Joomla extensions. Info and link for download for Extension:MD Show Hits is a simple plugin that allows you to display the number of times an article has been viewed either above or below an article's text. The plugin allows you to alter the look of the display as you please. Unlike a lot of other plugins of this nature, MD Show Article Hits works with the front page of Joomla as well as standard article pages and will even force to consider a front page view as a hit on the front page article where most other plugins won't.