Koko Analytics
Koko Analytics.
Since it complies with data protection regulations, I’ve been using Statify on my sites for a long time. It feels like Statify hasn’t been updated—at least visually—in quite a while.
Slimstats, which I also used at one point, is no longer being developed, so it’s out of the question.
Besides, the level of detail Slimstats provided was a bit too much for me. I wanted a streamlined solution that would simply show me how many times my site had been visited in total and which posts were particularly popular.
More or less by chance, I came across Koko Analytics, which—when configured properly—works entirely without cookies and respects the browser’s Do Not Track setting.
So I ran the plugin on my test site for a while.
Database Size
What was already apparent after just one week: Koko Analytics uses the database much more sparingly than other analytics programs. Even compared to Statify, the database size remains smaller.
Of course, I think that’s great in principle, even though I haven’t noticed any performance issues with Statify.
Optics, Caching, and More
I find the bar chart visuals in Koko Analytics very appealing. Personally, I prefer them to the ones in Statify, though that’s certainly a matter of taste.
The plugin works seamlessly with caching plugins; I’ve tested it with WPRocket and my favorite, SWIS Performance. I assume there won’t be any issues with other caching plugins either.
It also includes a built-in “blacklist”—while this cannot be edited in the front end, it works reliably in the background, in my opinion. The entries are located in the ‘referrer-blocklist’ file and contain the usual suspects.
What I Miss
Unfortunately, there is currently no way to export the data and, for example, import it into Excel. It would also be nice to have a report that you could have sent to yourself via email.
It would also be nice to have a data export/import feature or to use a separate database right away. That way, when setting up a new WordPress installation, the old visitor data could be easily transferred. As it stands, the only option is the roundabout method of exporting the table directly via, for example, PHPMyAdmin and then importing it again, which certainly isn’t for everyone.
All in all, I'm very satisfied with Koko Analytics right now. If this article has piqued your interest:
You can download the plugin here.
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