to this. thanks again though.

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