Summary

The Content Types exclusion field in Settings > Exclusions lists post, page, attachment, tag, 404, taxonomy, author, archive, search, feed, login as examples — but does not mention that custom post types require the cpt: prefix (e.g., cpt:product, cpt:event).

This causes users to enter just the post type slug (e.g., product), which doesn't match the internal format cpt:product used by Utils::getContentInfo().

Source: Support forum — "Problems with recent updates" by tkbuhler

Root Cause

In src/Tracker/Utils.php:265-269, single post types that are not post are prefixed:

if (($post_type = get_post_type()) != 'post') {
    $post_type = 'cpt:' . $post_type;
}

But admin/config/index.php:591-594 only describes built-in types:

Enter a list of Slimstat content types that should not be tracked: post, page, attachment, tag, 404, taxonomy, author, archive, search, feed, login, etc.

Proposed Fix

Update the description in admin/config/index.php to include:

For custom post types, use the cpt: prefix (e.g., cpt:product, cpt:event).

Severity

Medium — Silently fails to exclude CPT content. No error shown.

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