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Matomo Analytics – Powerful, Privacy-First Insights for WordPress

Figures from the Plugin Directory Census · as of 28 Aug 2026

100,000

Active installs, lower bound

Group: 100,000 to 999,999 installs

Days since the last release

Group median: 12

4.6

out of 5, from 177 ratings

Group median: 4.7 (10+ ratings)

100.0%

Support threads marked resolved, two months

Group: 68.2%

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What is Matomo Analytics and who is behind it?

Matomo Analytics is a WordPress plugin in the “Analytics and privacy” field, made by matomoteam. It has been listed in the directory since 13 Feb 2020, so for 6 years. matomoteam has 2 plugins with at least 10,000 installs in the census. With 100,000 to 199,999 active installs it belongs to the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group; its last release came 24 days before the reference date, and it is tested up to WordPress 7.0.

This is how the author describes the plugin on wordpress.org:

“Privacy friendly, GDPR compliant and self-hosted. Matomo is the #1 Google Analytics alternative that gives you control of your data. Free and secure.”

Self-description on wordpress.org, retrieved on 10 Sept 2026

When was Matomo Analytics last released?

The last release of Matomo Analytics came 24 days before the reference date; the group median is 12 days.

Each dot is a plugin in the 100,000 to 999,999 installs group, placed horizontally by days since its last release, on a logarithmic scale. The dashed line marks 365 days.

How many installs does Matomo Analytics have?

Matomo Analytics had 100,000 to 199,999 active installs on the reference date. Within its group, 219 plugins had a higher band and 179 plugins the same band.

The API reports installs only as a lower bound with one significant figure: 100,000 means at least 100,000 and at most 199,999.

Which WordPress version is Matomo Analytics tested with?

No directory notice: tested up to WordPress 7.0, while core stood at 7.1 on the reference date. The notice appears once the field falls below 6.9; that applied to 8.0% of the group.

How does Matomo Analytics compare with its group?

The group holds 399 listed plugins. 61.7% of them had a more recent last release than Matomo Analytics; 5.3% had no release for more than 365 days.

Figure	Matomo Analytics	Group, 399 plugins
Days since the last release	24	median 12
Rating	4.6 (177)	median 4.7 (10+ ratings)
Support threads marked resolved	100.0%	68.2%
Tested up to	7.0	47.6% on 7.1
Requires PHP	7.2	most often 7.4 (41.6%)

All values on the reference date

Slug	`matomo`
Author	matomoteam
Active installs	100,000 to 199,999
Last release	24 days before the reference date
Tested up to	WordPress 7.0 · core on the reference date: 7.1
Requires WordPress	4.8
Requires PHP	7.2
Rating	4.6 out of 5 from 177 ratings
Support threads, two months	4 of 4 marked resolved
Listed since	13 Feb 2020
Total downloads	3,161,732, updates included
Tags	analytics, behavior, conversion, gdpr, privacy-friendly

Tag	Plugins with 10,000+ installs and this tag	Rank by installs	Median days since release
analytics	41	11	17
behavior	1	1	24
conversion	4	2	14
gdpr	36	9	34
privacy-friendly	2	1	154

Class of 2020

Matomo Analytics has been listed since 13 Feb 2020. Of the 150 plugins with 10,000+ installs added in 2020, 87.3% released within the 365 days before the reference date.

Same group, shared tags

Not a recommendation; the same figures for comparison. Alphabetical.

Plugin	Active installs	Last release	Rating
Burst Statistics	200,000 to 299,999	9 days before the reference date	4.9 (183)
Cookie Compliance for WordPress	900,000 to 999,999	2 days before the reference date	4.8 (3,025)
CookieAdmin	400,000 to 499,999	48 days before the reference date	5.0 (4)
Cookiebot by Usercentrics	100,000 to 199,999	67 days before the reference date	4.4 (438)
Disable and Remove Google Fonts	100,000 to 199,999	43 days before the reference date	4.5 (46)
ExactMetrics	300,000 to 399,999	9 days before the reference date	2.5 (1,547)
GA Google Analytics	400,000 to 499,999	18 days before the reference date	4.9 (158)
GDPR Cookie Compliance	300,000 to 399,999	38 days before the reference date	4.6 (205)

Do you maintain Matomo Analytics?

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How to cite

hafenstudios (2026): Matomo Analytics – Powerful, Privacy-First Insights for WordPress, profile in the Plugin Directory Census 01/2026, reference date 28 Aug 2026. https://hafenstudios.com/en/census/plugins/matomo/

Source and status

All values come from the full pull of the public wordpress.org API on 28 Aug 2026 (reference time 21:56:30 UTC). The analysis and text on this page are available under CC BY 4.0; the raw values come from the public wordpress.org API and are in the raw data. How the count was made is set out in the method, what the fields do not say under limits. hafenstudios builds WordPress plugins itself, see the conflict of interest. Corrections to moin@hafenstudios.com; a documented correction leads to a new version. From issue 02 this page will also show the change since the previous reference date. Collected and prepared by Horst Wenzel.

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