The WP Stats plugin on my blog has not been working for some time, so I have relied on StatPress for my site visit statistics. I really like StatPress, but today it started bugging me that WP Stats was not recording any visits whatsoever. I know that my API key is correct, as it works just fine for Askimet, so I figured something else was wrong.

After minimal digging in the WordPress forums, I found that there was an essential component missing from my theme’s footer.php file. Right before the ending </body> tag in your footer.php file, you will need to enter the following:

<?php wp_footer(); ?>

This triggers WP Stats to pick up the visits and record them properly.

That’s all there is to it. A very quick fix for quite an annoying problem!