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Adjusted Bounce Rate

A well-designed plugin that improves the accuracy of your bounce rate, time on page, and session duration metrics in Google Analytics.

By Grant Norwood·Analytics·Free
4.2(5 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 11 years ago
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As of April 2026, Adjusted Bounce Rate is a WordPress analytics plugin with 30 active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search….

4.2/55 reviews
30active installs
3.5K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

Google Analytics does not properly track some important engagement metrics like Avg Session Duration, Avg Session Duration, and Bounce Rate. This plugin uses a commonly-accepted JavaScript method of improving the accuracy of these stats.

This plugin addresses the issues as identified by the Google Analytics team at:

  • http://analytics.blogspot.com/2012/07/tracking-adjusted-bounce-rate-in-google.html

Others have also blogged about their own solutions at:

  • http://padicode.com/blog/analytics/the-real-bounce-rate/
  • http://briancray.com/posts/time-on-site-bounce-rate-get-the-real-numbers-in-google-analytics

See http://grantnorwood.com/wordpress/plugins/adjusted-bounce-rate/ for more information about the plugin and the author, or visit the GitHub repo at https://github.com/grantnorwood/adjust…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Compatibility

WordPress3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.2.1 (2015-04-03)

  • Added option to enable “debug mode”, which shows helpful messages in the browser console when engagement hit events are fired.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Grant NorwoodGrant Norwood
Plugin Info
Version
1.2.1
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2015
WP Requires
3.5+
Tested Up To
4.1.42
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
30
Downloads
3.5K+
Added
May 13, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

analyticsbounce ratetime on pagetime on sitegoogle analytics

Developer

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Grant Norwood
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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