Manual:$wgHitcounterUpdateFreq
 | This feature was removed completely in version 1.25.0. |
| Statistics and content analysis: $wgHitcounterUpdateFreq | |
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| Sets how often page counters should be updated. |
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| Introduced in version: | 1.2.0 |
| Removed in version: | 1.25.0 (Gerrit change 150699; git #90d90dad) |
| Allowed values: | (integer) |
| Default value: | 1 |
| Other settings: Alphabetical | By function | |
Details
Sets how often page counters should be updated, higher values are easier on the database. A value of 1 causes the counters to be updated on every hit, any higher value n cause them to update on average every n hits. Should be set to either 1 or something largish, e.g. 1000, for maximum efficiency.
To disable the page counters entirely, set $wgDisableCounters to true.
Technical details
When this setting is set to a number bigger than 1, the page id of any page viewed is stored in the hitcounter table.
About 1 in every ($wgHitcounterUpdateFreq)*0.25 hits, the number of entries in the hit counter table is checked.
If there is more than $wgHitcounterUpdateFreq entries in the hitcounter table, then those pageviews are transfered in batch to the page_counter field (and the hitcounter table is emptied).
See also
- Extension:HitCounters - as an alternative for MediaWiki 1.25+