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Matomo Analytics – Powerful, Privacy-First Insights for WordPress v5.8.2
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1 === Matomo Analytics - Powerful, Privacy-First Insights for WordPress ===
2 Contributors: matomoteam
3 Tags: analytics,privacy-friendly,gdpr,behavior,conversion,wordpress analytics,google analytics,woocommerce analytics,matomo,statistics,stats,ecommerce
4 Requires at least: 4.8
5 Tested up to: 6.9.4
6 Stable tag: 5.8.2
7 Requires PHP: 7.2.5
8 License: GPLv3 or later
9 License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
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11 **Version 5.8.2 has an important security related fix, it is recommended to update to this version.**
12
13 Privacy friendly, GDPR compliant and self-hosted. Matomo is the #1 Google Analytics alternative that gives you control of your data. Free and secure.
14
15 == Description ==
16
17 _Already a Matomo On-Premise or Matomo Cloud user? You need to use the [Connect Matomo plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-piwik/) instead of this plugin._
18
19 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puxi_Ey0iLc]
20
21 For all you WordPress website owners wanting an easier way to get customer insights to grow your business, you can now get the solution the professionals use, for free!
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23 Matomo Analytics is the #1 used Google Analytics alternative that offers a powerful range of features, security and protects the privacy of your users. This enables you to learn how to improve your website, make the right decisions for your business and stand out in the crowd in a safe and trustworthy way.
24
25 Matomo’s mission is to give control and data ownership back to the user. By hosting web analytics on your own servers there’s no third-parties taking ownership, no on-selling of data and no-one looking in. This means when you install Matomo in a matter of a few clicks, you’re in full control.
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27 It’s also easier for you to get insights from Matomo Analytics with it’s time-saving interface design and out-of-the-box features, which require less manual configuration than Google Analytics.
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29 Matomo is free, secure and open - your ethical user insights platform.
30
31 **How Matomo Analytics for Wordpress solves problems:**
32
33 * 100% data ownership, no one else can see your data
34 * All data is stored in your WordPress and not sent to any third party or different country
35 * Super easy to install. No coding or technical knowledge needed #nocode
36 * Free to use forever
37 * Designed to save you time as an out-of-box solution (including many Ecommerce stores)
38 * Protects the privacy of your users
39 * GDPR Manager
40 * No data sampling
41 * Opportunities to extend with an ever-growing marketplace
42 * Supports over 50 languages
43 * Comes equipped with Matomo Tag Manager
44
45 **How Matomo focuses on privacy:**
46
47 * Superb user privacy protection
48 * Heaps of features to anonymize data and IP addresses
49 * WP shortcode to embed an opt-out feature into your website
50 * Features to export and delete data for GDPR
51 * Ability to configure data retention
52
53 **Ultimately, Matomo lets you:** learn who your customers are and their needs; understand what content works and how engaged your audience is; identify which marketing channels give you the highest ROI and invest with confidence in channels that convert for your business; and discover blockages and fix pain points for confused visitors to ensure they become satisfied customers.
54
55 **Features include:**
56
57 * Ecommerce features (supports WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads and MemberPress out of the box)
58 * Campaign tracking
59 * Visitor profiles
60 * Tag Manager
61 * Dashboards
62 * Segmentation
63 * Real time reports
64 * Transitions
65 * JavaScript error tracking
66 * Extensive geolocation reports / maps
67 * Many different visualisations
68 * Row evolution
69 * Report comparisons
70 * Export features
71 * See the most drastic changes within a given time period
72 * Supports WP Rest API
73 * And hundreds of other features
74 * Easily give your colleagues access to your reports if / when needed
75 * Easily exclude certain roles, visitors and pages from being tracked
76 * Supports WordPress Multisite. (Note: Tag Manager feature does not work in MultiSite.)
77 * Import historical data from Google Analytics or WP Statistics
78
79 **[Premium paid features:](https://plugins.matomo.org/premium?wp=1)**
80
81 * Heatmaps & Session Recordings
82 * Form Analytics
83 * Media Analytics
84 * Funnels
85 * SEO features - Keyword rankings
86 * Custom reporting
87 * Cohorts
88 * Users flow
89
90 **Prerequisites and technical requirements:**
91
92 Running Matomo Analytics on your server can use significant resources. Whenever someone visits your WordPress website, your server will need to serve your WordPress pages to the user, as well as tracking the user journey in Matomo, resulting in an additional request for each page view.
93
94 * The minimum PHP memory limit is 128Mb, but we recommend to use a higher limit (memory_limit = 256M).
95 * PHP 7.2 at minimum is required.
96 * If you have high traffic website, or manage a lot of websites with WordPress MultiSite, we recommend installing [Matomo On-Premise](https://matomo.org/docs/installation/) or signup to [Matomo Cloud](https://matomo.org/hosting/) and install the [Connect Matomo plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-piwik/) instead.
97 * Needing to know more before you install? Have a [read through the most popular FAQs to ensure you’re making the right choice for you](https://matomo.org/faq/wordpress/what-are-the-requirements-for-matomo-for-wordpress/).
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99 Over 1 million websites in over 190 countries are using Matomo already. Join the revolution too! Install Matomo on your Wordpress website completely free and take back full control of your data!
100
101 **Third party resources we use:**
102
103 * After activating this plugin, it will download a Geolocation database (DBIP-City.mmdb) from [DB IP](https://db-ip.com/db/download/ip-to-city-lite?refid=mtm) into your uploads directory. The DB-IP database is distributed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This database is needed to detect the location of your visitors based on their IP.
104 * When you enter a URL in the SEO ranking widget, then a request with the entered URL may be sent to Google, Alexa, Bing, and other SEO providers.
105
106 == Installation ==
107
108 = Minimum Requirements =
109
110 * PHP 7.2 or greater
111 * MySQL 5.5 or greater is recommended
112 * 128MB memory or greater is recommended
113
114 = Automatic installation =
115
116 * Log in to your WordPress Admin Dashboard
117 * Navigate to the "Plugins" menu
118 * Click "Add New"
119 * Search for "Matomo Analytics"
120 * Click "Install Now" and then "Activate"
121
122 = Manual installation =
123
124 * Downloading the plugin
125 * Upload it to your web server using an FTP application. [Learn more](https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/#manual-plugin-installation)
126
127 = Once installed =
128
129 * Go to "Matomo Analytics" in the WordPress Admin Dashboard.
130 * Click on "Activate tracking" in the "Get started" page.
131 * That's it! You can further customize the tracking in the settings page.
132
133 == Frequently Asked Questions ==
134
135 = Is there a demo available?
136 Yes, check out the online demo for Matomo at [demo.matomo.cloud](https://demo.matomo.cloud)
137
138 = Does Matomo care about security?
139 Security is a top priority at Matomo. As potential issues are discovered, we validate, patch and release fixes as quickly as we can. We have a security bug bounty program in place that rewards researchers for finding security issues and disclosing them to us.
140 [Learn more](https://matomo.org/security/) or check out our [HackerOne program](https://hackerone.com/matomo).
141
142 = How can I get involved?
143 We believe in liberating Web Analytics, providing a free platform for simple and advanced analytics. Matomo was built by dozens of people like you,
144 and we need your help to make Matomo better… Why not participate in a useful project today? [Learn how you can contribute to Matomo.](https://matomo.org/get-involved)
145
146 = How do you ensure quality?
147 The Matomo project uses an ever-expanding comprehensive set of thousands of unit tests and hundreds of automated integration tests, system tests, JavaScript tests, and screenshot UI tests, running on a continuous integration server as part of its software quality assurance. [Learn more](https://developer.matomo.org/guides/tests)
148
149 = Can I disable the Tag Manager?
150 The Tag Manager can be disabled by placing `define('MATOMO_ENABLE_TAG_MANAGER', false);` in your `wp-config.php`.
151
152 The Tag Manager does currently not work in WP Multisite mode.
153
154 = How do you support WP Multisite?
155 [Click here to learn more](https://matomo.org/faq/wordpress/does-it-support-wp-multisite/)
156
157 = Which MySQL versions are supported?
158 Matomo should run on most MySQL versions. However, we only support MySQL 5.5 and newer. It should also work with MariaDB and other MySQL compatible databases.
159
160 = Which browsers do you support?
161 * Tracking: We support pretty much all browsers even very old browsers
162 * Admin: The Matomo UI does not support IE9 or older.
163
164 = What are your contact details?
165 Website: [matomo.org](https://matomo.org)
166 About us: [matomo.org/team/](https://matomo.org/team/)
167 Contact us: [matomo.org/contact/](https://matomo.org/contact/)
168
169 = Can I import reports from WP Statistics plugin?
170
171 Yes, you can [import historical data from WP Statistics](https://matomo.org/faq/wordpress/how-do-i-import-data-from-wp-statistics-plugin-into-matomo-for-wordpress/) so you don't lose any data when migrating to our plugin.
172
173 = Where do I find all other available FAQs? =
174
175 Needing to know more? [Click here to view all of our FAQs on our website](https://matomo.org/faq/wordpress/)
176
177 == Credits ==
178
179 * The entire Matomo team and everyone who contributed
180 * André Bräkling who is the Author of the [Connect Matomo plugin](https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo)
181
182 == Screenshots ==
183
184 1. Customizable Matomo Dashboard. Choose from many widgets and adjust layout.
185 2. Visits log. See every action your visitors took.
186 3. Behaviour insights.
187 4. Acquisition insights.
188 5. Ecommerce insights.
189 6. Configure tracking code without developer knowledge.
190 7. Easily give your co-workers access to your Matomo reports.
191 8. Define who and what should not be tracked.
192 9. Options to anonymize data so you don't track personal data.
193 10. Automatically delete old data you no longer need to be privacy compliant and to free your server from not needed data.
194 11. Summary page for getting a quick overview.
195
196 == Changelog ==
197
198 [See changelog for all versions](https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo-for-wordpress/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.md).
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