Title: Pirsch Analytics Author: Marvin Blum Published: March 23, 2021 Last modified: October 1, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/pirsch-analytics/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2504802) # Pirsch Analytics By [Marvin Blum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/m5blum/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pirsch-analytics.2.1.1.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pirsch-analytics/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pirsch-analytics/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pirsch-analytics/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pirsch-analytics/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/) ## Description Pirsch is a simple, privacy-friendly, open-source web analytics tool. It’s lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrates into your WordPress installation, without using JavaScript. It does not collect data that can be uniquely assigned to a user, but instead shows aggregated statistics. Find out more [here](https://docs.pirsch.io/privacy/) on how that works. ### Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy Please refer to our website for our [terms and conditions](https://pirsch.io/terms) and [privacy policy](https://pirsch.io/privacy). Responsible for this plugin is [Emvi Software GmbH](https://pirsch.io/legal). ## Screenshots * [[ * Embed the Pirsch Analytics dashboard right into WordPress. * [[ * A simple and easy to use configuration page for your privacy-friendly web analytics. ## Installation To use this plugin, you will have to create an account at https://pirsch.io/ and set up a website. Create a client access key from the dashboards settings page and set them in WordPress on the plugin page (Tools > Pirsch Analytics). It won’t analyze your website traffic until you have provided the client details. For more information, please read our [documentation](https://docs.pirsch.io/). ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5a47097518dbd555cb3705268d6eeafbc273a4770d655b4c1f3670e1a3f0ca42? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Amazing Google Analytics Alternative from Germany](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-google-analytics-alternative-from-germany/)󠁿 [digitalhuman](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalhuman/) June 16, 2022 It’s a great alternative to Google Analytics with DSGVO complaience and it’s really easy to understand. Also the developer is reachable and very friendly. It’s actively developed and I’m curious how it will be in the future. [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Pirsch Analytics” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Marvin Blum ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/m5blum/) [Translate “Pirsch Analytics” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pirsch-analytics) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pirsch-analytics/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pirsch-analytics/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pirsch-analytics/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pirsch-analytics/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.1.1 * increased priority of JS snippet handler to get around cache plugins #### 2.1.0 * added ignoring pages that do not exist * added custom event tracking for pages that do not exist #### 2.0.1 * fixed setting default options on activation #### 2.0.0 * added embedded dashboard * added toggles to disable tracking entirely and for logged in users * added filtering favicon.ico by default * added the option to use the JavaScript snippet * improved page path filter * improved and simplified UI * removed client ID + secret option in favor of access keys * fixed running plugin with WPRocket (and potentially other caching plugins) installed * fixed removing settings on uninstall instead of deactivation * fixed X-Forwarded-For and Forwarded proxy headers * updated dependencies #### 1.7.0 * upgraded to latest WordPress version * upgraded to Pirsch SDK version 2 * removed hostname field (no longer required) * updated dependencies #### 1.6.4 * fixed minimum required PHP version #### 1.6.3 * added support for client hints * removed base URL * updated SDK #### 1.5.5 * fixed tracking page views when path filter is left empty #### 1.5.4 * added missing delimiter and modifier to path filter #### 1.5.3 * fixed path filter separator #### 1.5.2 * fixed missing settings for path filter #### 1.5.1 * fixed settings #### 1.5.0 * added the option to filter pages/files using regular expressions * added link to settings page * fixed parsing X-Forwarded-For #### 1.4.0 * added support for base URL * updated SDK #### 1.3.0 * added support for single access tokens * added new option to configure a header when behind a proxy or load balancer * updated SDK * updated screenshots #### 1.2.0 * updated SDK * improved /wp-… site filter #### 1.1.2 * fixed plugin version number #### 1.1.1 * updated SDK * fixed str_starts_with #### 1.1.0 * updated SDK * ignore /wp-… pages #### 1.0.2 * updated SDK * updated screenshots #### 1.0.2 * respect the DNT (do not track) header #### 1.0.0 Initial release. ## Meta * Version **2.1.1** * Last updated **6 months ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 8.1 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pirsch-analytics/) * Tags * [analytics](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/analytics/)[server side](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/server-side/) [web](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/web/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/pirsch-analytics/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pirsch-analytics/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Marvin Blum ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/m5blum/) ## Support Got something to say? 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