Show view count on each thread

[XFFA.IR Bot]

Hi,

I'm looking to display the number of times a thread has been viewed on the top of each thread.

I came across this thread:

Show Views and Reply Count on Thread ​

Is there a way to show the number of times a thread has been viewed within the thread? Maybe at the bottom of the thread and it states something like "This thread has been viewed X times."

xenforo.com

I tried adding a custom HTML widget using this code:

Code:

<p>This thread has been viewed {$thread.view_count} times.</p>

But {$thread.view_count} is not phrased.

This cannot be done using a Widget?

Thanks
Alex