Joomla! Backend HitCounter

Although Joomla is capable of recording detailed statistical information about your visitors there is no "overall" visitor count display available anywhere.

This small hack will add a visitor count display to the Site>Statistics menu of your Joomla backend. It does not record anything itself, instead it utilizes the built-in Joomla statistics, so it will only work (and be displayed) if they are enabled (Administrator backend > Global Configuration > tab "Statistics" > set "Statistics:" to "Yes").

Screenshot of Backend HitCounter

To add the hitcounter to your admin backend you need to do the following:

In file: administrator/modules/mod_fullmenu.php search for the following line (in Joomla 1.0.7 & 1.0.8 it is line 96):

Code:

if ($mosConfig_enable_stats == 1) {

Now add this code right below that line:

Code:

// Start of Backend HitCounter

    $query = "SELECT SUM( hits ) AS count FROM #__stats_agents WHERE type = 1";
    $database->setQuery( $query );
    $hits = $database->loadResult();
?>
    ['<img src="../includes/js/ThemeOffice/globe2.png" />', 'Visitors: <?php echo ( $hits == NULL ? '0' : $hits ); ?>', null],
<?php

// End of Backend HitCounter

Save and upload that file, overwriting the original one (make a backup first!). That's it.

You can also download a readily modified version of "mod_fullmenu.php" for Joomla 1.0.7 & 1.0.8 (the file "mod_fullmenu.php" is the same for those releases). Unzip the downloaded archive to your local harddrive retaining the directory structure, then upload to your website, overwriting the original file in the process (make a backup first!):

Download "Backend Hitcounter" for Joomla 1.0.7 & 1.0.8: