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PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager
A tracking powerhouse that might slow your site to a crawl.
DecliningPoor rating
48/100
The plugin offers useful tracking but causes performance issues and conflicts with other tools.
Active installs
~550,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 500k+
Rating
4.3★
266 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-32%
Declining fast
3,841 → 2,615 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MAJORverified rating is 3.38★
- MINORdownloads down 32% 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 · -32% in the last year
3,841/day a year ago→2,615/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayPixelYourSite is a tracking pixel manager for WordPress with a capable free tier for Meta/Facebook tracking, but it draws serious criticism for interfering with third-party tracking tools, degrading site performance over time, and pushing users toward paid upgrades for full functionality.
What people like
- +Supports multiple platforms (Facebook, Google, and others) with a clear interface and detailed documentation
- +Reliable WooCommerce tracking and conversion optimization capabilities
- +Regular updates and responsive support noted by at least one user
Common complaints
- −Reported to interfere with third-party tracking tools (GTM, GTM4WP, Cookiebot) by silently overriding cookie handling, breaking tracking on platforms not even configured in PYS
- −Accused of pushing users toward paid upgrades for full functionality rather than integrating with industry-standard tools
- −Causes website slowdowns after extended use
- −Support is described as nearly non-existent, and when responses do come, issues remain unresolved
- −CSS namespace pollution — global styles using .icon-* classes conflict with other plugins or themes
Review trustMostly organic
- 3.38★Verified rating — drops from 4.30★ once one-shot reviewers are removed
- 42%One-shot reviewers — single-review accounts (common for popular plugins, but worth noting)
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-08-192025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 266 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-05-20★★★★★great!DavidWashin1-shot
- 2026-05-05★★★★★Muito bomelttow1-shot
- 2026-05-03★★★★★Great and best pluginbirjhu1111-shot
- 2026-05-02★★★★★Goodbembo1-shot
- 2026-04-18★★★★★PSY (pixelyoursite) silently kills your business and Meta must take notice.trackintrapost1-shot
- 2026-03-24★★★★★amazingwatrigo1-shot
- 2026-03-11★★★★★Ótimo!!!paulohenryck1-shot
- 2026-03-04★★★★★Niceruanrdc1-shot
- 2026-02-22★★★★★Great pluginmarcelomarcha1-shot
- 2026-02-14★★★★★Datos muy importantesanaliasc1-shot
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to PixelYourSite
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.
2,110
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
2,581
Prior 7-day baseline
4,062
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
44,710
Mean release-day peak (30d)
5,246
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-18.2%
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.
9%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.82
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
67%
5★ share in analyzed sample
42%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-44%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
3.88 → 3.38★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered