How to Check Website Visit Statistics in Plesk?
It is important to understand your website’s traffic so you can measure growth over time and see what content your audience responds to most. Tools like AWStats and Webalizer that come with Plesk let you see your website’s server data as easy to read reports. From these reports, you can see how many visitors you had, where they are from, when they visited, and even what search queries led to your website.
You can follow these steps to access these reports in your Plesk panel.
# Steps to set up statistics tool for your website
This only has to be done one time, for the very first time.
1) Sign in to your Plesk account.
2) Click on Websites and Domains on the left side of the panel.
3) Now on the Websites and Domains page, click the Hosting Settings button.
4) When the Hosting Settings page loads, find the Web scripting and statistics section.
5) In this section, go to the bottom and use the dropdown to select either of the Webalizer and AWStats options. Both of these tools are able to give you complete and useful statistics about your website.
Both Webalizer and AWStats gather, organize, and show website data, just in different ways. To help you make a choice, you can read about each one at Webalizer and AWStats.
6) Then, click Ok to save your settings.
7) If you want to change your selected statistics tool, just do this process again and pick a different option from the dropdown.
# How to access your website statistics
1) Sign in to your Plesk account.
2) On the left side of the panel, click Statistics.
3) Then click on Web Statistics, then click View for the domain name that you want to see the statistics for. The statistics will show up in a new window.
Conclusion
Using the built in web statistics in Plesk, you see your site’s activity without having to add any complicated third-party tracking scripts. These reports tell you everything you need whether you are tracking bandwidth or analyzing how your visitors use your site. You can make informed decisions about your site’s future with these analytics. If you want to stay on top of your site’s traffic patterns and any technical problems, make sure to check the reports often.
