View count and analytics

[ScottBGI]

One of our recent guest bloggers was asking for the view counts of his posting so we probably should come back to this and install a plugin. Is it easier to upgrade yoast, add something with lots of features including jetpack, or just install a google analytics plugin like:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/