The WordPress dashboard is showing views count much less than the actual visits

Hello!

The problem can be caused by a cache plugin that you’ve used. Also that you activate the option from the theme panel later, and we can not bring the old views back. Check this guide: https://forum.tagdiv.com/7-days-post-sorting/
From your screenshot, I’ve checked a post: https://app.screencast.com/O1DCZstmhsgxm. I can see the views counter from your single post template is higher than the number from your screenshot, which means the counter works.

Thank you!