# Looking for a visitor counter / GDPR compliant **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [August 29, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520 "2019-08-29T17:30:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/1 "2019-08-29T17:30:30Z")
Hi, a client needs a basic visitor counter (hits on the home page) and I need one which does not save IP addresses. Is there a stack or script to use? Currently I use [HitCounter Stack](http://www.brynowendesign.com), but this one saves the IP address on my server… Thanks, Jan ---
**Author:** ![joemart1951](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joemart1951/32/1193_2.png) [@joemart1951](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joemart1951)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/2 "2019-08-29T17:46:00Z")
GDPR needs to get over it!!! ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/3 "2019-08-29T19:29:03Z")
I think what you need to is something that will _anonymize the ip address_. Matomo I believe does this by default and Google analytics can be configured to do this as well. Those are both “overkill” for what you are looking for. I’m not familiar with HitCount, but I think Matomo simply drops the last node of the IP address making it technically anonymous. I don’t know if that’s enough to make it GDPR compliant(1 in 255 IP address) but it shouldn’t be a difficult option to add to HitCount. ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/4 "2019-08-29T19:47:07Z")
I use Matomo for my own site, but for this project overkill wouldn’t even start to describe it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/5 "2019-08-29T19:59:23Z")
Doobox Stats stack saves page views - @Doobox would know if it saves IP addresses as part of the text file. [https://www.doobox.co.uk/stacks\_store/demos/stats.html](https://www.doobox.co.uk/stacks_store/demos/stats.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/6 "2019-08-29T20:24:46Z")
Thanks, I need it even more simple: just a number on the page. It should be visible to all… ---
**Author:** ![apfelpuree](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/apfelpuree/32/21925_2.png) [@apfelpuree](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/apfelpuree)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/7 "2019-08-30T06:02:31Z")
I normally use [stetic.com](http://stetic.com) for my projects. It costs some money and might be overkill but they offer a counter and they anonymise the IP, all servers are in Germany ---
**Author:** ![Fuellemann](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/fuellemann/32/22871_2.png) [@Fuellemann](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Fuellemann)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/8 "2019-08-30T06:27:39Z")
Thank you, and yes, it is too much for this task… ---
**Author:** ![1611mac](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/1611mac/32/5675_2.png) [@1611mac](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/1611mac)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/9 "2019-08-30T11:45:55Z")
This is out of the scope of your request but I tell clients that hit counters are not really worth anything. Many recorded hits are from robots, etc. What does it matter if 5 million people hit a site but only stay for 10 seconds? Consider analyzing events (clicks on specific buttons, etc). Clients have to educated about these things. ---
**Author:** ![BrynOwenDesign](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/brynowendesign/32/1690_2.png) [@BrynOwenDesign](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/BrynOwenDesign)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/10 "2019-09-19T05:12:19Z")
For the record, since the original post requested a counter … HitCounter has a database file that is, by default, located on your site in the directory of the page on which it is used. But it can be configured to relocate the database file where it is not visible to the client, in a private directory outside the scope of your other files … FTP to your site, and create a private directory above public\_html for example, then configure your HitCounter database file to be located in …/…/…/private/counter1.dat (where the number of …/ is how far up it is from your page to the root of your site, then one more …/ and private to go up out of your site and down into the unreadable directory you just created) ---
**Author:** ![BrynOwenDesign](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/brynowendesign/32/1690_2.png) [@BrynOwenDesign](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/BrynOwenDesign)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2019, 5:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/11 "2019-09-19T05:14:47Z")
PS: just saw Doug’s comment about anonymizing, and I think that could be done but hashing or otherwise crypting the IP addresses with some simple formula. Also not sure whether that meets the requirement! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/system/32/25301_2.png) [@system](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/looking-for-a-visitor-counter-gdpr-compliant/28520/12 "2019-10-19T15:14:47Z")
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