by Hitsteps 3.9 (7 reviews)

Hitsteps Web Analytics

Name: Hitsteps Web Analytics
Rating: 3.9 (7 reviews)
Author: Hitsteps

Google Analytics alternative with live visitors, journeys, heatmaps, Search Console and WooCommerce analytics. Free plan, 7-day Pro trial.

Hitsteps Web Analytics ranks #7,649 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #229 of 2,168 in the Analytics category, a 3.9/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Oct 27, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v6.0 Current Version v6.0

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 27 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#229 of 2,168 in Analytics Top 10% by installs Downloads -5.3% this week Actively maintained

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#7,649

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Active Installs

700+

-17.9%

KW Avg Position

99.7

0.7 worse

Downloads

133K

+38 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

78%

Review 3.9 out of 5

3.9 (7 reviews)

Next Milestone 800

Total Progress 92%

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Reviews & Ratings

3.9

7 reviews

Overall 78%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 3 months ago

Oct 6, 2023

Hitsteps Web Analytics [hitsteps-visitor-manager] < 5.87

CVE-2023-45268 · Fixed in v5.87
Oct 3, 2023

Hitsteps Web Analytics [hitsteps-visitor-manager] < 5.87

CVE-2023-45057 · Fixed in v5.87

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Plugin Details

Version: 6.0
Last Updated: Oct 27, 2026
Requires WP: 2.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.3 or higher
Author: Hitsteps

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 3.9
Reviews: 7
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and store operators who want to see individual visitor behavior rather than just aggregate pageview counts. It solves the problem of understanding real-time visitor activity, journeys, and engagement by connecting the site to the hosted Hitsteps analytics service for live tracking, heatmaps, and visitor context in WooCommerce or form notifications.

Live visitor analytics
Visitor journey tracking
Click heatmaps
Page Analysis reports
WooCommerce order email context
Contact Form 7 integration
Gravity Forms integration
Uptime monitoring and alerts

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Hitsteps Web Analytics

Yes. Add each client site to your account, install the plugin there and connect it with that site's API key. Site limits depend on your plan; see the pricing page.

Activate Hitsteps, open Settings > Hitsteps, connect your account and API key, then visit the site in another tab. The live dashboard shows the test visit, page, available referrer, device, approximate location, and journey.

Yes. Hitsteps sends tracked page activity to its hosted dashboard as it happens. Follow active and recent visits, page changes, entry pages, and returning visits.

Yes. Profiles connect returning browser visits and page history. They represent browser or session activity unless your site supplies a known identifier after login, a form, chat, or purchase. Anonymous visitors are not identified automatically.

Yes. Enable click tracking to build heatmaps and Page Analysis reports showing which links, buttons, menus, products, and page sections receive clicks.

Hitsteps records available referrers, landing pages, campaigns, search-engine signals, and entry sources. Browsers, privacy settings, apps, redirects, and copied links can remove referrer data, making visits direct or unattributed.

Yes. Authorize a verified Google Search Console property in Hitsteps to review clicks, impressions, CTR, average position, queries, and pages alongside traffic sources and visitor journeys. Google may need time to prepare data after a new property is verified.

Yes. Configure Hitsteps goals and use available conversion, funnel, campaign, and WordPress conversion reports to evaluate orders and successful form submissions. WooCommerce order values and supported form events can be grouped with first-touch UTM source, medium, campaign, term, and content when visitor attribution is available.

Depending on your account and plan, Hitsteps provides PDF or CSV exports, scheduled email reports, WordPress dashboard summaries, and AI or MCP-compatible assistance for analytics questions, campaigns, goals, pages, live visitors, and tracking health.

Yes. Hitsteps supports WooCommerce storefront behavior, visitor-linked orders and refunds through the separately activated Commerce integration, and order conversion summaries with order values. It also records successful submissions from Contact Form 7, Gravity Forms, Ninja Forms, and Jetpack Contact Form, while adding visitor context to supported order emails and form notifications. The integrations use stable event keys to avoid double-counting repeated hooks. Order conversions and order values are separate from confirmed payment.