Add Google Analytics to WP
by Meetanshi · Analytics
Adding Google Analytics plugin to WordPress enables tracking features just with a single click and gets your website’s performance to the next level!
42 health vs 69 average across 320 Analytics plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.10.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1346 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
78
now · peak 165
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “10+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin) 300K+ installs · 2.5★ · 1 shared tag B -
ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics 80K+ installs · 3.6★ · 1 shared tag B -
Lara's Google Analytics (GA4) 9K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A -
GAinWP Google Analytics Integration for WordPress 8K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag D -
HT Easy GA4 – Google Analytics WordPress Plugin 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A -
Analytics Cat – Google Analytics Made Easy 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag C
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