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.

Freemius

yuvalo

Asaf Oren

<p><strong>TLDR:</strong> Goal Tracker for Google Analytics GA4 is a no-code plugin that helps you set up event tracking for your WordPress website.</p>
<p>This plugin makes it easy to track in-page elements such as call-to-action buttons, forms, ad visibility, and more with Google Analytics GA4. Best of all is that you don’t have to write custom code.</p>
<p>Working with GA4 can be challenging, especially if you migrate from Universal Analytics. But if you give it a chance, GA4 can become a powerful tool.</p>
<p>We set out to help you become an advanced user of Google Analytics without having to learn code.</p>
<h3>🎁 What’s in the box?</h3>
<ol>
<li><strong>Track Links</strong> – both internal and external</li>
<li><strong>Track Email Links</strong> – We create a dedicated event for email links.</li>
<li><strong>Visibility Tracking</strong> – Fire an event when an element comes into view on the page (Ads, CTA buttons, Pricing Tables…)</li>
<li><strong>Click Tracking</strong> – Track user clicks on any element on the page, such as a contact form submit button or a call to action button.</li>
<li><strong>Recommended Events</strong> – Our user interface takes out the guesswork when using “recommended events”.</li>
<li>Much more to come in the next few months.</li>
</ol>
<blockquote>
<p><strong>Upgrade to our Pro version:</strong><br />
  Goal Tracker for Google Analytics GA4 is the professional version of our plugin and adds more tracking capabilities:</p>
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce Tracking</li>
<li>User Tracking</li>
<li>Placeholders to enrich your event data</li>
<li>Track Self-Hosted Media audio and video</li>
<li>YouTube and Vimeo support</li>
<li>Plugin Management permissions for teams</li>
<li>Track Contact Form 7 submissions</li>
<li>Access to our Pro support team</li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<h3>Want to see the plugin in action?</h3>
<p><span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a1uYab05CeQ?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span></p>
<h3>🏷 Already using Google Tag Manager?</h3>
<p>While Google Tag Manager has been here for years, we think that could improve when it comes to event tracking.</p>
<p>Goal Tracker for Google Analytics reduces the guesswork involved with recommended events and only takes a few clicks.</p>
<p>Oh, and the plugin can work on a website that already uses Google Tag Manager.</p>
<h3>Need help?</h3>
<p>You can read the documentation pages here – <a href="https://www.wpgoaltracker.com/ga4-help-center/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.wpgoaltracker.com/ga4-help-center/</a></p>
<h3>🗓 Want to reach out?</h3>
<p>If you have any questions or suggestions or need help setting up the plugin, you can <a href="https://savvycal.com/goal-tracker-yuval/c46fb400" rel="nofollow ugc">schedule a call</a>, and we’ll be happy to chat.</p>


Goal Tracker – Custom Event Tracking for GA4

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