66
Clicky Analytics
Simple stats that might turn your database into a heavy burden.
HealthyDeclining
66/100
It provides simple statistics but can cause heavy database bloat and requires frequent logins.
Active installs
~15,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+
Rating
4.5★
25 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-45%
Declining fast
95 → 53 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 45% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -45% in the last year
95/day a year ago→53/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayClicky Analytics is generally appreciated for its simple setup and long-term reliability, but users frequently encounter performance bloat, setup quirks, and restrictive login requirements.
What people like
- +Easy to set up and provides simple statistics for sites that don't need complex analytics
- +Stable and reliable over many years of use
Common complaints
- −Generates massive data tables that can severely slow the site and make backups/restores take a long time
- −Requires manually adding the HTML script to the footer before it works
- −Misses some referral page information compared to other analytics tools
- −Forces frequent logins to view statistics, disabling the account if not checked regularly
- −Fails to work with provided site ID and site key for some users
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.57★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 8%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 100% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-02-152025-04-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 25 total
Latest reviews · 25 analyzed
- 2024-01-23★★★★★Generates Insane Database LoadThane
- 2022-08-25★★★★★Perfect to replace UAFabrizio Azzali
- 2022-01-19★★★★★WordPress app did not workstevesi
- 2021-02-05★★★★★10 🥇trogloautoegocrata
- 2020-08-12★★★★★Didn't work for meHOOT
- 2020-08-01★★★★★Pretty good but….itsryu
- 2020-06-16★★★★★Nice and ClearTFMEDIA™
- 2019-10-03★★★★★I've been using Clicky Analytics for years!weaponry
- 2019-03-15★★★★★This plugin makes me happyAleksandar Stojkov
- 2017-09-03★★★★★You learn something new with every WP pluginKevin
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Clicky Analytics
Top Analytics plugins, ranked by score.For developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
54
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
52
Prior 7-day baseline
52
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
77
Mean release-day peak (30d)
54
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+3.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
100%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
5.29
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
84%
5★ share in analyzed sample
8%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.52 → 4.57★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered