Business Directory Plugin (CMBD) - Tracking Views and Clicks
Tracking Views and Clicks
Starting from version 1.4.6 of the Business Directory plugin, it's possible to track business pages' views and clicks.
Appearance in the Front-End
Business List
In the front-end, they can show up next to the company logo in the dashboard.
In this example, "page clicks" stands for how many times someone accessed the business page and "page visits" stands for how many times someone accessed that business' website. Note that you can modify the labels in the Labels settings. Learn more.

Page Clicks vs Page Visits
Accessing the listing page increases the Page Clicks count...

And clicking on the website inside the listing increases the Page Visits count.

Back-End Settings
You can configure the statistics settings under Admin Dashboard → CM Business Directory Pro → Settings.

Then, head to the end of the Statistics tab.

The following settings are available:
- Stop statistics count - Useful for testing purposes.
- Statistics count used IP address - Enables IP checking to prevent duplicate hits coming from the same machine. (Feature added in version 1.5.0)
Show statistics on listing page - Enable it if you want to show the statistics on the business directory index page.
Displaying statistics on the directory page Show statistics on businesses single page - Enable it if you want to show the statistics on the detailed business page.
Displaying statistics on the business page
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