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Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress
A helpful dashboard that occasionally forgets how to talk to Matomo.
HealthyGrowing
77/100
Users report connection failures and unresponsive support despite the high star rating.
Active installs
~65,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 60k+
Rating
4.5★
95 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+334%
Growing fast
163 → 707 installs/day
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
Growing fast · +334% in the last year
163/day a year ago→707/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayConnect Matomo is a mixed-reputation analytics dashboard plugin that works well for some users but is increasingly plagued by connection failures with newer Matomo versions and a support system that many users find unresponsive or unhelpful.
What people like
- +Works with newer WordPress versions and is easy to install×2
- +Simplifies Matomo tracking in WordPress, removing the need for hard-coded JavaScript
- +Generally does what it advertises for users who get it running×3
Common complaints
- −Connection failures with the latest version of Matomo, making the plugin unusable for some×2
- −No data appearing in the WordPress dashboard, reported as a recurring bug×2
- −Support forum is unresponsive — users report being ignored even after paying for packages×4
- −Plugin does not follow Matomo's own integration steps; lacks token_auth support, breaking connectivity
- −No built-in consent banner integration, making GDPR-compliant setups difficult
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.49★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.50★
- 6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 25% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 95 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-02-09★★★★★Connect to Self-Hosted Web Analytics works fineDenny Müller
- 2024-09-22★★★★★matomo grows, this plugin does notdevsaredead
- 2024-03-13★★★★★Good but missing consent banner integrationsjosssv
- 2023-09-23★★★★★Not working!momo-fr
- 2022-12-01★★★★★Well designed pluginDavid Degner
- 2022-09-07★★★★★Excellent GA substitutioncybeardjm
- 2022-07-01★★★★★Tons of issues NO SUPPORThardtruth3456
- 2021-08-20★★★★★I recommend !Pat
- 2021-05-21★★★★★Impressivelcaokoel
- 2021-01-24★★★★★GREAT ANALITICSolegkazhan30
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to Connect Matomo
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.
825
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
564
Prior 7-day baseline
584
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
8,807
Mean release-day peak (30d)
643
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+46.3%
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.
25%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.69
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
6%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.48 → 4.49★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered