My Widget of the day today is a neat little tool for anyone who runs a Wordpress based web site and wants a quick peek at their sites traffic for the day. The Shortstat Widget works in conjunction with the Shortstat Wordpress plugin. To use this widget you will first of all need to install the Shortstat plugin if you haven’t already, then you will need to modify a file called owl-shortstat.php supplied with the widget. The head of this file contains variables for your sites SQL connection ( username, password, server name etc ). Simply add your details and upload the file into your Wordpress directory structure. Finally fire up the widget and go to the settings to enter the full URL of the owl-shortstat.php file. Simple and effective.