Better Google Analytics

Also makes 3 other plugins · 3K+ installs across the portfolio →

Track everything with Google Analytics (clicked links, emails opened, YouTube videos being watched, etc.). Includes real time Analytics dashboard.

Removed from WordPress.org

wp.org closed this plugin on 2026-09-11. It's no longer installable or updated. If you're running it, plan a replacement: closures are often security-related and WordPress won't warn you.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned

Health

D 46/100

Stale · Likely abandoned

Active installs

2K+

≈2.5K estimated

Momentum

+16%

downloads vs prior 30d

Biggest opportunity: “analytics”, “google analytics” and “statistics” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

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How scoring works →

46 Health · D

Maintenance 3/100

Rating quality 78/100

Support 70/100

46 health vs 67 average across 1,826 Analytics plugins

2K+

Active installs

≈2.5K estimated

208.4K

Total downloads

since 2015 · 1.0% still active

4.1/5

Rating

4.2 on wp.org · 34 reviews

+16%

220

Downloads · 30d

category median +12%

Install conversion

How it's measured →

1.0%

of downloads still active

At least 2K of 208.4K lifetime downloads are still running, in line with its category: the median Analytics plugin keeps 1.2%, across 1,007 plugins.

Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Analytics plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.

Ratings · 34 reviews

Details

Version: 1.2.7
Last updated: 4.7y ago
Added: 2015-05-29 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP: 3.8
Tested up to: 5.9.16
Requires PHP: —

Changelog ↗Support forum ↗Reviews ↗Advanced stats ↗

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.

53 / 100

Room to improve

Most to gain: Update recency

Update recency 5/100

Updated 1711 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting

WP compatibility 36/100

Tested up to WordPress 5.9.16; the current branch is 6.8

Rating quality 83/100

4.2★ over 34 reviews, smoothed to 4.14★

Listing tuning 100/100

5 of 5 tags set · short description in place

To rank higher: Last updated 1711 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Search visibility

How it's tracked →

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

Keyword	wp.org	On merit	wp.org move, 90 days
analytics your tag	Not in the top 24
google analytics your tag	Not in the top 24
statistics your tag	Not in the top 24
tracking your tag	Not in the top 24
universal analytics your tag	Not in the top 24

0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.

What to do about it

“analytics”, “google analytics” and “statistics” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.

Daily downloads

Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,438 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+16% vs prior 30d

1111 Sep 2026

100500

1111 Sep 2026

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peak 475 · peaks are release surges

22411 Sep 2026

5002500

22411 Sep 2026

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

Better Google Analyt · #4474youUniversal Google Ana · #9291GA Google Analytics · #149Burst Statistics · #224

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.211 Sep 2026

52.50

4.211 Sep 2026

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

11211 Sep 2026

150750

11211 Sep 2026

Release cadence

No release in a year

from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

releases in the last 12 months

4.7y ago

latest release · v1.2.7 · 24 Feb 2022

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.2.7 · 24 Feb 20221.2.6 · 28 Apr 20211.2.5 · 13 Nov 20191.2.4 · 13 Nov 20191.2.3 · 23 Apr 20171.2.2 · 14 Apr 20171.2.1 · 8 Apr 20171.2.0 · 8 Apr 20171.1.4 · 14 Apr 20161.1.3 · 22 Dec 20151.1.2 · 8 Oct 20151.1.1 · 26 Aug 20151.1.0 · 22 Aug 20151.0.10 · 17 Aug 2015

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 88% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.2 88%

v1.1 12%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate

2K–3K ≈2.5K

Crossed into this band 8 months ago; the previous band took 15 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

Install history since 1 Jun 2015

2K11 Sep 2026

30K15K0

2K11 Sep 2026

Recent reviews

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★★★★★ freshsicker
4.8y ago

thank you, it is a super tool
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★★★★★ jeroenvip
5.6y ago

The plugin is still doing a nice plain and simple job. The live view of visitors is the reason our customers like this plugin. Thanks.
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★★★★★ WebMat
6.7y ago

thanks you, i recommend your plugin 🙂
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★★★★★ markreagan
9.0y ago

Thanks for such a nice plugin. Just, I’d like to see more features in free version in future. 😀
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★★★★★ Rajeesh
9.1y ago

Hello Team, The plugin is awesome from the screenshot, would anyone share the steps to install this plugin with all those features in free version. Thanks
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★★★★★ phillt
9.6y ago

Hello, Its a very good plugin, i’m using it for almost a year now. But it starts to look old especially the report view for Charts, Events… Are you planning to update the plugin soon? Thanks
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★★★★★ cappuccinomedia
9.9y ago

love it
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★★★★★ Muuski
9.9y ago

I installed this mostly for the split testing capability. I can’t imagine who is going to get any use out of this plugin when it has no option to split test content. You can only create variations on Title, theme and CSS. If you want to change anything else about your pages like the verbiage in a given paragraph then you’re out of luck. One workaround (I guess) is that you can change the content of tags using CSS, but really, who wants to do that?
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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.1

✓ Low memory footprint

✓ Low page-speed impact

✕ Runs on latest PHP + WP

✕ No PHP errors

✓ No JS errors

✓ Activates cleanly

✓ No resource errors

✓ No external HTTP errors

✓ Optimized database use

✕ Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 67 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Spanish (Spain) 64%

Indonesian 57%

Russian 28%

French (France) 20%

English (Canada) 16%

Japanese 15%

Romanian 15%

English (UK) 12%

English (Australia) 11%

German 11%

Azerbaijani 9%

Hebrew 9%

Dutch 8%

English (New Zealand) 8%

Finnish 8%

Swedish 8%

Ukrainian 8%

Czech 7%

Cebuano 6%

Dutch (Formal) 6%

English (South Africa) 6%

Esperanto 6%

German (Formal) 6%

Greek 6%

Plus 43 more locales with partial translations.

AI assistants

How it's measured →

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

Readme readiness

Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.

Not checked yet. The readme could not be read from WordPress.org on this visit.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

2026-02-21 3K+ → 2K+ down after 446 days in tier
2024-12-02 4K+ → 3K+ down after 263 days in tier
2024-03-14 5K+ → 4K+ down after 246 days in tier
2023-07-12 6K+ → 5K+ down after 174 days in tier
2023-01-19 7K+ → 6K+ down after 107 days in tier
2022-10-04 8K+ → 7K+ down after 223 days in tier
2022-02-23 9K+ → 8K+ down after 228 days in tier
2021-07-10 10K+ → 9K+ down after 1134 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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