Rick Hellewell

Google Analytics (GA) allows you to see what your visitors are doing on your site. The common installation is to run some JavaScript code in the client’s browser that reports back to GA. The problem with that is many ad-blockers will block that client-side (browser) action, resulting in incomplete GA data.
The Server Side Analytics plugin does all the work on your server. So GA is used on all site visits – even visitors using ad blocking. That gives you more accurate GA data.
Your site visitor’s IP address is anonymized (the last ‘octet’ is removed), so only the visitor’s city is known. The plugin only uses the client-side WordPress session ID, so complies with basic GDPR privacy, as long as your site has an acknowledged cookie policy. There is nothing additionally stored on the client side, so visitor privacy for this plugin and the generated analytics is assured.
All you need is a GA account – start here: https://www.google.com/analytics/ . Note that you will need to set up a “UA” type account. Help starts here: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9306384?hl=en Make sure you set up a “Universal Analytics” account – which will result in a UA-xxxxxxx-1 value to use in the plugin.
If you use Google Analytics, then you should be aware of their privacy policy, which could apply to your use of GA; see it here https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html . You may also need a cookie policy and acknowledgement displayed on your site.
We suggest that you consult with your legal advisor for specific methods and messages needed for GDPR compliance on your site. We provide no warranty or guarantee of GDPR compliance. We are not providing any legal advice. We are not responsible in any way for your use of our suggested GDPR solution. Your mileage may vary. Objects in mirror are closer than you expect. All aspirin is alike. Professional driver on a closed course. Your mileage may vary.
<h3>Privacy</h3>
This plugin does not save any personal information on your server. It will store cookies on your visitor’s browsers. If you have enabled Google Analytics, it will also store a randomly-generated ID value as a cookie; there is no personal information associated with that cookie. The plugin does not share information with others.

CellarWeb Server Side Analytics

Allows using Google Analytics via server-side request. Many ad blockers block client-side Google Analytics, resulting in incomplete values.

Syed Balkhi

chriscct7

<h4>Google Analytics Plugin for WordPress</h4>
With over 3 million active installs, MonsterInsights is the most popular Google Analytics plugin for WordPress.
We believe that it’s easy to double your traffic and sales when you know exactly how people find and use your website. <a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="nofollow ugc">MonsterInsights</a> shows you the analytics and stats that matter, so you can grow your business with confidence.
At MonsterInsights, we make it “effortless” to properly connect your WordPress site with Google Analytics, so you can start making data-driven decisions to grow your business.
Unlike other Google Analytics plugins, MonsterInsights allows you to enable all advanced Google Analytics tracking features with just a few clicks (no need to hire a developer).
The best part is that MonsterInsights comes with an analytics dashboard for WordPress that shows you actionable analytics reports right inside your WordPress dashboard. We have created customized reports that eliminate the fluff and only show you the stats that matter, so you can see exactly what’s working and what’s not!
Simply put, MonsterInsights is the most complete Google Analytics plugin for WordPress that’s both EASY and POWERFUL.
That’s why millions of small businesses and top companies like Microsoft, Bloomberg, FedEx, Yelp, Subway, etc. use MonsterInsights to setup Google Analytics on their WordPress sites.
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MonsterInsights Pro 
 This plugin is the lite version of MonsterInsights Pro plugin that comes with all the tracking features you will ever need including events tracking, ecommerce tracking, custom dimensions tracking, page speed reports, popular post tracking, custom dimensions, affiliate link tracking, video tracking and tons more. <a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com/?utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="nofollow ugc">Click here to purchase the best premium Google Analytics plugin for WordPress now!</a>
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We took the pain out of installing Google Analytics in WordPress and made it easy. Here’s why over 3 million smart business owners, designers, and developers love MonsterInsights, and you will too!
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<h4>Quick & Easy Google Analytics Setup</h4>
Properly setting up Google Analytics is complicated. You have to either hire a developer or learn how to add advanced code snippets to your website in many different areas. This process can take days or weeks…and can even break your website!
With MonsterInsights, we made it “effortless” to properly setup Google Analytics in WordPress. Yes, you can enable all advanced Google Analytics features with just a few clicks.
If you can point-and-click, then you can set up Google Analytics inside WordPress and start seeing insights in under 15 minutes (no code necessary).
See what one business owner is saying about MonsterInsights:
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It just works. Really easy way to insert Google Analytics tracking code and keep it there when switching themes. No need to copy/paste code anywhere. This is the best way to handle Google Analytics in WordPress. 
 Steven Gliebe
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<h4>Google Analytics Dashboard</h4>
Our goal at MonsterInsights is to make Google Analytics easy and accessible for everyone.
We understand that Google Analytics has a steep learning curve. That’s why MonsterInsights comes with a built-in Google Analytics Dashboard for your WordPress site, so you can see all the useful information about your visitors right inside your WordPress dashboard.
We have even created customized reports to help you filter through the noise and see the stats that really matter!
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Audience Report shows you detailed insights like which country your visitors are coming from, what are they most interested in, which device are they using, their age, gender, and more.
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Publishers Report helps you understand which pages your visitors are arriving, and which pages they are leaving from. Designed specifically for blogs and other resource sites, this powerful report will show you which outbound links are getting clicked so you can easily optimize for higher conversions.
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Content Report shows you stats on exactly which content gets the most visits, so you can stop guessing and start creating content that gets more traffic and conversion.
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Ecommerce Report shows you important store stats like total revenue, conversion rate, average order value, top referral sources, and more (all in one place).
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Forms Report shows you conversion stats for various contact forms and lead forms on your website, so you can improve the conversions to grow your business.
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Search Console Report shows you exactly how well your website is ranking in Google, so you can further optimize your SEO to grow your organic traffic.
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Custom Dimensions Report helps you dig deeper by showing you useful stats like who are your most popular authors, what are the best publication times, which are your most popular categories or tags, how well are your Yoast focus keywords and SEO score performing, and more.
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Site Speed Report makes it easy to track pagespeed insights and loading times for your website and get the information you need to improve user experience and your SEO rankings.
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Landing Page Report instantly shows you which pages need to be optimized to increase engagement and help you make more money without needing to log into Google Analytics.
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Source and Medium Report gives you an easy view of Google Analytics UTM tracking to see where you traffic comes from.
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Technology Report shows you which devices and browsers visit your website, so you can optimize for each visitor.
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Campaign Report easily unlocks all of your Google Analytics UTM tracking to show you how effective your marketing efforts have been.
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Pages Report shows you which pages are most poplular on your website, and shows impressive metrics like bounce rate, engaged sessions to help you optimize.
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Coupon Report showcases your coupon usage, and shows important metrics like average order value and revenue.
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Cart Abandon Report shows you which products and the amount of revenue your customer’s are leaving in their carts.
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Funnel Report visually shows you how many people view items in your store, add to cart, and make a purchase. You can easily breakdown the funnel and conversion report into channel, and customize your dates for in depth analysis. Works automatically with WooCommerce analytics, and Easy Digital Downloads.
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Our custom Google Analytics Dashboard reports are based on over 12+ years of online business experience. We built MonsterInsights to be the Google Analytics plugin that we wish we had.
We currently use MonsterInsights on all our portfolio companies which include both media sites generating tens of millions of pageviews and eCommerce sites generating millions in sales.
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I love being able to drill down into the analytics via the reporting feature. I have the PRO version and it makes a big difference what you can analyze. I’m glad that I can integrate with Pretty Links too! 
 Kim Beasley – MonsterInsights user
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Simply put, MonsterInsights allow you to take full advantage of all the powerful Google Analytics features.
After reading this exhaustive feature list, you can probably imagine why MonsterInsights is the best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress.
Give MonsterInsights a try.
<h4>Credits</h4>
This plugin is created by <a href="https://twitter.com/chriscct7" rel="nofollow ugc">Chris Christoff</a> and <a href="https://syedbalkhi.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Syed Balkhi</a> with sponsorship from <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com" rel="nofollow ugc">WPBeginner</a>.
<h4>Branding Guidelines</h4>
MonsterInsights® is a registered trademark of MonsterInsights LLC. When writing about the Google Analytics for WordPress plugin by MonsterInsights, please make sure to uppercase the first letters of both word.
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<li>MonsterInsights (correct)</li>
<li>Monster Insights (incorrect)</li>
<li>monsterinsights (incorrect)</li>
<li>monsterinsight (incorrect)</li>
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MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)


Mostra de forma simples, para todos, o poder da web


É belo


Worst plugin I was used.



He is spamming lisence links on every where, with monster icon is crazy. Blocked and never recommend for anyone.


Not free, spamming

Great Plugin for analytics


Поставил я плагин All in one seo pack. Прошел его настройку - просто согласившись - нажимая далее, чтобы быстрей это окно закрылось. И потом вижу что они принудительно видимо галку где-то там на Google Analytics для WordPress от MonsterInsights поставили. Этот плагин поставили и активировали.



Ставлю единицу команде разработчиков за такое поведение. нельзя галку ставить принудительно. Я сам должен ставить галку если хочу чтобы вы мне еще что-то стороннее ставили.


Поставили плагин не предупредив


The paid version really does seem promising. However, the free version is so barebones that you are better off using a different plugin that does the same job but is not cluttered with ads for $200 upgrades.


Mediocre (Free Version)


An update of MonsterInsights has automatically turned on email reports across all of my sites.



I am now having to login into all of the sites to turn the setting off.



This is bad practise to force a setting on users. Yes, install the functionality but NEVER turn it on automatically.



Poor form


Changing Settings Without Permission


Used to be an easy way to add Google Analytics to customers' websites. Now all it does is spam the admin interface and, as of the last 48 hours or so, also your email address. Without an option to unsubscribe. Or rather there's an option to unsubscribe, which takes you to an option which SHOULD let you unsubscribe, but it's greyed out. It's the final nail in the coffin for this plugin as far as I'm concerned: I'm having to write a spam filter specifically for MonsterInsights' emails, and I'm slowly replacing it across all customer websites. I'll be glad to be shot of it and its relentless, unnecessary nagging.


Spam spam spam spam spam


After setting up the plugin, it automatically - and without asking for permissions - install a few more plugins from the same creator that start to hammer you for upgrades. Worse, one of the plugins is an "SEO" tool that will conflict with another "SEO" tool that you may have installed and then demand that you turn off the other tool.



If you don't know that you need this plugin, and/or you don't intend to buy multiple "monster" pro licenses - do not install this plugin.


Useful, but auto-installs a bunch of plugings w/o confirmation


Useless in the basic version. Overloaded with self-promotion, closed sections that you have to pay for. Messages about how you need to subscribe to Pro will pop up from all corners of your user interface.



No, thank you. Goodbye.


useless in basic version


It does well what it says it does. The simplest way of adding Google Analytics to your site


Very good


The developers have confirmed that the only way to install the plugin gives them permission to delete all of your Google Ads campaigns and modify your billing information (to let them receive the income), even though this is an Analytics plugin.



DO NOT INSTALL.


Malware - do not install

The best free Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website so you can grow your business with powerful analytics.

CellarWeb Server Side Analytics vs MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)