Refined Practice - Simple Analytics Integration

This WordPress/ClassicPress plugin adds the code needed to use the Simple Analytics analytics service on your site. You can also choose to prevent logged in users from appearing in your analytics, add Simple Analytic's experimental event tracking code and view page views directly on your dashboard.

Note that use of Simple Analytics requires a subscription Find out more on the Simple Analytics website. If you decide you want to give it a try then you can get one month for free by using our referral link: https://referral.simpleanalytics.com/refined-practice. You can also view the analytics for the Refined Practice website here to get an idea of what Simple Analytics offers.

Installation

Any of the following methods should work, just choose what's best for your setup:

• Via your WordPress Dashboard Method 1: Navigate to the Plugins page of your website, click Add New, search for rp-simple-analytics and click on Install Now. Once installed, activate the plugin from your Plugins page.
• Via your WordPress Dashboard Method 1: Download the plugin zip file from its WordPress.org plugin page, navigate to the Plugins page of your website, click Add New, click on Upload Plugin, choose the zip file you just downloaded and click on Install Now. Once installed, activate the plugin from your Plugins page.
• Via WP-CLI: At your command-line type wp plugin install rp-simple-analytics --activate
• Manually: Download the plugin zip file from its WordPress.org plugin page, unzip it and then upload the entire rp-simple-analytics folder into your plugins directory. Once installed, activate the plugin from your website's Plugins page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the official Simple Analytics plugin?

No, this plugin was created by Refined Practice.

How does this differ from the official Simple Analytics plugin

This plugin offers more features than the official Simple Analytics plugin, in particular:

• Greater flexibility in choosing which logged in users should appear in analytics
• Event tracking code
• Dashboard widget

Do I need a subscription

Yes, find out more on the Simple Analytics website.

WP-CLI

This plugin fully supports command-line integration via WP-CLI. Type wp rpsa at the command-line for details.

Screenshots

Dashboard widget

Settings page

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPL v2 or later.

Credits

This plugin was developed using the excellent WordPress Plugin Boilerplate Generator which you can also find on GitHub.

Changelog

1.2.0

• Updated example events javascript to use latest version of automated events
• Updated event trigger js snippet to latest version
• Updated <noscript> alternative snippet
• Tested up to WordPress 5.7

1.1.0

• ADDED FEATURE: WP-CLI support. Type wp rpsa at the command-line for details
• BUG FIX: Incorrect escaping of additional events javascript

1.0.2

• Added screenshots to documentation

1.0.1

• Updated js script version numbers to match latest Simple Analytics release
• Updated documentation

1.0.0

• First release.