Independent Analytics – Google Analytics Alternative for WordPress

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2.8.4 – September 6th, 2024

• Fix: Some email reports were sending with missing analytics

2.8.3 – September 5th, 2024

• Fix: Fix deprecation warning on some PHP versions

2.8.2 – September 4th, 2024

• Fix: Timezones were not reflected in parts of the date picker

2.8.1 – September 4th, 2024

• Fix: Some WooCommerce currencies were formatted incorrectly

2.8.0 – September 4th, 2024

• Feature: SureCart tracking added to Independent Analytics Pro!
• Feature: you can now select which WooCommerce order statuses you want to be counted in the analytics
• Enhancement: added new date picker with additional features
• Enhancement: made dashboard widget taller so it’s easier to read
• Enhancement: the automatic data deletion now tells you how many sessions will be deleted before activated
• Enhancement: renamed the “Net Sales” metric for WooCommerce to “Total Sales” to better describe what’s tracked
• Enhancement: reduced plugin size by 2MB
• Enhancement: added link to new Getting Started video tutorial in the Help & Support menu
• Fix: table columns and filters can’t be applied until the report is fully loaded
• Fix: Real-time analytics display was broken for RTL websites

2.7.3 – August 1st, 2024

• Fix: super admins were still limited to only viewing authored content in some situations

2.7.2 – July 30th, 2024

• Fix: super admins were limited to only viewing authored content

2.7.1 – July 29th, 2024

• Fix: some MariaDB instances don’t support optimizer_switch customization

2.7.0 – July 25th, 2024

• Feature: added new option to delete data older than X days/years
• Feature: added new option to allow authors (non-admins) to see stats for only their own content
• Feature: added option to hide the view counter label
• Feature: added support for tracking custom forms via a new PHP hook
• Update: added form tracking integrations for the Bit Form, Forminator, and Hustle plugins
• Update: dark mode styles added for all modal windows and sub-menus
• Update: added Turkish & Vietnamese translations
• Update: updated copy to make it clear that IP addresses get ignored, not blocked
• Update: improved display of long column titles in the data table
• Update: improved display of numerous chart metrics like conversion rate and bounce rate
• Fix: filters were loading extremely slowly for some sites using MariaDB
• Fix: the chart was not saving “No comparison” if selected as the second metric
• Fix: the real-time analytics report was missing data in the widgets from sessions lasting longer than 5 minutes
• Fix: some English text was not marked for translation
• Fix: WooCommerce metrics in the chart always used the dollar sign instead of the store’s preferred currency

2.6.4 – July 17th, 2024

• Fix: WooCommerce statistics didn’t show for multisite installations
• Fix: WooCommerce order tracking could fail under some circumstances

2.6.3 – July 10th, 2024

• Fix: Email report heading wasn’t considering timezones
• Fix: Formidable Forms and MailOptin submissions going untracked

2.6.2 – July 2nd, 2024

• Fix: WooCommerce orders using the block checkout were not tracked
• Fix: Email report scheduling wasn’t considering timezones

2.6.1 – July 1st, 2024

• Fix: Integers were being parsed as strings for some PHP configurations

2.6.0 – June 27th, 2024

• Feature: All metrics can now be displayed in the chart!
• Feature: Added Bricks Builder integration for form tracking
• Feature: Added ARForms integration for form tracking
• Update: View counter can use all the ranges available in the date picker (including the shortcode)
• Update: Improvements to session tracking accuracy
• Update: Added support for WPML Multi-currency
• Update: Updated IP-to-geolocation library
• Fix: Added compatibility with MySQL over SSL
• Fix: Monthly email reports could get sent a day earlier or late
• Fix: Message about WP Hardening blocking the REST API was showing even when the REST API wasn’t blocked
• Fix: Some English text wasn’t getting translated
• Fix: Error with Shield Security REST API check
• Fix: Error with WP Cerber REST API check
• Fix: Remove warning about Perfmatters REST API check
• Fix: Prevent SQL error triggered when updating large menus
• Fix: Fixed style conflict with WP Analytify affecting the dashboard widget
• Fix: Removed the “Views” column added to the Elementor Templates menu
• Fix: Calendar display was broken for RTL websites

2.5.1 – May 23rd, 2024

• Fix: Timezone comparisons were causing warnings in the logs

2.5.0 – May 21st, 2024

• Feature: Form tracking added to Independent Analytics Pro!
• Feature: Quick Stats can now be toggled on/off and saved
• Feature: Added option to change the date range in the view counter shortcode
• Feature: Added the Views column to custom post type menus too
• Update: Recognizing more WC order statuses as complete, such as “shipped” and “delivered”
• Update: Integrated with SearchIQ plugin to recognize its search queries
• Update: Changelog menu now says “New” in its notification instead of using a number
• Update: Unminified copies of all JS files are included to comply with OSS guidelines
• Update: Updated Freemius SDK to version 2.7.2
• Fix: Resolved conflict with the WP Activity Log plugin
• Fix: UI fixes for filters and save button
• Fix: Sorting the Views column in the Posts menu wasn’t working
• Fix: Renamed some elements to prevent conflicts with plugins loading Bootstrap.css
• Fix: Wildcards are recognized when checking if the current IP is blocked
• Fix: Timezone issue with Beirut could cause data to go missing from the chart
• Fix: Prevent error upon installation for sites with long DB prefixes

2.4.3 – April 25th, 2024

• Fix: WooCommerce sales could be overcounted for pages in the Pages report

2.4.2 – April 17th, 2024

• Fix: Custom post type menu bug
• Fix: Device data cache bug

2.4.1 – April 15th, 2024

• Fix: Custom post type menu bug
• Fix: Migration bug fix for 2.4.0

2.4.0 – April 15th, 2024

• Feature: Added a Views column to the Posts menu
• Update: 45% faster load times for analytics reports
• Update: For multi-site installs, the iawp-geo-db.mmdb file is now added to the parent site’s uploads folder only
• Fix: WooCommerce sales were overcounted for pages in the Pages report
• Fix: Prevent potential 500 errors from traffic spikes and post updates
• Fix: UI bug with notice from CookieYes plugin
• Fix: Prevent UI bugs from plugins that load a Twitter Bootstrap stylesheet everywhere
• Fix: Reworked device type caching mechanism to avoid false positives from security scanners
• Fix: Removed symfony/console/ folder to prevent false positives from security scanners

2.3.2 – April 1st, 2024

• Fix: Fixed an issue with average session duration being over-inflated
• Fix: Fixed max_connection error

2.3.1 – March 28th, 2024

• Fix: Fixed a conflict with the Age Gate plugin

2.3.0 – March 26th, 2024

• Feature: Created new Help & Support menu
• Feature: Created new Updates menu
• Feature: Added 6 more pre-defined date buttons: Last 60 Days, Last 90 Days, Last 3 Months, Last 6 Months, Last 12 Months, and All Time
• Feature: The Admin Bar stats now include „All Time“ views
• Feature: Added four more custom color options to the email report
• Feature: Added option to make view counter private (logged-in visitors only)
• Feature: The view counter can now get stats for today, the last 30 days, this month, last month, or all time
• Feature: Added option to manually adjust the view counter count for individual pages
• Update: Removed every non-report page from the analytics sidebar
• Update: The /temp/ directory can now be defined using the IAWP_TEMP_DIR constant
• Update: Added an error message if missing database privileges are found
• Update: Added automatic tracking for PDF pages made with TNC FlipBook
• Update: Updated the IP address to geolocation MMDB file for more accurate location reporting
• Update: Added conflict detection when the REST API is blocked by Admin & Site Enhancements
• Update: Added icons for more browsers
• Fix: Fixed a fatal error with the Age Gate plugin
• Fix: Fixed a 500 server error that could occur when updating a taxonomy
• Fix: Increased timeout to prevent errors during data migrations and allow for more time for the analytics to load
• Fix: Filtering by category wasn’t working for posts in multiple categories
• Fix: Fixed stylesheet conflict with WP Media Files Name Rename plugin
• Fix: POT file wasn’t getting regenerated with each update
• Fix: Fixed IP blocking for IPv6 addresses and added wilcard support
• Fix: Updated BladeOne library to resolve conflict with WP Ultimo
• Fix: Preventing a fatal error when the database tables are deleted manually
• Fix: View counter stats fixed when shown for each posts in an archive page

2.2.1 – February 13th, 2024

• Fix: bug fix for 2.2.0

2.2.0 – February 7th, 2024

• Feature: Added PDF download button to toolbar
• Feature: Added WooCommerce sales columns to Pages report
• Update: UI layout style improvements
• Update: Added links to Settings and Campaign Builder in the menu sidebar
• Update: The WooCommerce Checkout Success page now shows up separately from the Checkout page
• Update: Added conflict detection for WP Hide plugin
• Fix: Added styling for RTL languages
• Fix: Fixed notice about undefined variable in WC order pages

2.1.6 – January 29th 2024

• Fix: bug fix for 2.1.0

2.1.5 – January 24th 2024

• Fix: bug fix for 2.1.0

2.1.4 – January 23rd, 2024

• Fix: migration bug fix for 2.1.0

2.1.3 – January 18th, 2024

• Fix: migration bug fix for 2.1.0

2.1.2 – January 18th, 2024

• Fix: migration bug fix for 2.1.0

2.1.1 – January 18th, 2024

• Fix: migration bug fix for 2.1.0

2.1.0 – January 17th, 2024

• Feature: Implemented a developer API for accessing analytics data on other pages
• Feature: Included new option to regenerate the visitor salt token every day for improved GDPR compliance
• Update: Made major optimizations to the database queries to speed up the analytics dashboard and fix crashes for high-traffic websites
• Update: Implemented performance optimization to speed up the REST API request on the front end
• Update: Traffic from Google Ads is now tracked separately from organic Google traffic in the Referrers menu, and Google Display Network domain is recognized
• Update: Added new update notification in the sidebar making it easy to keep up with changes to the plugin
• Update: Support added for the Aelia Currency Switcher plugin
• Update: Showing current IP address in the Block IP Address setting to make it easier to block your own IP
• Update: Added more tutorial links to the Settings menu
• Update: Updated Danish translation
• Update: Added Brazilian translation
• Update: Implemented REST API warnings for the WP Cerber and Shield Security plugins
• Update: Added a new PHP hook allowing devs to relocate the caching files created by IA (designed for Pantheon users in particular)
• Fix: There was an issue with the Views Per Session metric that sometimes caused minor miscalculations
• Fix: The date picker is now scrollable if it doesn’t fit in the vertical height of the window
• Fix: PHP notices on the update process page are resolved
• Fix: Comments column included all comments, not just approved comments
• Fix: Publication date picker in the filters was broken for many date formats
• Fix: Stylesheet was mistakenly affecting the WP admin background color on other pages
• Fix: URLs in the Pages report were broken for Arabic and other languages

2.0.1 – November 16th, 2023

• Fix: migration bug fix for 2.0.0

2.0.0 – November 15th, 2023

• Feature: Saved Reports + New UI! Create a suite of custom reports to help you monitor the most important metrics for your website. Revisit your favorite reports without needing to select filters and other settings repeatedly.
• Feature: Choose a default report to navigate to when visiting the analytics dashboard
• Feature: Export and import your custom reports to replicate them quickly on multiple websites
• Feature: Added new option to hide the Dashboard Widget from the main WP admin page
• Update: Data table now uses horizontal scrolling when space is limited
• Update: Added option to reset analytics to zero without disrupting other settings
• Fix: Moved contents of /iawp/ folder from /uploads/ into the plugin
• Fix: Added an option to delete + deactivate the plugin, so it can be removed without leaving DB tables behind

1.30.1 – September 26th, 2023

• Fix: incorrect WooCommerce stats in the data table

1.30 – September 18th, 2023

• Feature: find your top landing pages with the new Entrances, Exits, and Exit Rate columns
• Feature: new CSV export button lets you export data from any report
• Fix: devices that aren’t identified caused lots of warnings in the error log
• Fix: various dark mode style fixes

1.29 – September 5th, 2023

• Feature: added Device report! It includes the device types, browsers, and OSes your visitors are using.
• Fix: view counter was missing number formatting
• Fix: various mobile style enhancements
• Fix: added error message for sites missing PDO extension and prevents crashing

1.28.3 – August 24th, 2023

• Fix: real-time and hourly data incorrect for sites with a non-UTC MySQL timezone

1.28.2 – August 18th, 2023

• Update: increased minimum WP version from 5.5 to 5.9
• Update: increased minimum PHP version from 7.3.29 to 7.3.33

1.28.1 – August 14th, 2023

• Fix: migration bug fix for 1.28.0

1.28.0 – August 14th, 2023

• Update: optimized database to reduce storage space by 25% or more
• Update: filter button text is now relevant to each report
• Update: added notice if the REST API is blocked by the NinjaFirewall plugin
• Fix: filtering on the Geographic menu could lead to under-reported values in the Quick Stats
• Fix: the ip-to-geolocation database didn’t download for some websites
• Fix: the chart interval wasn’t staying the same when navigating between reports
• Fix: the table layout would break if the columns were edited before the table finished loading
• Fix: numbers in the data table could break into two lines on small screens
• Fix: various styles fixes for Dark Mode

1.27.0 – August 2nd, 2023

• Feature: the monthly email report in the Pro version is now an HTML email instead of an attached PDF
• Fix: fixed formatting error notice with PHP 8

1.26.0 – July 12th, 2023

• Feature: added intervals to the chart, so you can now see hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly data
• Update: Quick Stats now only truncate values that ar 100K or greater
• Update: the Views Per Session metric now shows 2 decimal places in the Quick Stats
• Update: white-labeling the dashboard also removes branding from the browser tab
• Update: the „This Year“ date range now ends on today, rather than Dec 31st
• Update: formatted the stats in the Geographic map country stats
• Fix: filtering or sorting by bounce rate could cause the dashboard to stall
• Fix: filtering by a city or subdivision caused the map chart to go empty
• Fix: filtering by landing page in the Campaigns menu produced inaccurate results
• Fix: the column select modal is now scrollable if it’s too tall to fit on the screen
• Fix: erroneous text output in the front-end source code

1.25.1 – July 5th, 2023

• Fix: bug fixes

1.25.0 – June 21st, 2023

• Feature: added Views Per Session metric
• Feature: Geographic menu is now grouped by country by default and can be toggled between country and city
• Update: added placeholder to Session Duration filter to clarify that it uses total seconds
• Fix: fixed error that could prevent initial installation from succeeding on older MySQL versions

1.24.1 – June 6th, 2023

• Fix: show correct color for quick stats growth

1.24.0 – June 6th, 2023

• Feature: added Bounce Rate!
• Feature: added stats to the Admin Bar on both the front end and post editor.
• Update: removed popup that asks for feedback when deactivating IA
• Update: abbreviating large numbers in the Quick Stats
• Update: Sessions table column hidden by default
• Update: settings page styles nicer for dark mode
• Fix: translations from wp.org were not matching the text domain in IA
• Fix: added missing i18n for the chart
• Fix: filter wouldn’t apply if entered before table finished loading

1.23.1 – May 24th, 2023

• Update: performance improvement for dashboard speed
• Fix: data table not styled properly for dark mode

1.23.0 – May 23rd, 2023

• Feature: added two new metrics: Session Duration & View Duration!
• Update: style updates to Quick Stats that make filtered data easier to read
• Fix: incorrect URL displaying for articles translated with WPML
• Fix: compatibility fixes for plugins adversely affecting IA’s dashboard
• Fix: scroll-to-top arrow wasn’t working on Learn menu

1.22.1 – May 5th, 2023

• Fix: table rendering bug fix for 1.22.0

1.22.0 – May 4th, 2023

• Feature: the analytics dashboard is now mobile-friendly and accessible at all screen sizes
• Fix: REST API warning message showing too often due to false positives
• Fix: view counter icon not showing for logged-out visitors
• Fix: hidden columns reappeared after refreshing the page
• Fix: the update notice sometimes persisted due to aggressive caching
• Fix: a second session was recorded if a visitor refreshed the page on their first page view

1.21.0 – April 17th, 2023

• Update: major performance improvements for the Referrers menu
• Update: Google Docs added as a recognized referrer

1.20.0 – March 30th, 2023

• Feature: added new Comments column to Pages dashboard
• Fix: some text not marked for translation properly
• Update: removed decimal places from Visitors Growth and Views Growth to improve readability

1.19.1 – March 13th, 2023

• Fix: views counter was not showing view count for WordPress sites using a custom table prefix
• Fix: reposition sessions column to show after views column

1.19.0 – March 13th, 2023

• Feature: added the new Sessions metric
• Update: updated geolocation database for improved accuracy
• Fix: the REST API notice was showing for private sites even if the API wasn’t blocked
• Fix: support for Polylang added so the view counter label can be translated to multiple languages

1.18 – March 1st, 2023

• PRO feature: 3 new WooCommerce metrics: conversion rate, earnings per visitor, average order volume
• PRO feature: added WooCommerce orders and sales to the quick stats and graphs
• Update: added integration for Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode by Colorlib
• Update: updated Danish translation
• PRO fix: Top Ten section in PDF report sorting by visitors but showing views
• Fix: view counter shortcode wasn’t working on archives (categories, tags, etc.)

1.17.4 – February 20th, 2023

• Fix: filtering geographic data didn’t also filter the map
• Fix: geographic map wasn’t rendering for some hosting
• Fix: database connections failed without a defined character set
• Fix: fixed an issue that caused the „Delete all data“ button to fail

1.17.3 – February 14th, 2023

• Fix: migration bug fix for 1.17

1.17.2 – February 14th, 2023

• Fix: migration bug fix for 1.17

1.17.1 – January 31th, 2023

• Fix: migration bug fix for 1.17

1.17 – January 30th, 2023

• Pro Feature: Woocommerce integration: see how much revenue you’re earning from each traffic source, geolocation, and campaign
• Pro Feature: Email reports: schedule an automated monthly email with a performance review of the site
• Feature: Ignore user by role: track logged-in subscribers while ignoring admins, editors, and other user roles
• Update: PDF Viewer plugin integration: views on PDFs are now recorded
• Fix: numerous compatibility improvements for a wider range of hosting environments
• Fix: the first click on the „Visitors“ column would sort in the same direction
• Fix: added warning for the All In One Intranet plugin blocking the REST API

1.16 – December 12th, 2022

• Update: the table is now sorted by Visitors by default instead of Views
• Update: Views Growth & Visitors Growth are both hidden by default and can be displayed via the Edit Columns button
• Update: a notice was added to remind users to clear their cache after activating Independent Analytics
• Update: a notice was added to let users know when the REST API is blocked because this prevents Independent Analytics from tracking data
• Update: updated the Danish translation
• Fix: the starting day of the week setting wasn’t saving
• Fix: the table layout was broken when more than 8 columns were displayed at once
• Fix: the date picker wasn’t showing up when filtering pages by publication date

1.15 – November 22nd, 2022

• Feature: Real-time analytics added to Independent Analytics PRO
• Feature: Views Growth and Visitors Growth columns added
• Feature: added option to white-label the analytics page for non-admin users
• Feature: support for wildcard addresses added to IP blocking
• Update: recognizing more referrers by name, such as Brave search
• Fix: data table wasn’t loading for sites that don’t have the intl PHP module installed
• Fix: geodata chart had incorrect data after applying a filter
• Fix: calendar previous month button could be clicked even when the calendar was closed

1.14 – November 1st, 2022

• Update: added percentage of total views visitors to each table row
• Update: added Dutch translation
• Fix: initial sorting incorrect for some environments

1.13 – October 27th, 2022

• Feature: Report URLs – you can now copy the dashboard URL to reuse the same settings later (saves the filters, columns, date, and sorting)
• Feature: IP blocking – block any IP address from being recorded in your analytics
• Feature: User permissions – allow other user roles on your site to view the analytics
• Update: the date range you select now persists between reports
• Update: more social media and search engine sites are recognized in the Referrer dashboard
• Update: added sidebar link to our new feature request board. Please submit and vote on features there to help guide development: https://feedback.independentwp.com/boards/feature-requests
• Fix: layout issue with the PDF Poster plugin
• Fix: view counter not showing on all custom post types
• Fix: fatal PHP error on WordPress versions prior to 5.9

1.12 – September 28th, 2022

• Update: Independent Analytics Pro now available!
• Update: improved caching for even faster dashboard performance

1.11 – September 6th, 2022

• Update: huge performance improvement for the analytics Dashboard
• Update: added pagination to the data table

1.10.1 – August 31st, 2022

• Fix: compatibility fix for the dashboard widget and WPForms plugin

1.10 – August 29th, 2022

• Feature: added dashboard widget with quick stats and views chart
• Feature: added view counter to display your page/post views on the front-end of your site
• Feature: added new Learn menu with search bar and links to tutorials

1.9 – August 15th, 2022

• Feature: Geo data added! Find out where your visitors are coming from in the new Geographic dashboard.
• Fix: visitors weren’t counted properly for some hosts like Rocket.net due to the use of Cloudflare Enterprise
• Fix: extremely long search qeuries from users could affect the data table’s formatting

1.8 – July 20th, 2022

• Update: added Scroll to Top arrow to make navigating large tables easier
• Update: back-end improvements to data integrity and performance
• Update: added migration system to make updates from older versions smoother
• Fix: views weren’t tracked if WP was installed in a subdirectory

1.7 – June 29th, 2022

• Update: added the day of week to the tooltip that shows when hovering over a day in the chart
• Fix: added Visitors to the Referrers CSV export
• Fix: sorting for Visitors now working as expected

1.6 – June 28th, 2022

• Feature: Visitors are now tracked in addition to Views
• Update: UI style and layout improvements
• Update: Removed the site’s domain from the URL in the table, so only the slug shows (ex. /blog/post-title/)
• Update: the Views & Referrers report can both be filtered by Visitor counts
• Update: when filtering, you can see your unfiltered Visitor & View totals next to your filtered totals
• Update: added a button to review the plugin in the header (please leave us a rating if you like Independent Analytics!)

1.5 – June 14th, 2022

• Update: added more one-click date ranges to date picker
• Update: added option in Settings to delete all data
• Update: added Analytics Dashboard link in the Plugins page
• Fix: no longer tracking views for post previews
• Fix: added placeholder text for pages missing a title
• Fix: displaying correct date format in CSV exports
• Fix: data displayed in the dashboard didn’t recognize the local timezone

1.4 – June 3rd, 2022

• Feature: added new Post Category column
• Update: styled Freemius optin form
• Fix: filter reset button not visually disabled when unusable
• Fix: conflict with SG Security plugin
• FIx: conflict with plugins using Twig

1.3 – May 31st, 2022

• Feature: Added option to change starting date
• Update: Add support for PHP 8