Indie Analytics

Indie Analytics helps you easily integrate privacy-focused, independent analytics tools into your WordPress site.

Supported Analytics Providers:

• Umami – Privacy-focused, cookie-free alternative to Google Analytics

• Plausible – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

• Swetrix – Privacy-focused web analytics service

• Matomo – Open-source analytics platform

• Fathom – Simple analytics for bloggers & businesses

Features

• Easy integration with multiple indie analytics providers

• Simple admin interface for configuration

• Detailed setup instructions for each provider

• Option to exclude administrator visits from tracking

• Support for custom domains

• Fast and lightweight

Configuration

• Select your analytics provider from the dropdown

• Enter your Site ID / Tracking ID

• Enter the Tracking Script URL (a default is provided for most providers)

• Optionally, enter a custom domain if you use one for your analytics provider

• Choose whether to exclude administrator visits from tracking

• Save your settings

Provider Setup Instructions

Umami

• Create an account on Umami or set up your self-hosted instance

• Create a website in your Umami dashboard

• Copy the Website ID and Tracking Script URL from your Umami dashboard

• Paste these values into the corresponding fields in the plugin settings

Plausible

• Create an account on Plausible

• Add your website domain in the Plausible dashboard

• Your Site ID is your domain name (e.g., example.com)

• The Tracking Script URL is https://plausible.io/js/plausible.js

• If you use a custom domain for Plausible, enter it in the Custom Domain field

Swetrix

• Create an account on Swetrix

• Create a new project in the Swetrix dashboard

• Copy the Project ID from the installation instructions

• The Tracking Script URL is https://swetrix.org/swetrix.js

Matomo

• Set up Matomo on your server or create an account on Matomo Cloud

• Create a new website in Matomo

• Copy the Site ID from the tracking code

• The Tracking Script URL is the path to your matomo.js file (e.g., https://example.org/matomo/matomo.js)

Fathom

• Create an account on Fathom

• Add your website in the Fathom dashboard

• Copy the Site ID from the tracking code snippet

• The Tracking Script URL is https://cdn.usefathom.com/script.js

• If you use a custom domain for Fathom, enter it in the Custom Domain field

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.

Credits

Indie Analytics was created to help website owners easily implement privacy-focused analytics tools as alternatives to Google Analytics.