I am using a WordPress plugin on my website to show the actual views on each post, pulling the number from Google Analytics. The plugin uses the Analytics API.
At first, it worked great. However, a few hours in, I run into an error that I have exceeded the daily request limit. The error didn't go away until the quota reset at midnight pacific time.
The thing is, I checked my quotas at the console, and I had made barely more than 10,000, nowhere near the 50,000 limit.
I was thinking of requesting to increase the quota, but since I am nowhere near the 50,000, this does not seem to be a solution. Let alone that to request an increase I should have been at about 80% of the current quota.
To avoid the problem, I can have the plugin check the post views every four hours, instead of every hour, through the plugin's settings. But, since I am supposed to have 50000 daily queries, I would prefer to update the views on an hourly basis.
I understand that the current quota at the Google Developer console is a estimate it is not 100% accurate. But could it be so much off, showing 10k when the real number is 50k?
Should I ask for an extension?
You're most likely hitting the profile quota limit, which cannot be increased.
More information here
The 10,000 requests per view (profile) per day or the 10 concurrent requests per view (profile) cannot be increased.
