The French, CNIL, has ordered several organizations to stop using Google Analytics because it does not comply with GDPR regulations due to the fact that personal data is transferred outside of European Union.. Fearing that Google will use Google Analytics data to notice that site has very little traffic, for example, they recommend not installing Google Analytics on some sites on sites in link farms. With these reasons in mind, we will review some of the alternatives to Google Analytics that you can use WordPress.. It works in similar way to Google Analytics in that it uses script that you install on all pages of your site to collect data that is sent to Plausible's server. By using the official plugin, you can install the tracking code in WordPress and add Clicky Web Analytics widget to your site and reports to WordPress Admin dashboard.. While it's sad to say goodbye to Slimstat, I am hopeful that this works has not been for nothing, and that it has allowed millions of users to better understand their website traffic and visitors.. This illustrates one problem with finding alternative to Google Analytics You need to be sure that the software will continue to work in the future. There may be plans for other developers to pick up this open-source project, and for the moment we cannot recommend Slimstat as Google Analytics for WordPress.. It's difficult to find free to Google Analytics especially Google Search Console and Google Adsense. The leading at the moment is Matomo and it makes lot of sense to install On-Premises version of their software to take back ownership of your data and ensure compliance with protection laws.
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