#149 by installs
GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress
Adds Google Analytics tracking code to your WordPress site. Supports many tracking features.
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- 400,000+
- Rating
- 4.9 (158)
- Updated
- 3 months ago
Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress
Adds Matomo (former Piwik) statistics to your WordPress dashboard and is also able to add the Matomo Tracking Code to your blog.
- Active installs
- 60,000+
- #651 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 3.4M
- 3,434,205
- Downloads, 30 days
- 18K
- 3.7K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5
- 95 reviews
- Last updated
- 46 days ago
- Sep 15, 2026
- Version
- 1.1.12
- 110 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | September 15, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.0.0Older than WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 5.0 or newer |
| Needs PHP | Not stated |
| First published | June 4, 2009 |
| Support, last two months | 2 of 3 threads resolved (67%) |
Reviews
4.5 / 5 from 95 reviews
| 5 stars | 79 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 3 |
| 3 stars | 4 |
| 2 stars | 1 |
| 1 star | 8 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Version 1.1.11 includes a security related fix, it is highly recommended to update to this or a later version.
If you are not yet using Matomo On-Premise, Matomo Cloud or hosting your own instance of Matomo, please use the Matomo for WordPress plugin.
This plugin uses the Matomo API to show your Matomo statistics in your WordPress dashboard. It’s also able to add the Matomo tracking code to your blog and to do some modifications to the tracking code. Additionally, WP-Matomo supports WordPress networks and manages multiple sites and their tracking codes.
To use this plugin the Matomo web analytics application is required. If you do not already have a Matomo setup (e.g., provided by your web hosting service), you have two simple options: use either a self-hosted Matomo or a cloud-hosted Matomo by InnoCraft.
Requirements: PHP 7.0 (or higher), WordPress 5.0 (or higher), Matomo 4.0 (or higher)
Languages: English, Albanian, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil). Partially supported: Azerbaijani, Belarusian, Hindi, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
What is Matomo?
Learn more.
First steps
- Learn how to install your own Matomo instance: Requirements, Installation.
- If you need support about Matomo, please have a look at the Matomo forums.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Where can I find the Matomo URL and the Matomo auth token?
To use this plugin you will need your own Matomo instance. If you do not already have a Matomo setup, you have two simple options: use either a self-hosted Matomo or cloud-hosted Matomo by InnoCraft.
As soon as Matomo works, you’ll be able to configure WP-Matomo: The Matomo URL is the same URL you use to access your Matomo, e.g. for the demo site: http://demo.matomo.org.
I get this message: “WP-Matomo (WP-Piwik) was not able to connect to Matomo (Piwik) using our configuration”. How to proceed?
First, please make sure your configuration is valid, e.g., if you are using the right Matomo URL (see description above). Then, go to the “Support” tab and run the test script. This test script will try to get some information from Matomo and shows the full response. Usually, the response output gives a clear hint what’s wrong:
The response output contains…
WP-Matomo tells me the statistics shortcodes are deprecated. What should I do?
[wp-piwik], [wp-piwik module="overview"] and [wp-piwik module="post"] report Matomo data into a page. They are considered insecure and redundant, so they will be removed in the next major release of WP-Matomo, which will be published by November 2026 at the latest.
WP-Matomo tells me the “Self-hosted (PHP API)” connection method is deprecated. What should I do?
The PHP API loads Matomo into the WordPress process instead of requesting the reports over http(s). That gives the Matomo code full access to your WordPress installation and offers nothing the HTTP API does not, so it is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release of WP-Matomo, which will be published by November 2026 at the latest.
PHP Compatibility Checker reports PHP7 compatbility issues with WP-Matomo.
The Compatibility Checker shows two false positives. WP-Matomo is 100% PHP7 compatible, you can ignore the report.
Overview shortcode shows no unique visitors using a yearly range.
See Matomo FAQ.
Latest changelog entry
- Bug fix: PHP 8.5 no longer reports deprecation notices for the bundled Matomo tracker, the tracking proxy and requests to the Matomo HTTP API.
Screenshots
WP-Matomo settings. 
WP-Matomo statistics page. 
Closer look to a pie chart. 
WordPress toolbar graph.
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