One of the best ways to empower your brand and increase the business value of your website is by adding a stats counter bar. It lets you showcase the achievements, team strength/excellence, product ranges and other key business processes in a stunning statistically fashion. By doing so, you can significantly generate the trust of your new clients and convert them into your leads. Moreover, these statistic counters also improve the credibility of your business by acting as the social proof of work excellence and achievements.
Stats counters can be added on your website using the WordPress plugins available. Therefore, you might need to be careful while choosing the right one for your WordPress website. You might consider looking for the features available on your stats counter plugins in term of design (to beautifully display your statistic counter) and configuration and customization options (to personalize your statistic counter). Also, you might look for the plugin that offers inbuilt shortcodes for adding your statistic counter on the desired locations of your preference.
Here, in this article, we will be using Everest Counter Lite to show you how to add stats counter on WordPress website. It is a free WordPress plugin that is packed with responsive layouts and tons of options to beautifully showcase your statistic counter items on your WordPress website.
So, let’s get started and add some beautiful stats counter on WordPress website:
Step 1:
Download Everest Counter Lite from WordPress.org repository for free. Then, install it on your WordPress website. If you have any difficulties while installing the plugin then, refer to its documentation or check out the article: How to install a new plugin in WordPress website?
Step 2:
After you have successfully installed the plugin, activate it. Then, you will see “Everest Counters Lite” appear on the left menu of your admin dashboard. Click on it.
You will land to the “All Everest Counter” page that contains all the stats counter you have created till date. To add the existing stats counter, copy the shortcode and paste it on any location of your WordPress website.
To create a new stats counter, click on “Add New”.
Step 3:
Then, you will land to the “Add New Everest Counter” page from where you can add your statistic counters. Give the title for your new stats counter and then, start adding the counter items.
You can add unlimited number of stats counter items with each of them containing separate sets of settings. The settings include:
Icons Settings:
Here, you can select the icon for your counter items and style up it’s color, size and border.
Title Settings:
Here, you can set the title for your counter items and style up its font family, font size and font color.
Button Settings:
Here, you can add the custom label and custom link for the counter item button. You can customize the font family, font size and font color of your counter button.
Counter Settings:
Here, you can set the value of your counter items and style up its font family, font size and font color. Besides, you can also add counter animation with custom delay and duration.
Sub Title Settings:
Here, you can set the sub title for your counter items and style up its font family, font size and font color.
Step 4:
After you have added the counter items, go down below to configure its display settings. The display settings contain 3 different settings tab. They are:
Template Selection:
Here, you can choose any of the 5 predesigned templates for your stats counter.
If you want access to more templates, then you can upgrade this plugin into its premium version: Everest Counter.
Column Settings:
Here, you can set the column to display your counter in desktop, tablet and mobile.
Background Settings:
Here, you can select the background image/color of your stats counter.
Step 5:
After you have completed the customization and configuration, click on “Publish” button to make your stats counter live on your WordPress website.
Step 6:
Then, copy the shortcodes from “Generated Shortcodes” and paste it on any page, post, widget or custom post types to display your stats counter.
For more advanced functionalities and additional features, you can upgrade this plugin into its premium version: Everest Counter.
Wrapping Up
In this way, you can showcase your achievements and work excellence statistically on your WordPress website. These stats can play a pivot role to earn the trust of your clients and convert them into your leads. So, if you want to add stats counter on WordPress website then, you can try the above-mentioned plugin for free and follow this step by step tutorial.
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