jakubkanna

<p>Headless GA4 adds a compact Google Analytics 4 widget to the main WordPress dashboard.</p>
<p>It is designed for sites where:</p>
<ul>
<li>the frontend is not rendered by WordPress</li>
<li>GA4 tracking already happens on the frontend</li>
<li>WordPress only needs to read and display GA4 reporting data for admins</li>
</ul>
<p>The plugin uses the Google Analytics Data API and a Google service account. It does not inject frontend tracking code.</p>
<p>Features:</p>
<ul>
<li>settings page for GA4 configuration</li>
<li>dashboard widget with core traffic metrics</li>
<li>last 7 days trend chart</li>
<li>top pages and top traffic sources</li>
<li>transient caching</li>
<li>manual refresh action</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>Headless GA4 does not track visitors or inject analytics scripts.</p>
<p>The plugin only sends server-side requests to Google when an administrator configures a GA4 property and opens the dashboard or tests the connection. Those requests use the service account credentials you provide in the plugin settings.</p>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin connects to Google services to authenticate requests and fetch Google Analytics 4 report data. These requests are only made after an administrator configures the plugin and then opens the dashboard widget, refreshes the data, or uses the Test connection button.</p>
<h4>Google OAuth token service (`oauth2.googleapis.com`)</h4>
<p>Used to exchange the configured Google service account credentials for a short-lived access token.</p>
<p>Data sent: a signed JWT assertion containing the service account email, requested scope, token endpoint, issued-at time, and expiration time.</p>
<p>Terms of service: https://developers.google.com/terms<br />
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>
<h4>Google Analytics Data API (`analyticsdata.googleapis.com`)</h4>
<p>Used to request GA4 report data for the configured GA4 property.</p>
<p>Data sent: the GA4 property ID, report request parameters such as date ranges, dimensions, metrics, and limits, plus the OAuth access token in the request headers.</p>
<p>Terms of service: https://developers.google.com/terms<br />
Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy</p>


Headless GA4

Display lightweight GA4 traffic data in the WordPress dashboard for headless frontends.

Valeriu Tihai

<blockquote>
<p>If you like the plugin, feel free to <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/analytics-tracker?rate=5#postform" rel="ugc">rate it</a>. Thank You!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Analytics Tracker utilizes the latest and greatest features of Google global site tag (gtag.js) and makes it super easy to add tracking code on your blog.</p>
<p>Note: Google ended Universal Analytics (UA-) processing on July 1, 2023. We keep UA tracking IDs for legacy compatibility, but for active reporting we strongly recommend using Google Analytics 4 with a G-XXXXXXXX Measurement ID.</p>
<p>This is one of the simplest to use WordPress plugins to insert Google Analytics code on your websites built in WordPress.</p>
<p>Google Analytics is now the most widely used web analytics service on the Internet.</p>
<h4>Features:</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>GA4 Measurement ID setup</strong> – Configure your Google tag with a valid GA4 Measurement ID (for example: G-XXXXXXXXXX).</li>
<li><strong>User ID (optional)</strong> – Send an anonymous hashed user identifier for logged-in users.</li>
<li><strong>Enriched page_view event</strong> – Adds contextual parameters for home, singular, taxonomy, author, search, and 404 pages.</li>
<li><strong>Comment Event (optional)</strong> – Enable or disable the event sent when a comment becomes visible on your site.</li>
<li><strong>Minimal compatibility mode for non-GA4 IDs</strong> – Loads basic gtag config without custom events.</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Analytics Tracker on GitHub</strong><br />
  You can submit feature requests or bugs on <a href="https://github.com/valeriu/analytics-tracker" rel="nofollow ugc">Analytics Tracker</a> repository.</p>
</blockquote>
<h3>Localization</h3>
<p>You can translate Analytics Tracker on <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/analytics-tracker" rel="nofollow ugc">translate.wordpress.org</a>.</p>


Analytics Tracker

Easy to use

Analytics Tracker makes it super easy to add Google Analytics tracking code on your site

Headless GA4 vs Analytics Tracker