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Global Site Tag Tracking

by Noor Alam · Analytics

Also makes 24 other plugins · 155.2K+ installs across the portfolio →

Enable Google Analytics 4.0 tracking by adding Global Site Tag Tracking code to your WordPress site.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
54 Health · D
Maintenance 31/100
Rating quality 69/100
Support 70/100

54 health vs 64 average across 1,029 Analytics plugins

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.

71 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 40/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 657 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+56% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

322

now · peak 1.4K

31630d downloads · Aug 26

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

Global Site Tag Trac · #5943 you GA Google Analytics · #147 Simple Universal Goo · #3659 Simple Google Analyt · #6476

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3Stars · Aug 26

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.

316per 1k installs · Aug 26

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
1K–2K ≈1.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2018-02-01 · 1,429 observations

1KInstalls · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
1.0.2
Last updated
1.8y ago
Added
2017-10-27 · 8 yrs old
Requires WP
4.8
Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP

Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

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

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2025-08-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
  2. 2025-08-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 12 days in tier
  3. 2025-08-01 2K+ → 1K+ down after 617 days in tier
  4. 2023-11-23 3K+ → 2K+ down after 1 days in tier
  5. 2023-11-22 2K+ → 3K+ up after 1 days in tier
  6. 2023-11-21 3K+ → 2K+ down

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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Global Site Tag Tracking: 1K+ active installs, 3.0★ (2 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/global-site-tag-tracking