Arnan de Gans

Track all the stats you need. That’s the goal of Matomo Tracker. And it doesn’t get any more simple than that. 
While other plugins are bloated with all kinds of barely-used features or add bulky dashboards. Matomo Tracker does not.
Easily add the Matomo tracking code to your websites footer in under a minute with only a few clicks. Optionally extend the tracker with some useful features that both help you understand your visitors better and help you optimize the effectiveness of your website, and even SEO.
Matomo Tracker is designed to be barebones but still provide a complete experience for the majority of people. 
Collect all the stats you need via the built-in Matomo tracking code. 
Easily track dead links or in-links that end up on 404 error pages so you can effectively take action and fix those issues. As a result, Google will like you more!
Do you use RSS and Atom feeds? Ever wondered how effective they are? Yeah, me too! 
With Matomo Tracker you can track incoming clicks from your RSS and Atom feeds.
Matomo is a great tool if you don’t want to use Jetpack Stats, WP-Statistics and especially Google Analytics. 
Or simply if you want a second opinion. On my own websites I’ve used both Jetpack Stats and Matomo – Ofcourse I used Matomo Tracker to add the Matomo tracking code to my footer. 
Matomo can replace Google Analytics. If you use their self-hosted solution all data you record is yours without big data watching over your shoulder.
No nonsense, just stats tracking!
Matomo Tracker works with both self-hosted (on premise) and Matomo Cloud installations. 
Check out Matomo here and register for an account on their website: <a href="https://matomo.org" rel="nofollow ugc">https://matomo.org</a>.
Matomo Tracker is not affiliated with Matomo.

Matomo Tracker


Even though the plugin is advertised with "No nonsense, just stats!", it still contains nonsense. In regular intervals, you are bothered with a banner that calls to rate the plugin. Unfortunately, the banner reappears from time to time, even if you have turned it off.



The plugin also contains a functional unattractive feature. When you deactivate the plugin, all settings are deleted. In my opinion it would be better to remove all plugin settings when deleting, not when deactivating.


A good plugin with a little nonsense

The easiest way to track visitors in Matomo. No nonsense, just stats!

dangrossman

Adds W3Counter’s free web stats to your WordPress dashboard. W3Counter is completely 
free for life, and offers dozens of reports about your website traffic, all updated in 
real-time.
Requires a free web stats account from <a href="http://www.w3counter.com" rel="nofollow ugc">W3Counter.com</a>.
Here are some of the reports you’ll find:
<ul>
<li>Daily, weekly and monthly visits and page views</li>
<li>Top countries and top languages</li>
<li>Recent visitor details including IP addresses, locations, browser and OS info</li>
<li>Top pages linking to your site</li>
<li>Top searches driving traffic to your site</li>
<li>Your most popular posts</li>
<li>Time on site and bounce rate</li>
<li>Most popular browsers, operating systems and screen sizes on your site</li>
</ul>

W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats

Adds real-time web stats to your dashboard including visitor activity, top posts, top referrers, searches and locations.

Matomo Tracker vs W3Counter Free Real-Time Web Stats