The hit counter mechanism in Joomla is used to display content by popularity or most viewed via modules or menu links. In most smaller sites, it doesn't pose an issue but on large content sites, because the hit counting feature locks the content table, this can be a problem - especially during heavy traffic periods. If you run a large content site on Joomla and still want to use this feature, we can modify the code to solve this issue and/or offer alternatives solutions. Get in touch

To disable hit counting for Joomla articles and categories, we navigate into the Options area for the articles section. When logged in as an administrator, navigate to Content > Articles and on the Articles page, click the Options button in the top right. On the Options page, in teh first tab named Articles scroll down to find the Record Hits toggle and switch it to off.

Congratulations! You have just disabled the counter mechanism that tracks hits in Joomla 4. 

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