How does the visitor globe widget track visitor locations?

It reuses the data your live traffic feed already collects — nothing extra is tracked. Country is resolved server-side from the IP (ipapi.co, with ipwho.is as a fallback and a 6-hour cache), and the globe plots a COUNTRY centroid with a small random offset, not the visitor's real position. We never store latitude or longitude for a visitor, so the dot shows reach without pinpointing anyone. Visits whose IP cannot be geolocated still count in the total; they simply have no dot to draw.

What 3D library does the visitor globe widget use?

None. It is a plain 2D canvas — the sphere, the continents and the graticule are drawn by hand each frame, so there is no Three.js, no WebGL and no library to download. The whole widget is about 9 KB gzipped (24 KB raw), loads async, pauses its redraw loop when it scrolls out of view or the tab is hidden, and holds still if the visitor's system is set to reduce motion.

Can I customize the globe color and dot color?

You pick a theme rather than individual colours: sky, obsidian, indigo, ivory, neon, sunset or transparent, set with `?theme=` on the script tag (or from the customizer on this page). Ocean, land and coastline come from the theme; the visitor dot stays emerald green in every theme on purpose, so "someone is here right now" reads the same whatever palette the host site uses. You can also set `?map=globe|flat` (`?view=` works too), `?sz=sm|md|lg` or explicit `?w=`/`?h=`, and `?speed=off|slow|normal|fast|turbo`.

Does the visitor globe widget work on mobile?

Yes. The canvas is capped at 2x device pixel ratio so a high-density phone does not allocate a needlessly large buffer, the widget never exceeds the width of its container, and the animation loop stops whenever the canvas is off screen or the tab is in the background to save battery. For sidebars and footers the flat map (`?view=flat`) is the lighter choice — it does not animate at all.

Does the visitor globe widget slow down my page?

No. The visitor globe widget loads asynchronously ( ) and weighs roughly 4-10 KB gzipped. Lighthouse Performance impact is typically less than 1 point on mobile.

Does the visitor globe widget work on WordPress, Shopify, Wix and Webflow?

Yes. It's a single async tag, so it works on every platform that lets you paste HTML — WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow, Squarespace, Ghost, Blogger, plain HTML.

Can I display the visitor globe widget in my own language?

Yes — the widget UI supports 12 languages out of the box (English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Dutch). Pick yours from the 'Widget language' dropdown in the customizer.

Free visitor globe widget — live world map

Why use a free embeddable visitor globe widget on your website?

Every blog wants to know 'where in the world are my readers right now?' — and every reader wants to see the same map. This widget answers both. A live world map (rotating globe or flat 2D) that refreshes every 15-30 seconds, with the newest arrivals glowing brighter than the rest. Free, no signup, no API key.

Visitor globe widget for WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Webflow & plain HTML

The FeedPulse visitor globe widget is a single async <script> tag — paste it into any HTML pane and you're done. WordPress widgets/HTML blocks, Shopify theme-customizer Custom HTML, Wix HTML element, Webflow Embed component, Squarespace Code block, Ghost HTML card, Blogger HTML/JavaScript gadget — every platform that lets you paste HTML supports it. No plugins, no app store, no admin permissions needed.

How to add the visitor globe widget to your site in 60 seconds

Open the Free visitor map widget customizer.
Pick your colors, size, and any options that apply.
Click "Copy" on the generated embed snippet.
Paste the line wherever you'd put any HTML — anywhere on any page, on any platform.
That's it. No signup, no account creation, no email required.

Why the FeedPulse visitor globe widget is 100% free, forever

Every widget we offer is free forever. We absorb the API costs because our growth model is widget distribution: the small "via FeedPulse" attribution on each widget brings new site owners to us. Install the widget → we earn the impression. That's the entire business model. No paywall, no premium tier, no ads, no email harvesting, no signup wall.

Live visitor map widget — animated dots, real-time geolocation

The live visitor map widget plots your recent visitors on a rotating globe (or flat 2D world map), refreshing every 15-30 seconds. Arrivals from the last two minutes get a brighter dot and an expanding halo; older ones dim gradually across the 24-hour window but never vanish, so a quiet page still shows reach instead of an empty map. Several visits from one country merge into a single dot that grows with the count. Geolocation happens server-side from the IP (no client-side permission prompt, no consent dialog for the embedder) and resolves to a COUNTRY centroid with a small random offset — we never store or plot a precise location, so individual visitors stay anonymous. Works on WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Ghost, plain HTML. One script tag, no API key, no signup.

World map visitor tracker — what to look at, what to ignore

A world map visitor tracker tells you two things at a glance: geographic reach (am I getting readers in Asia, Europe, South America?) and freshness (is anyone here right now?). The FeedPulse world map visitor tracker is calibrated for both — the brighter, haloed dots make 'liveness' obvious, and hovering any dot names the country and how many visits came from it. What it deliberately does NOT show: precise lat/long (privacy), session length (use real analytics for that), or referrer (out of scope). It's a 30-second visual gut check, not a Mixpanel replacement.

3D globe website widget — when to use the globe vs the flat map

The globe view (?view=globe, the default) is the striking one: a rotating sphere drawn on a 2D canvas — no WebGL, no 3D library, nothing to load. It redraws every animation frame while it is on screen, so it costs a little main-thread time; the widget pauses that loop whenever it scrolls out of view or the tab is hidden, and respects the 'reduce motion' system setting by holding still. Use the globe on hero sections where impact matters. For sidebars and footers, use the flat map (?view=flat) — same data, a shorter widget, and a static canvas. Both share one script tag; only the query string changes, and ?map= works as an alias.

Visitor globe widget — frequently asked questions

Does this widget slow down my page?

No. The widget JS is loaded asynchronously (<script async>) and weighs roughly 4-10 KB gzipped depending on the widget. Lighthouse Performance impact is typically < 1 point on mobile.

Is there really no signup or API key required?

Really. The script tag is the entire "install". You don't have an account, we don't track you as a customer, no API key, no email, no credit card.

Can I remove the "via FeedPulse" attribution?

The attribution is what keeps the service free. It's intentionally small and unobtrusive. If you remove it via DOM manipulation, our tamper-proof MutationObserver re-adds it.

Will this widget keep working long-term?

Yes. Our entire mission is to be the reliable, free, hosted replacement for the dozens of free widgets that have shut down in the last 10 years. We're funded by widget distribution itself, so longevity is aligned with our economics.

Free visitor globe widget · live world map of visitors