Dashboard quick links widget vs Statify
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| Feature | Dashboard quick links widget v1.6.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 5.0/5 Visit Details | Statify v2.0.3 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.8/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 600+ | 100,000+ |
| Last updated | January 23, 2026 | September 20, 2026 |
| Editions | Dashboard quick link widget | Statify |
| Pros | Simple link list configured in one settings page; Links can open in a new tab; Choice of Font Awesome icon versions | Stats stored in the site's own database table; Dashboard widget with chart, top posts and referrers; Old data is cleaned up by a scheduled task |
| Cons | Icons load from the cdnjs CDN; Only a list of links, with no per-user or per-role control | Only basic figures; no funnels, segments or real-time view; Relies on the REST API and WP-Cron working on the site; Chart library is bundled, so admin pages load more scripts |
| Mentioned in our posts | 1 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Configurable list of dashboard links, Open individual links in a new tab, Coloured notice above the links, Font Awesome icon version selector, Dashboard widget registration | Page view tracking through a REST endpoint and tracking script, Dashboard widget with chart, Statistics evaluation screen in the admin, Top posts and top referrers, Reset of collected statistics, Option to skip tracking for logged-in users, Scheduled cleanup of old statistics |
| Integrations | ||
| Other | Font Awesome CDN (cdnjs) | — |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| Requires PHP | 7.3 | 7.4 |
| Tested up to | 6.9 | — |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | cdnjs.cloudflare.com | — |
| Custom tables | — | 1 |