53
ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics
A simple dashboard that frequently loses its connection to Google.
DecliningPoor rating
53/100
Users like the simple interface but often face broken authentication and poor support.
Active installs
~85,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 80k+
Rating
3.6★
138 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-97%
Declining fast
294 → 8 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.13★
- MINORdownloads down 97% 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 · -97% in the last year
294/day a year ago→8/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics is a mixed-reputation plugin valued by some for its simple setup and clean analytics overview, but undermined by recurring authentication/account-selection failures, poor support responsiveness, and confusing UI instructions.
What people like
- +Easy setup and clear settings interface×2
- +Provides a useful at-a-glance analytics overview in the dashboard×2
- +Seen as a simpler alternative to more complex GA plugins
Common complaints
- −Authentication and account-selection failures — users cannot select or see their GA property after connecting×2
- −No support response or severely delayed support×2
- −Requires disabling a browser ad-blocker to function fully
- −UI instructions are inaccurate or do not match current functionality
- −Inaccurate data displayed (e.g. wildly incorrect pages-per-visit figures)
- −Data does not load immediately when the page is opened
Review trustMostly organic
- 3.13★Verified rating — drops from 3.60★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 22%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
2024-03-162025-05-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 138 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-02-23★★★★★Terrible Plugin + Zero Supportdewbob
- 2023-02-13★★★★★Remove ad blocker!conradish
- 2022-10-25★★★★★Thank you very much. You assist us until we develop our financial capacity forDovetravel
- 2022-07-28★★★★★Dreadfulthemrt1-shot
- 2022-05-15★★★★★Very easy to use & Excellent Pluginsrtms1984
- 2021-04-01★★★★★Helps me figure out analytics.worthywoman
- 2021-03-18★★★★★awesomejanisdcx
- 2021-02-25★★★★★Inverter and Solae Engineermicrospeed1-shot
- 2021-02-23★★★★★is amazingleskrisa151-shot
- 2021-01-19★★★★★Simple and effective!Orbem Order®
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to ShareThis Dashboard for Google 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.
522
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
465
Prior 7-day baseline
534
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
7,941
Mean release-day peak (30d)
495
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+12.3%
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
5.20
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
57%
5★ share in analyzed sample
22%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
—
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.37 → 3.13★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered