Is there a free way to count how many people have downloaded a file on my site? I’ve read other threads on this, but they require connecting to Google Analytics, which requires that I use a purchased domain name. If you know of a way to get a download count completely for free, please let me know!
‘Tracking & Analytics’ in general requires you to have an account with an external analytics tool and only works with premium sites .
You can skip using ‘Tracking & Analytics’ and just count how many times users clicked the button (for example add +1 to the counter every time someone clicks on it and store it in the database) but I’m not sure how accurate will be the analytics that you get out of it + it’s gonna be just stored in your database and not nicely laid out like in Analytics 
Okay, thank you!