Evan Solomon

<p>When you click links, your browser sends referrer information to the site you land on.  This is how you get things like referrer counts in Google Analytics.  Sometimes, though, you don’t want people to know where you clicked their links from.  By default, this plugin will hide your referrers for links from <code>wp-admin</code>.  You can also use it to hide links on the front end of your site by making a plugin along the lines of this.</p>
<pre><code>add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'es_anonymous_admin_links' ); </code></pre>


Anonymous Admin Links

Hide the referrer for external links in wp-admin using href.li

Ben Marshall

<p>A powerful site referrer analytics plugin. Get insights into types of referring traffic, automated <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033863" rel="nofollow ugc">GA campaign URLs</a>, and useful tracking data for advanced reporting, conversation tracking, and 3rd-party integration.</p>
<h4>On-site Reporting & Statistics</h4>
<p>A powerful tool that allows owners to gain valuable insights into referring traffic. View on-site reporting and statistics with interactive visual graphs and detailed logging including:</p>
<ul>
<li>GDPR & <a href="https://www.benmarshall.me/ccpa-compliance/" rel="nofollow ugc">CCPA compliant</a></li>
<li>Date & time users were referred</li>
<li>IP addresses of referred users & their <a href="https://benmarshall.me/html5-geolocation/" rel="nofollow ugc">geolocation</a></li>
<li>Types of referring traffic: <em>organic, bots, referral, etc.</em></li>
<li>Human-readable referrers (ex. Google, Facebook, etc.)</li>
<li>Referred destination URLs & top landing pages from referrers</li>
<li>Toplists of referrers, types of referrers, popular landing pages & more</li>
<li>Helpful recommendations to block known malicious referrers</li>
</ul>
<h4>Automated Google Analytics Integration</h4>
<p>Automatically track <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033863" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Analytics campaign data</a> via automated URLs from referring sources — no need to manually generate campaign URLs!</p>
<p>Here’s how it works:</p>
<ol>
<li>User visits the site from a referring URL like Google</li>
<li>It retrieves & parses the referrers info</li>
<li>Smart redirect with UTM parameters added (i.e. <code>utm_source</code>, <code>utm_medium</code> and <code>utm_campaign</code>)</li>
</ol>
<p>When cookies are enabled, last known UTM values and referrer info is stored and can be accessed for advanced reporting, conversion tracking, etc.</p>


Referrer Analytics

Track & store where users come from for enhanced reporting in Google Analytics, on-site statistics, conversion tracking & more.

Anonymous Admin Links vs Referrer Analytics