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Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin
v2.16.2
A simple, yet powerful WordPress analytics plugin that gives you privacy-friendly stats to grow your website. A Google Analytics alternative.
by Ben Sibley · Website
analyticsgoogle analyticsstatisticsvisitor counterWordPress analytics
- Rank
- #382 24h 1 · 7d 3
- Est. installs
- 161,728 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 3.2M all time
- Rating
- 4.8 ★ 166 reviews
- Official installs
- 100,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 7 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- 100% of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 7.1.3 compatibility
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Last release
- Version
- 2.16.2
- Requires WP
- 5.9
- Requires PHP
- 8.0.30
- On WP.org since
- 2022
About Independent Analytics
Independent Analytics is a WordPress plugin by Ben Sibley, first published on WordPress.org in 2022. It has 100,000+ active installations and 3,172,489 downloads in total, and ranks #382 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 3 places. Users rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 166 reviews. Version 2.16.2 was released yesterday, so the plugin is actively maintained. It is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3 and requires WordPress 5.9 and PHP 8.0.30 or later. In the last two months, 7 of 7 support threads were marked resolved (100%). It is listed under analytics, google analytics, statistics, visitor counter and WordPress analytics. Plugins with a similar focus include Koko Analytics, Burst Statistics and GA Google Analytics.
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