This plugin enables you to have an overview over the amount of words you’re reading on someones blog. It’s a simple, Drag n’ Droppable, easy to install little box with following fields:
<ol>
<li>words (words you actually selected)</li>
<li>amount last words</li>
<li>time needed (the amount of time needed to read)</li>
<li>words per second</li>
<li>average words per second</li>
</ol>
to change it’s position at start: edit wordcount.css
-top: 50px; -right:5px;
thanks a lot to Peter-Paul Koch for the Drag-Drop script!
that’s it – enjoy!

WordCount

This plugin enables you to have an overview over the amount of words you're reading on someones blog.

Rogier Lankhorst

Aert

Shalin Shah

Leon Wimmenhoeve

Hessel de Jong

Parth Vaswani

<h4>Finally, analytics that you’ll actually use.</h4>
Google Analytics is overkill. Other WordPress statistics plugins are cluttered and confusing. You just want to know what’s happening on your site – without a data science degree.
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Trusted by 200,000+ WordPress sites. Built by the experienced team behind UpdraftPlus, WP-Optimize, and All-In-One Security.
<h4>What our users are saying</h4>
<blockquote>
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</blockquote>
<h4>Why Burst Statistics?</h4>
Designed to be actionable 
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<ul>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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</ul>
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<ul>
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</ul>
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<h4>Who is Burst for?</h4>
<ul>
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</ul>
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<h4>Learn More</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://burst-statistics.com/burst-statistics-vs-google-analytics/" rel="nofollow ugc">Burst Statistics vs Google Analytics</a></li>
<li><a href="https://burst-statistics.com/why-is-burst-privacy-friendly/" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy & GDPR Compliance</a></li>
<li><a href="https://burst-statistics.com/pricing/" rel="nofollow ugc">Burst Pro Pricing</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Privacy and Data Sharing</h4>
Burst Statistics includes an optional data sharing program. It is disabled by default. You can enable it under Burst Statistics → Settings → Data Sharing, and you can turn it off again at any time from the same location. 
When enabled, the plugin sends a small set of aggregated, anonymized metrics to Burst Statistics’ servers once per month. This includes traffic statistics (visitors, pageviews, bounce rate, session duration), database row counts and query performance timings. No personal data, IP addresses, domain names, or visitor information is ever transmitted. All data is aggregated on your server before it leaves, making it impossible to trace back to your website or any individual user.
We use this data to: 
* build anonymous industry benchmarks so you can compare your site’s performance against peers; 
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* identify slow database queries across real-world installs, so we can improve plugin performance for everyone.
For the complete list of data fields collected and full details on how the data is used, please read our <a href="https://burst-statistics.com/how-we-handle-anonymous-usage-data/" rel="nofollow ugc">Data Sharing Policy</a>. 
This feature connects to: https://api.burst-statistics.com
<h4>Installation</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to Plugins → Add New in your WordPress dashboard</li>
<li>Search for Burst</li>
<li>Click Install Now, then Activate</li>
<li>Visit Statistics → Dashboard to see your analytics</li>
</ol>
That’s it. No external accounts. No tracking codes to paste. Burst starts collecting statistics immediately.

Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative)


Sistema de estadísticas muy sencillo. Me ofrece justo los datos que necesito. Es decir, la evolución de usuarios y visitas a lo largo de los días y un contador de visitas para cada entrada/post. Ni más, ni menos.



Además tiene una opción para no usar cookies, con lo que me he podido ahorrar poner el aviso de cookies en mi web. Tampoco te afecta tanto a los tiempos de carga como si se usara un sistema de estadísticas externos.



En resumen, sencillo, sin usar cookies y apenas afecta a la velocidad del sitio.


Estadísticas sencillas sin usar cookies


On-premise Analytics is a great, if not the best, alternative to Google Analytics in the GDPR era.



On top of that, since it's native to WordPress, it's so easy to configure Goals, etc. That's awesome.



I'd like to see funnels somehow brought to live in this plugin, but I don't know if that's doable while respecting user's privacy.


Great product with great potential!

Analytics you'll actually use. Privacy-friendly, zero config, and designed to be actionable. Get insights, not just raw data.

WordCount vs Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative)