Kantan Analytics – Cookieless Self-Hosted Analytics & Heatmaps
by Try Kantan · Analytics
Cookieless, self-hosted WordPress analytics with heatmaps, scroll depth, user journeys and conversions. A private Google Analytics alternative.
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Health
B 83/100
Few reviews
Active installs
20+
≈20 estimated
Momentum
+35%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “google analytics alternative” and “heatmap” for “cookieless” and “heatmaps”. “google analytics alternative” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “cookieless” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “heatmap” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “heatmaps” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
83 health vs 67 average across 1,826 Analytics plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 20 of 2.5K lifetime downloads are still running, below 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.
This plugin shipped 31 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 2 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
5.0★ over 1 review, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
24%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieless | #7 | #16 | 0 |
| self hosted analytics your tag | #11 | #22 | down 3 |
| cookieless analytics your tag | #11 | #20 | down 3 |
| heatmaps | #24 | #24 | 0 |
| analytics scroll depth | #9 | #21 | — |
| google analytics scroll depth | #13 | #23 | — |
| google analytics alternative your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| heatmap your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| scroll depth your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
27 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 6 listed. 21 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “google analytics alternative” and “heatmap” for “cookieless” and “heatmaps”. “google analytics alternative” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “cookieless” sits at #7 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “heatmap” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “heatmaps” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “cookieless analytics”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
- One page off on “self hosted analytics”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 1 Jul 2026 · 123 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 885 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #25,300 to #28,300, alongside the other plugins at 20+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
31
releases in the last 12 months
2d ago
latest release · v2.36.2 · 29 Oct 2026
31
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 11 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just over 20.
Install history since 30 Jun 2026
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ mcjolley4mo ago
The dashboard in wordpress is great, but what I really love is the Claude agent. I have Claude create a report every week and I can just ask it questions and it gives me the data I’m looking for. Super cool!
Read on wp.org ↗
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
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 11 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 11 of 11 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("built for"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions Contact Form 7, WPForms, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms and 3 more.
- ✓ Headings and lists 6 headings and 3 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 6,206 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "cookieless analytics", "self-hosted analytics" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-20 10+ → 20+ up after 24 days in tier
- 2026-09-26 20+ → 10+ down after 25 days in tier
- 2026-09-01 10+ → 20+ up
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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Vireo Analytics – Cookieless WordPress Stats & Google Analytics Alternative 10+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A -
Burst Statistics – Simple WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
SlimStat Analytics – Real-Time Stats, Heatmaps & Ecommerce 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A -
Plausible Analytics 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Aurora Heatmap 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A -
UserHeat Plugin 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag C
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