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The best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your
website, so you can keep them coming back.
== Description ==
We believe that you shouldn't have to hire a developer to add Google Analytics to
your website. That's why we built <a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com/?
utm_source=wprepo&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=liteversion" rel="friend"
title="MonsterInsights">MonsterInsights</a>, a complete Google Analytics for
WordPress plugin that's EASY and POWERFUL.
MonsterInsights allow you to connect your WordPress website with Google Analytics,
so you can see how visitors find and use your website, so you can keep them coming
back. Simply put, we show you the stats that matter.
We took the pain out of connecting with Google Analytics and made it easy. Here's
why over 1 million smart business owners, designers, and developers love
MonsterInsights, and you will too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHZBUDceRt0
Easily setup Google Analytics on your site without touching any code. If you can
point-and-click, then you can use MonsterInsights.
Google Analytics for WordPress plugin by MonsterInsights allows you to track your
blog visitors easily and always stays up to date with the newest features in Google
Analytics.
>It just works. Really easy way to insert Google Analytics tracking code and keep
it there when switching themes. No need to copy/paste code anywhere. This is the
best way to handle Google Analytics in WordPress.<br>
> Steven Gliebe
MonsterInsights makes analytics easy. You can see your site’s performance at a
glance with our Google Analytics Dashboard right inside your WordPress admin area.
With Google Analytics, there's no need to wait till the next day to find out about
traffic spikes or potential problems. You can get real time stats, so you can
unlock the maximum potential revenue for each customer.
>Works everytime! This plugin has worked with every version of WordPress I’ve ever
used. Very reliable.<br>
>Vineeta
MonsterInsights uses universal tracking, so you can track your users across devices
and platforms. With demographics and interest reports, you also get a better
understanding of your audience.
The page level analytics show you exactly which pages and sections on your website
are the most popular.
You can also see how the users are finding your website, so you can better focus
your marketing efforts.
>Analytics for PROs! This plugin brings it all, great features and helpful info to
easily see what you are doing.<br>
> Frank van der Sluijs
MonsterInsights Ecommerce addon helps you add Google Analytics Ecommerce tracking
to your WordPress WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads store.
You can add eCommerce tracking with literally 1 click, and start tracking popular
products, average order value, ecommerce conversion rate, and more.
With our Ads tracking addon, publishers can easily track the performance of their
Google Adsense inside their Google Analytics dashboard.
MonsterInsights allow you to take full advantage of all the powerful Google
Analytics features such as custom dimensions, file download tracking, outbound link
tracking, events tracking, performance tracking, and more.
>I like how simple it is for client users and how I can turn on the advanced
features for myself to get all the details right.<br>
> Skip Shean
= Full MonsterInsights Feature List =
* Quick and Easy Setup - Easily setup Google Analytics for WordPress with just a
few clicks (no coding needed)
* Real Time Stats - See real time stats inside your Google Analytics dashboard.
* Universal Tracking - Get better insights with Google Analytics' universal
tracking.
* Google Analytics Dashboard - See the stats that matter from right inside your
WordPress dashboard.
* Ecommerce Tracking - Add Google Analytics tracking for WooCommerce and Easy
Digital Downloads store.
* Ads Tracking - Track your Google Adsense ads with Google Analytics.
* File Download Tracking - Enable file download stats with just a click.
* Link Tracking - Track your outbound link clicks with Google Analytics.
* Events Tracking - Track custom button and banner clicks with Google Analytics.
* Custom Dimensions Tracking - Enable Google analytics custom dimensions tracking
for WordPress.
* Author Tracking - See who's the most popular author with Author tracking.
* Popular Post Tracking - See which blog post and section is the most popular.
* Custom Post Type Tracking - Track the performance of your custom post types.
* Referral Tracking - See how visitors are finding your website to better focus
your marketing efforts.
* Performance Tracking - Control the performance rate and sample rate for your
Google Analytics report.
* Enhanced Link Attribution - Get better analytics with enhanced link attribution.
* Google Analytics Tools - Helpful tools for Google analytics.
* Want us to add something else? Suggest a feature and we'll get it added!
>Simple, yet powerful. Amazing piece of plugin, does exactly what expected and even
more.<br>
> Matt Jaworski
* <a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com/how-to-properly-setup-google-analytics-
in-wordpress/" rel="friend" title="How to setup Google Analytics with
WordPress">How to setup Google Analytics with WordPress</a>
* <a href="https://www.monsterinsights.com/how-to-login-to-google-analytics/"
rel="friend" title="How to login to Google Analytics">How to Login to Google
Analytics</a>
* <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/start-a-wordpress-blog/" rel="friend"
title="How to start a blog">How to Start a WordPress Blog (step by step)</a>
= Credits =
This plugin is created by <a href="https://twitter.com/chriscct7" rel="friend"
title="Chris Christoff">Chris Christoff</a> and <a href="https://syedbalkhi.com/"
rel="friend" title="Syed Balkhi">Syed Balkhi</a> with sponsorship from <a
href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/" rel="friend" title="WPBeginner">WPBeginner</a>.
= What's Next =
If you like this plugin, then consider checking out our other projects:
This plugin would not be possible without the help and support of <a
href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/" rel="friend" title="WPBeginner">WPBeginner</a>,
the largest WordPress resource site. You can learn from our <a
href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/category/wp-tutorials/" rel="friend"
title="WordPress Tutorials">free WordPress Tutorials</a> like <a
href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/" rel="friend" title="How
to Install WordPress - Step by Step">how to install WordPress</a>, <a
href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/wordpress-hosting/" rel="friend" title="How to
choose the best WordPress hosting">choose the best WordPress hosting</a>, <a
href="http://www.wpbeginner.com/glossary/" rel="friend" title="WordPress Glossary
Terms for Beginners">WordPress glossary</a>, and more.
== Installation ==
== Changelog ==
= 7.3.0: October 30, 2018 =
- New: We've added new custom link attribution, so now you can easily set custom
link categories, actions, and labels, which MonsterInsights will use with
precedence over our comprehensive automatic link detection, and is compatible with
our AMP addon. For usage instructions, see our documentation on <a
href="https://www.monsterinsights.com/docs/custom-link-attribution/">custom link
attribution</a>.
- Tweak: Better error handling for reports.
- Fixed: Issue where on MonsterInsights pages, the dropdowns on the WP admin menu
might not work.
- Fixed: Compatibility for Writee theme, YouTube by EmbedPlus plugin, Blog Time
plugin, MaterialWP plugin and Swifty Image Widget plugin.
- Fixed: Issue where on a network install of multisite, all sites might not de-
authenticate on removal.
- Fixed: Compatibility issue with Microsoft Edge and IE browsers where the table on
overview report might overflow.
- Fixed: On certain browsers when the browser screen width is small the graph
tooltips might have appeared off-center.
= 6.1.1 - 6.1.3 (depending on which version of MI you have), March 22, 2017 =
* Fixed: (pro users) Issue with JS events throwing an error for array on non-set
settings.
== Upgrade Notice ==
= 7.0.0 =
= 6.0.0 =
For all frequently asked questions, and their answers, check the [MonsterInsights
Knowledge base](https://www.monsterinsights.com/docs/).
== Screenshots ==