WordPress
Free WordPress analytics without cookies
The usual WordPress analytics stack is Google Site Kit or MonsterInsights. Both pull GA4. GA4 wants a cookie, then a banner, then a tag that blockers already killed. Cookie Free Analytics is a 1 KB script that does not set a cookie. Paste the snippet in your theme header, or use any header-scripts plugin.
What you install
Add the site in Cookie Free Analytics. Paste the snippet in your theme header, or use any header-scripts plugin. That is the whole install for pageviews. The plugin listing on WordPress.org comes later. If blockers still hide the file, serve it from your own hostname — the recipe is on /docs.
Run it beside GA4 or MonsterInsights for 7 days
Leave Site Kit, MonsterInsights, or your GA4 tag on. Add Cookie Free Analytics. After seven days, compare pageviews in the same shop timezone. GA4 will be lower when Reject and blockers remove hits. That gap is your consent hole: compare your own two totals for the same week.
What you will not get
No WooCommerce revenue pixel. No user-level funnel. Search Console is on the Cookie Free Analytics dashboard after you connect Google — not inside wp-admin. You get pageviews, sources, campaigns, and goals — the numbers a publisher actually opens.
Is there a WordPress plugin for cookieless analytics?
Not as a download yet. The plugin listing on WordPress.org comes later. Until then, paste the snippet in your theme header, or use any header-scripts plugin. Serving the file from your own hostname is optional — /docs.
Does this replace MonsterInsights or Site Kit?
For pageviews, sources, and goals — if you do not need Google Ads or Search Console inside WordPress. Site Kit is a Google product. Keep it if you run ads. Add Cookie Free Analytics if you want the visits the banner threw away.
WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
Both. On self-hosted WordPress.org, paste the snippet in your theme header or use any header-scripts plugin. On WordPress.com, any paid plan can add header code; the free plan cannot.
Questions
- Is there a WordPress plugin for cookieless analytics?
- Not as a download yet. The plugin listing on WordPress.org comes later. Until then, paste the snippet in your theme header, or use any header-scripts plugin. First-party is a CNAME on a subdomain such as c.yourdomain.com — included on Hobby, not a PHP proxy. Serving the file from your own hostname is optional — /docs.
- Is this a Jetpack Stats alternative?
- For pageviews, sources and goals, yes. Cookie Free Analytics sets no cookies and does not need Jetpack or a WordPress.com connection. Keep Jetpack if you use its other modules.
- Does this replace MonsterInsights or Site Kit?
- For pageviews, sources, and goals — if you do not need Google Ads or Search Console inside WordPress. Site Kit is a Google product. Keep it if you run ads. Add Cookie Free Analytics if you want the visits the banner threw away.
- WordPress.com or WordPress.org?
- Both. On self-hosted WordPress.org, paste the snippet in your theme header or use any header-scripts plugin. On WordPress.com, any paid plan can add header code; the free plan cannot. For first-party, add a CNAME on a subdomain such as c.yourdomain.com.