WordPress
Free WordPress analytics without cookies
The usual WordPress analytics stack is Google Site Kit or MonsterInsights. Both pull GA4. GA4 wants a cookie, then a banner, then a tag that blockers already killed. Cookie Free Analytics is a 1 KB script that does not set a cookie. Upload the plugin. Paste the public ID.
What you install
Add the site in Cookie Free Analytics. Upload the plugin from GitHub (Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin). Paste the public ID in Settings. That is the whole install for pageviews. If blockers still hide the file, serve it from your own hostname — the recipe is on /docs.
Dual-run beside GA4 or MonsterInsights for 7 days
Leave Site Kit, MonsterInsights, or your GA4 tag on. Add Cookie Free Analytics. After seven days, compare pageviews in the same shop timezone. GA4 will be lower when Reject and blockers remove hits — that gap is your consent hole, not a CFA recovery percentage. We have not published a dual-run lift table.
What you will not get
No WooCommerce revenue pixel. No user-level funnel. Search Console is on the Cookie Free Analytics dashboard after you connect Google — not inside wp-admin. You get pageviews, sources, campaigns, and goals — the numbers a publisher actually opens.
Is there a WordPress plugin for cookieless analytics?
Yes. GitHub: PrestonsCreekCapital/Cookie-Free-Analytics-WP. Paste the public ID in Settings. WordPress.org listing is later. Serving the file from your own hostname is optional — /docs.
Does this replace MonsterInsights or Site Kit?
For pageviews, sources, and goals — if you do not need Google Ads or Search Console inside WordPress. Site Kit is a Google product. Keep it if you run ads. Add Cookie Free Analytics if you want the visits the banner threw away.
WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
The plugin targets self-hosted WordPress.org. WordPress.com cheap plans cannot upload plugins — paste the snippet instead.
Questions
- Is there a WordPress plugin for cookieless analytics?
- Yes. Upload Cookie Free Analytics from GitHub, paste the public ID in Settings. First-party is a c. CNAME — included on Hobby, not a PHP proxy. WordPress.org listing is later. Serving the file from your own hostname is optional — /docs.
- Does this replace MonsterInsights or Site Kit?
- For pageviews, sources, and goals — if you do not need Google Ads or Search Console inside WordPress. Site Kit is a Google product. Keep it if you run ads. Add Cookie Free Analytics if you want the visits the banner threw away.
- WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
- The plugin targets self-hosted WordPress.org. WordPress.com cheap plans cannot upload plugins — paste the snippet, then a c. CNAME if you want first-party.