by Ben Sibley 4.8 (167 reviews)

Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin

Name: Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin
Rating: 4.8 (167 reviews)
Author: Ben Sibley

A simple, yet powerful WordPress analytics plugin that gives you privacy-friendly stats to grow your website. A Google Analytics alternative.

Independent Analytics ranks #378 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #16 of 2,168 in the Analytics category, a 4.8/5 rating from 167 reviews, and was last updated Oct 22, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.16.2 Current Version v2.16.2

Updated 1 week ago Last Update on 22 Oct, 2026

Refreshed 18 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#16 of 2,168 in Analytics Top 1% by installs Downloads -71.6% this week Actively maintained

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#378

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Active Installs

100K+

-29.7%

KW Avg Position

6.4

0.4 worse

Downloads

3.2M

+215 today

Support Resolved

100%

— No change

Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (167 reviews)

Next Milestone 200K

Total Progress 47%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

167 reviews

Overall 96%

154 (92%)

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5 (3%)

Support Threads Overview

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Total Threads

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Unresolved

100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

4 known vulnerabilities on record · 3 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

May 27, 2026

Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin [independent-analytics] < 2.14.10

CVE-2026-5737 · Fixed in v2.14.10
May 27, 2026

Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin [independent-analytics] < 2.15.1

CVE-2026-17506 · Fixed in v2.15.1
Apr 30, 2026

Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin [independent-analytics] < 2.10.0

CVE-2024-13362 · Fixed in v2.10.0
Jul 18, 2023

Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin [independent-analytics] < 1.26.0

CVE-2023-33999 · Fixed in v1.26.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.16.2
Last Updated: Oct 22, 2026
Requires WP: 5.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 8.0.30 or higher
Author: Ben Sibley

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 167
Support Threads: 8
Resolved: 100%

Keywords

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners, bloggers, agencies, and store owners who want to understand their website traffic. It solves the problem of complicated, privacy-invasive analytics tools by providing a self-hosted, cookieless alternative to Google Analytics that tracks visitors directly within the WordPress dashboard.

Visitor tracking
Referral tracking
Geographic tracking
Device tracking
CSV exporting
PDF exporting
WooCommerce integration
UTM campaign tracking (Pro)

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin

No, Independent Analytics is an alternative to Google Analytics. You do not need a Google account to use it.

Yes, you can run both Independent Analytics and Google Analytics on your site at the same time without any issues or errors.

No, it is not possible to import stats from Google Analytics, Jetpack Stats, or other analytics tools at this time.

No, the tracking script makes a deferred request to your site's REST API to record the visit. This has no impact on the loading experience, and does not impact your Core Web Vitals, allowing you to achieve a perfect 100/100 Page Speed Insights score.

Yes, the moment you install Independent Analytics it will start tracking views. If you don't see any views right away, clear your site's cache and then visit your site in a private browser tab to record your first view.

No, Independent Analytics does not use cookies, store personal data, or communicate with external servers so a cookie consent banner is not required.

Independent Analytics will store roughly 200-300MB per million sessions. We find this amount of data to be reasonable for the vast majority of websites. There is also an option to automatically delete old data, so you can store only the last 1-5 years of analytics.

Independent Analytics ignores all self-identifying bots, such as search engine crawlers and uptime checkers. If you are getting visits from malicious bots that disguise themselves as human visitors, we recommend using Cloudflare or the Wordfence plugin to add a firewall that will block these bots from accessing your website.

No, you don't have to add the tracking script yourself. It gets included on all of your site's pages automatically once Independent Analytics is activated.

Yes, Independent Analytics works well with multisite installs. Each sub-site will get its own Analytics menu with its own stats.