Pierre Lannoy

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Device Detector is a full featured analytics reporting and management tool that detects all devices accessing your WordPress site.
For each call made to your site, Device Detector analyzes the sent header, detects the device doing the call (and its characteristics) and can:
<ul>
<li>modify the <code>is_mobile()</code> WordPress core function to be more precise and reliable;</li>
<li>add some CSS classes to the <code>body</code> tag of your site (many classes to choose from);</li>
<li>let you use the result of the detection in your own developments;</li>
<li>record detected characteristics for reporting.</li>
</ul>
Device Detector can report the following main items and characteristics:
<ul>
<li>KPIs: number of hits, class breakdown, clients types and engines;</li>
<li>Classes: Bot, Desktop, Mobile and Other;</li>
<li>Devices types: Camera, Car Browser, Console, Feature Phone, Phablet, Portable Media Player, Smart Display, Smartphone, Tablet, TV;</li>
<li>Client types: Application Library, Browser, Feed Reader, Media Player, Mobile Application, PIM.</li>
<li>Technical characteristics and versions of all browsers;</li>
<li>Device identification: brand, model, etc.;</li>
<li>OS identification: name, version, etc.;</li>
<li>Calling channel: site backend, site frontend, cron job, Ajax request, XML-RPC request, Rest API request, Atom/RDF/RSS feed;</li>
</ul>
For a full list of items, characteristics and supported devices, please see the ‘devices’ tab in the plugin settings.
Device Detector supports multisite report delegation and per site configuration (see FAQ).
Device Detector supports an extensive set of WP-CLI commands to:
<ul>
<li>get a device detail: see <code>wp help device describe</code> for details;</li>
<li>display Device Detector status: see <code>wp help device status</code> for details;</li>
<li>toggle on/off main settings: see <code>wp help device settings</code> for details;</li>
<li>describe engine capacities: see <code>wp help device engine</code> for details;</li>
<li>display devices statistics: see <code>wp help device analytics</code> for details.</li>
</ul>
For a full help on WP-CLI commands in Device Detector, please <a href="https://perfops.one/device-detector-wpcli" rel="nofollow ugc">read this guide</a>.
<blockquote>
Device Detector is part of <a href="https://perfops.one/" rel="nofollow ugc">PerfOps One</a>, a suite of free and open source WordPress plugins dedicated to observability and operations performance.
</blockquote>
Based on the amazing <a href="https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo" rel="nofollow ugc">Matomo</a> UDD, Device Detector is a free and open source plugin for WordPress. It integrates many other free and open source works (as-is or modified). Please, see ‘about’ tab in the plugin settings to see the details.
<h4>Developers</h4>
If you’re a plugins / themes developer and want to take advantage of the detection features of Device Detector, visit the <a href="https://github.com/Pierre-Lannoy/wp-device-detector" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub repository</a> of the plugin to learn how to use it.
<h4>Support</h4>
This plugin is free and provided without warranty of any kind. Use it at your own risk, I’m not responsible for any improper use of this plugin, nor for any damage it might cause to your site. Always backup all your data before installing a new plugin.
Anyway, I’ll be glad to help you if you encounter issues when using this plugin. Just use the support section of this plugin page.
<h4>Privacy</h4>
This plugin, as any piece of software, is neither compliant nor non-compliant with privacy laws and regulations. It is your responsibility to use it – by activating the corresponding options or services – with respect for the personal data of your users and applicable laws.
This plugin doesn’t set any cookie in the user’s browser.
This plugin may handle personally identifiable information (PII). If the GDPR or CCPA or similar regulation applies to your case, you must adapt your processes (consent management, security measure, treatment register, etc.).
<h4>Donation</h4>
If you like this plugin or find it useful and want to thank me for the work done, please consider making a donation to <a href="https://www.laquadrature.net/en" rel="nofollow ugc">La Quadrature Du Net</a> or the <a href="https://www.eff.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a> which are advocacy groups defending the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. By supporting them, you help the daily actions they perform to defend our fundamental freedoms!

Device Detector

good plugin

Full featured analytics reporting and management tool that detects all devices accessing your WordPress site.

Phoenixheart

This plugin displays a greeting message to visitors that come from different urls (known as referrers). For example, you may want to welcome Diggers with a message that reminds them to digg your story, or you may want to ask Del.icio.us users to bookmark your post, and so on.
Not only about a cool greeting box, it greatly helps to more efficiently interacts with your readers and build a better relationship between you (your website) and them.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>A pure AJAXed admin interface with elements tidily divided into tabs. Entries can be added/modified/(de)activated/deleted without the need to reload the entire page, or even with just one click. Starting from 3.2, there are even bulk actions!</li>
<li>The greet box position can be set to before, after, or (starting from 3.2) both before and after the post. A <a href="http://www.phoenixheart.net/2008/11/referrer-detector/#custom_tag" rel="nofollow ugc">custom tag</a> can also be used in case you don’t want to show greetings on every post.</li>
<li>Users can also put a tag (<code><?php if (function_exists('referrer_detector')) referrer_detector(); ?></code>) into the template to show the greet box anywhere of choice.</li>
<li>Excluded URLs can be specified in order to hide the greet box from specific users (like ones from Google Reader).</li>
<li>A * wildcard character can be used in both referrers and excluded URLs. For example: google.* will apply for all localized Google domains.</li>
<li>Multiple URLs can be merged into one entry, seperated by commas. For example: del.icio.us,delicious.com.</li>
<li>Ability to include WordPress attributes like url, title, author, category etc. into the greetings.</li>
<li>A STAT panel to get data reporting about the visitor statistic.</li>
<li>Many installed-by-default entries (which can be restored anytime with one click). Upon installing, you will have these entries available:
<ol>
<li>9 rules</li>
<li>Bing</li>
<li>BuySellAds</li>
<li>Del.icio.us and Delicious.com</li>
<li>Digg</li>
<li>Gizmodo</li>
<li>Google</li>
<li>Lifehacker</li>
<li>Live Search</li>
<li>Reddit</li>
<li>StumbleUpon</li>
<li>TechCrunch</li>
<li>Technograti</li>
<li>TechRadar</li>
<li>Twitter</li>
<li>Yahoo!</li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Compatible with caching plugins, since the core is written and run in JavaScript which is normally not cached.</li>
<li>Automatically detect user’s country and display the localized greetings (if any).</li>
<li>Ability to backup and restore entries, excluded URLs, and options, very convenient for transferring between sites.</li>
<li>Welcome box now can be shown in lightbox style using <a href="http://www.ericmmartin.com/projects/simplemodal/" rel="nofollow ugc">SimpleModal</a> jQuery plugin.</li>
<li>Optimized OOP code allows extreme readability and easy modifications for other plugin developers.</li>
</ul>
<h3>History</h3>
<ul>
<li>4.2.1.0</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>Temporarily removed Backup/Restore feature for security reasons.</li>
</ol>
* 4.2.0.3 
1. Add Bing and BuySellAds entries. You can either reset the entries or create on your own using the new icons inside referrer-detector/images/icons/ directory 
1. Deleting the plugin now removes all options and data – Don’t try it 😉 
1. Several fixes and enhancements 
* 4.2.0.2 Raise compatibility 
* 4.2.0.1 
1. Added an option to display the welcome box in light box style 
1. Fixed several IE bugs 
* 4.1.0 
1. Welcome box CSS rewritten 
1. Added ability to optionally display related posts 
* 4.0.1 – A hot fix attempting to fix allow_call_time_pass_reference problem 
* 4.0 
1. Completely rewritten code – now optimized OOP 
1. Data are now stored in database for better security 
1. Introduced the ability to backup entries, excluded URLs, options (you can choose from these 3) 
1. Introduced the ability to add localized messages to welcome user visiting from different countries. 
1. STATs reporting is now using Google Chart 
* 3.2 
1. Introduced Bulk Actions 
1. Supported wildcard (asterisk character) in both referrers and excluded URLs, for example google.* matches all Google domains. 
1. Introduced the ability to merge several URLs into one entry, seperated by commas. For example: del.icio.us,delicious.com 
1. The greeting box can now be place BOTH before and after a post. 
1. Some minor graphic changes and bug fixes. 
* 3.1 
1. Fix the javascript bug on IE that prevents the greeting box from being shown up. 
1. The javascript files are now <a href="http://www.crockford.com/javascript/jsmin.html" rel="nofollow ugc">minified</a> instead of <a href="http://dean.edwards.name/packer/" rel="nofollow ugc">packed</a> to improve performance. 
* 3.0.2 Made a mistake in 3.0.1 
* 3.0.1 Fixed the bug that made the home page XHTML invalid 
* 3.0 Added the Stats panel. Now the plugin can show (customizable) stats of visits from different referrers from time to time. 
* 2.2.0.1 Fixed the javascript bug when jQuery library is not included by default. 
* 2.2 Added ability to include search terms into the greet box. Supports almost all common search engines. 
* 2.1.1 A small fixed on form serialization and a (possible) security flaw. 
* 2.1 A minor release, introducing the ability to restore the entries to default. 
* 2.0 Second major release, which has some important changes: 
1. A much much clearer admin interface with tabs, along with some enhancements. 
1. An option to not show the greeting box for visitors that come from specified URLs (“excluded” ones), for example Google Reader. The list can be edited easily via admin panel. 
1. Users can now put a tag (<code><?php if (function_exists('referrer_detector')) referrer_detector(); ?></code>) into the template to show the greet box. 
1. Some javascript files are packed to save bandwidth and loading time. 
* 1.2 Several important fixes and improvements. 
1. Fixed the bug when multiple greet boxes are shown if the page is filled with multipe full posts (such as homepage). 
1. Fixed the bug in the initial SQL data where the default RSS feed url is set to mine (tooo bad I forgot to check it). 
1. Fixed the javascript error when the page has no referrer. 
1. Update the installation and FAQ section. 
1. And some little stuffs… 
* 1.1 Better support to work with cache plugins. Now the generic options take effect without the need to delete the cache. 
* 1.0.1 A quick fix for caching problem (if cache is enabled and the first user has no referrer, the plugin will fail). 
* 1.0 Initial version

Referrer Detector

Helps your blog detect where the user comes from and automatically displays the corresponding greetings.

Device Detector vs Referrer Detector