71
Meow Analytics (Google Analytics)
All the data without the bloat if you survive the setup.
HealthyDeclining
71/100
Users love the lightweight dashboard despite the tedious Google API setup process.
Active installs
~550
our estimate · wp.org shows 500+
Rating
4.8★
17 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-25%
Declining fast
4 → 3 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORnot updated in 11 months
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 · -25% in the last year
4/day a year ago→3/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayMeow Analytics is generally well-received for its simplicity and clean dashboard integration with Google Analytics, though a subset of users find the initial Google API setup process tedious and confusing.
What people like
- +Simple, clean dashboard that surfaces Google Analytics data directly inside WordPress admin×6
- +Faster to load than competing plugins like the official Google Analytics plugin×2
- +Favored over alternatives such as GADWP and MonsterInsights for being lighter and less bloated×2
- +Documentation for the Google API setup is described as comprehensive and clear×2
- +Support is responsive and proactive×2
- +Free to use
Common complaints
- −Initial setup requires multiple steps involving Google API credentials (keys, secrets, API activation), which at least one user found too complex to complete successfully×2
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.76★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 0%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 40% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 17 total
Latest reviews · 17 analyzed
- 2024-07-04★★★★★A Game-Changer for WordPress Analyticssupermarioai
- 2023-12-10★★★★★Awesomejarlhalla
- 2023-11-29★★★★★THE BEST I SEEmysticalorder
- 2023-11-11★★★★★Very impressedsteveanniss
- 2023-08-19★★★★★Goodalmahmud
- 2023-04-09★★★★★Meow – AnalyticsSteve Stanner
- 2023-02-28★★★★★it just works and no more is neededinwebwetrust
- 2021-12-02★★★★★Simple, powerful, exactly what most people needgh2k
- 2021-11-28★★★★★The Analytics Plugin you OwnJordy Meow
- 2021-11-26★★★★★Too Many Stepssoyreinaldo
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Meow Analytics (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.
2
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
4
Prior 7-day baseline
2
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
9
Mean release-day peak (30d)
7
Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)
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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.
40%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.97
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
94%
5★ share in analyzed sample
0%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.76 → 4.76★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered