--- page-views-count.php	Thu Jul 03 11:08:03 2014
+++ page-views-count.php	Thu Jul 03 13:04:16 2014
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 	register_uninstall_hook( __FILE__, 'pvc_uninstall' );
 }
 
+function pvc_stats_simple($postid){
+	return A3_PVC::pvc_stats_counter_simple($postid);
+}
 function pvc_stats($postid, $have_echo = 1){
 	return A3_PVC::custom_stats_echo($postid, $have_echo);
 }
--- pvc_class.php	Thu Jul 03 11:08:03 2014
+++ pvc_class.php	Thu Jul 03 13:06:34 2014
@@ -386,5 +386,29 @@
 		$links[] = '<a href="http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/page-views-count/" target="_blank">'.__('Support', 'pvc').'</a>';
 		return $links;
 	}
+	
+	public static function pvc_stats_counter_simple($post_id) {
+		global $wpdb;
+		$exclude_ids = array(3630, 3643, 5520, 3642, 3632, 3633, 3628, 2102, 6793);
+		if (in_array($post_id, (array)$exclude_ids)) return '';
+		// get all the post view info to display
+		$results = A3_PVC::pvc_fetch_post_counts( $post_id );
+		// get the stats and
+		$html = '';
+		if($results){
+			$stats_html = number_format($results->total) . '&nbsp;' .__('views', 'pvc');
+		}else{
+			$stats_html = '';
+			$total = A3_PVC::pvc_fetch_post_total($post_id);
+			if($total > 0){
+				$stats_html .= number_format($total) . '&nbsp;' .__('views', 'pvc');
+			}else{
+				$stats_html .= __('No views yet', 'pvc');
+			}
+		}
+		$html .= apply_filters('pvc_filter_stats', $stats_html);
+		$html .= '';
+		return $html;
+	}
 }
 ?>
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