That is planned, but I would not be so sure: Currently, the counter is already no longer working (as its code has been removed) and this extension has not yet been created. Just do nothing and wait some more time and you have an additional argument on your side: The counter numbers are all wrong anyway (because the counter has not been working for x weeks, because its code had been removed). So then it's even less urgent to get it working again.
Apart from that: Having these numbers was nice, but not necessary; there are solutions like Google Webmaster Tools or Piwik, which present exactly the same information, but in a much better way and much more than that.
Basically this feature has been removed and I doubt that it will come back.