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WP Statistics – Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
A privacy powerhouse that occasionally struggles to count the crowd.
HealthyGrowing
74/100
Users appreciate the privacy focus but report inconsistent tracking and intrusive upgrade requests.
Active installs
~843,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 600k+
Rating
4.1★
755 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
+8%
Growing
3,445 → 3,732 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 · +8% in the last year
3,445/day a year ago→3,732/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayWP Statistics is well-regarded as a capable, privacy-friendly analytics alternative that offers a generous free tier, though some users report reliability issues with core tracking features and find the premium upsell prompts intrusive.
What people like
- +Generous free tier with a wide range of tracking features out of the box, including traffic, referrers, devices, locations, and bot detection×4
- +Easy to install, configure, and use without unnecessary complexity×3
- +Self-hosted and does not rely on external services, making it a viable privacy-friendly alternative to tools like Google Analytics or Jetpack×2
- +Real-time online visitor tracking is highlighted as a standout feature×2
- +Support team is responsive and helpful even for free users
Common complaints
- −Basic tracking did not work for at least one user — page views showed zero visitors even after logging out and testing from multiple locations
- −Statistics may be inflated by counting bots as real visits, making results unreliable compared to Google Analytics
- −Frequent prompts to upgrade to the premium version are considered annoying, especially when core functionality is in question
- −The online visitors feature stopped working for at least one user
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.36★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.10★
- 17%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2024-09-122025-08-082026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 755 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-06-01★★★★★Good solid over viewsoulx
- 2026-05-10★★★★★Great pluginaikotimmer
- 2026-05-09★★★★★Switch to WPStatistics after Jetpack went Payrevelnode
- 2026-05-08★★★★★Didn't work for ussonyamakepeace
- 2026-04-15★★★★★too flattering (until they fixed it)ambientblog
- 2026-03-04★★★★★Thank youkolumbus7
- 2026-02-24★★★★★Great Analytics PluginJulia Vicentini
- 2026-02-23★★★★★very goodarieston311-shot
- 2026-02-16★★★★★Great producttjoseph
- 2026-02-12★★★★★Essential plugin, well designed, feature rich and highly programmableRoberto De Santis
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNAlternatives to WP Statistics
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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.
5,197
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
4,390
Prior 7-day baseline
4,821
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
130,855
Mean release-day peak (30d)
5,197
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+18.4%
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.
10%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
0.72
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
83%
5★ share in analyzed sample
17%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
-43%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.42 → 4.36★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered