Fix to the WordPress.com Stats zero problem

You just moved from wordpress.com to a self hosted blog using wordpress, you found your dream theme and you are blogging. The wordpress.com stats are running without a problem, the only thing is that you suddenly haven’t registered any visits for some time (see image bellow). Zero is the worst thing you can see for boosting your confidence.

Zero Stats flatline

If the visits have been zero for a long time there are to things you can do, setup up your Google Analytics account and install the plug-in in WordPress. That will give you a second source for stats.

To fix the Zero problem in the wordpress.com stats, go the the theme editor and check the footer.php file. If you don’t see the

<?php wp_footer(); ?>

line just before the </body> html tag, then put it. That should fix your problem Zero problem.

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