Meow Analytics (Google Analytics)

Description

Adds the Google Analytics (GA4 included) code to your website and a little dashboard with realtime and historical data. It’s discrete, light, and… just works! 🥰 Please let me know your issues. I will improve it based on your feedback.

Why another analytics plugin?

Mainly two reasons:

If like me, you are tired of all those Google Analytics plugins with too many useless features, too much code, and coded like if we were still in the neolithic era, you will love this plugin! 💫

Did another plugin asked you for the permission to access your data through its own third-party service? Personally, I don’t like sharing my data with third-parties, and I don’t want to be dependent on them neither. Please check your Google Permissions! You might want to remove some access your granted. Meow Analytics works differently, and connects you directly to Google Analytics.

Dashboard

You can access to some of your analytics data directly in your WordPress dashboard (realtime and historical data). If you wish to do this, follow this tutorial.

Usage

Visit the Settings under Meow Apps > Analytics, enter your Google Analytics code, and that’s it. For more, please check the official page of the plugin: Meow Analytics.

Languages: English.

Screenshots

  • Settings.
  • Realtime data.
  • Historical chart.

Installation

  1. Upload meow-analytics to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

Reviews

July 4, 2024
As someone who manages multiple client websites, I was looking for a simple yet powerful analytics solution. Meow Analytics has exceeded my expectations. The setup process was a breeze – no need to mess with complex code insertions. What I love most is how it seamlessly integrates Google Analytics data right into the WordPress dashboard. This saves me tons of time switching between platforms. The clean, intuitive interface makes it easy to quickly gauge site performance and share insights with clients. Highly recommended for agencies and freelancers!
December 10, 2023
Just wanted to drop a note saying how much I enjoy using Meow Analytics on my WordPress site! It’s so simple yet effective, and it blends perfectly with Google Analytics. It’s been a breeze to track my site’s analytics thanks to this plugin. Kudos to the team for creating such a handy and user-friendly tool!
August 19, 2023
Simply a good plugin; these details are usually what we need. You may add a few more options to the analytics dashboard (such as visited pages and 404 pages).
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Contributors & Developers

“Meow Analytics (Google Analytics)” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

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Changelog

1.3.1 (2024/09/27)

  • Update: Latest common libraries.
  • 💕 Meow Analytics has been perfectly stable for a while now! If you are happy with it, thanks a lot for writing a little review for it.

1.3.0 (2024/06/03)

  • Update: Latest common libraries.

1.2.6 (2024/04/24)

  • Update: Latest common libraries.

1.2.5 (2023/12/20)

  • Fix: Default values should be empty.
  • Fix: Display issues related to a previous refactoring.
  • Update: Enhanced UI.

1.2.3 (2023/09/22)

  • Fix: Compatibility with PHP 8.4.
  • Update: Optimized the bundles.

1.2.2 (2023/07/10)

  • Fix: Issue with the ordering of the data in the Analytics Dashboard.
  • Add: Translation support.

1.2.1 (2023/06/24)

  • Update: Dashboard should be only allowed to proper roles.
  • Update: Optimized the code a bit.

1.2.0 (2023/05/29)

  • Add: Metrics now display GA4 data.

1.1.2 (2022/08/31)

  • Add: Extra IDs (for Google Ads, for example).

1.1.1 (2022/08/21)

  • Add: Possibility to track logged-user without administrator and editors.

1.1.0 (2022/08/15)

  • Update: Textual clarifications.

1.0.9 (2022/07/27)

  • Update: Compatibility with WP 6.
  • Update: UI enhancements.

1.0.8 (2022/02/17)

  • Update: Admin and compatibility WP 3.9.

1.0.7 (2021/09/23)

  • Update: Admin and common files updated.
  • Fix: Analytics was not being displayed on the dashboard for new installs.

1.0.1

  • Update: Brand new admin, cleaner and more dynamic.

0.1.2

  • Update: Seems like replacing Lodash was killing the Dashboard (more exactly, chartjs), but that was only happening when another lodash was used somewhere else. Weird issue, but hopefully that is fixed.

0.1.1

  • Update: Support for new WP.
  • Update: Little code cleaning.

0.1.0

  • Add: Today’s historical data per hour.

0.0.8

  • Fix: Better management of errors for the dashboard.
  • Update: Perform less requests per day to avoid to reach the maximum quota.

0.0.7

  • Fix: Now renew the token successfully and re-use it in realtime in the dashboard.
  • Update: Many improvements in the code.
  • Add: Option to track the logged-in users.

0.0.5

  • Update: Much better success/error checks, with messages.
  • Fix: Long token doesn’t work on the JS side, so I am using short token now, which are renewed automatically when needed.
  • Info: Sorry for the regular updates; I am working on making the base of this plugin really strong, with good error checks. Please contact me if you have any issue or feedback.
  • Note: If you are happy with Meow Analytics and its direction, and would like to give me more motivation, please write a little review for Meow Analytics. Thank you so much.

0.0.3

  • Update: Simplified and enhanced the process of linking the website with Google Analytics.
  • Info: Any issue, please let me know. I would like to make this perfect and easy for everyone 🙂

0.0.2

  • Add: Realtime/Historical tabs with dynamic charts.
  • Update: Much better flow for auth, with error management.
  • Update: Optimized the JS bundles to use React from WordPress, and many optimizations.

0.0.1

  • First release.