Grade B

Yandex Metrica

Name: Yandex Metrica
Rating: 4.0 (33 reviews)
Author: Mustafa Uysal

⤓ Download v2.0.3 on WordPress.org ↗

by Mustafa Uysalupdated 2026-04-22🌿The Dependable Sort

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HealthyDeclining

59/100

The plugin fails to transmit data and appears abandoned by the developer.

Loved14/40

Trustworthy11/15

Fair & Honest14/15

Maintained18/18

Momentum2/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_action( 'wp_head', function () {
    $counter_id = '12345678'; // Replace with your Yandex Metrica counter ID.
    ?>
    <!-- Yandex.Metrika counter -->
    <script type="text/javascript">
        (function(m,e,t,r,i,k,a){m[i]=m[i]||function(){(m[i].a=m[i].a||[]).push(arguments)};
        m[i].l=1*new Date();
        for (var j = 0; j < document.scripts.length; j++) {if (document.scripts[j].src === r) { return; }}
        k=e.createElement(t),a=e.getElementsByTagName(t)[0],k.async=1,k.src=r,a.parentNode.insertBefore(k,a)})
        (window, document, "script", "https://mc.yandex.ru/metrika/tag.js", "ym");
        ym(<?php echo esc_js( $counter_id ); ?>, "init", { clickmap:true, trackLinks:true, accurateTrackBounce:true });
    </script>
    <noscript><div><img src="https://mc.yandex.ru/watch/<?php echo esc_attr( $counter_id ); ?>" style="position:absolute; left:-9999px;" alt="" /></div></noscript>
    <!-- /Yandex.Metrika counter -->
    <?php
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin also offers role-based tracking exclusions and a dashboard widget showing Metrica stats, which this snippet does not replicate.

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Active installs

~25,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 20k+

Rating

3.8★

33 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-27%

Declining fast

92 → 68 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORdownloads down 27% vs a year ago

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining fast · -27% in the last year

92/day a year ago→68/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Yandex Metrica is a lightweight analytics integration plugin that works well for some users but has a persistent and widely-reported reputation for failing to transmit data, with no visible developer response to ongoing breakage.

What people like

+Works quietly and efficiently without getting in the way when it functions correctly×3
+Integrates with Yandex Metrica analytics as intended for some users×4

Common complaints

−Plugin fails to send data to Yandex Metrica, with the counter showing zero visits despite real traffic×7
−Persistent 'temporary connection problem' error with no fix provided×3
−Displays incorrect or mismatched statistics compared to what Yandex Metrica shows natively×2
−Plugin appears abandoned — no developer activity or responses to reported issues×2
−Counter code entry loop — plugin endlessly requests the counter code without accepting it×2
−Causes errors on AMP pages when used alongside AMP plugins
−Conflicts with WPBakery Page Builder in the backend

Review trustMostly organic

4.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 3.80★
6%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 50% of all reviews landed in a single month

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2024-11-112025-09-072026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 33 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 33 analyzed

2025-05-16★★★★★не работает плагин belbek
2024-11-01★★★★★Yandex Metrica maxim23
2021-10-26★★★★★перестал работать Esmertec
2021-04-26★★★★★Plugin: “Яндекс Метрика”rudnickaya
2021-03-09★★★★★Still working sula126
2021-02-19★★★★★не работает investcom
2020-12-22★★★★★Не работает amohax
2020-08-13★★★★★Excellent plugin for excellent analytics Gidseo
2020-05-15★★★★★Очень хороший плагин Dmitry Bychenko
2019-08-20★★★★★Несколько месяцев не работает dueksaiko

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2026-04-22v2.0.3
2025-02-23v2.0.2
2024-11-07v2.0.1
2023-10-18v2.0
2022-11-06v1.9.3
2022-02-21v1.9.2
2021-06-28v1.8.3
2021-06-28v1.9

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download 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.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

103

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)

-4.3%

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.

50%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

3.00

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

67%

5★ share in analyzed sample

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

—

Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

3.82 → 4.00★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered