Count singular post views automatically
You could hook into template_redirect and execute a helper function: add_action( ‘template_redirect’, ‘wpse_75558_count’ ); function wpse_75558_count() { if ( is_singular() ) setPostViews( get_the_ID() ); } To display the post views, you have to use a later hook. I would recommend the_content: add_filter( ‘the_content’, ‘wpse_75558_show_count’ ); function wpse_75558_show_count( $content ) { $count = getPostViews( get_the_ID() ); … Read more