Burst Statistics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative)
Analytics you'll actually use. Privacy-friendly, zero config, and designed to be actionable. Get insights, not just raw data.
4.9(174 reviews)
·200K+ active installs·Updated 3 days agoAs of April 2026, Burst Statistics is a WordPress GDPR plugin with 200K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 174 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.1M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.6+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2022. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 547% this week. Support resolution rate: 92%. Top alternative: CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie….
4.9/5174 reviews
200K+active installs
92%resolved
4 yearssince 2022
Overview
Finally, analytics that you’ll actually use.
Google Analytics is overkill. Other WordPress statistics plugins are cluttered and confusing. You just want to know what’s happening on your site – without a data science degree.
Burst Statistics gives you a clean, intuitive analytics dashboard focused on the metrics that actually matter. No external accounts. No complex setup. Install, activate, and understand your traffic in seconds.
Trusted by 200,000+ WordPress sites. Built by the experienced team behind UpdraftPlus, WP-Optimize, and All-In-One Security.
What our users are saying
“Finally, an analytics plugin I can actually explain to clients.”
— @anguskeystone on wordpress.org“I tried WP Statistics and Independent Analytics, but they’re overloa…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
great little plugin!
by kcarruthers·3 days ago·1 reply
it is really helpful – I love it
Perfect for a small site like us
by stichtingbonartz·1 month ago·1 reply
Just works out of the box. We wanted something privacy friendly and this offers us enough for a small site. Still gives us plenty to analyse.
Lacks too much on free version
by peq42·1 month ago·3 replies
Doesn’t track country of origin, doesn’t say % of other systems per device(only the top one), no option to see stats on the top bar, etc
The free version is too incomplete.
Pluging utile
·2 months ago·1 reply
Vraiment utile et pratique.
Excelente soporte 5
by pipercastillo02·2 months ago·1 reply
Gracia por avisarme como esta creciendo mi sitio web
Download Trends
Today: 5KYesterday: 52KThis week: 97KPeriod total: 3.7M
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.6+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.2
44.5%
Other
18.8%
v3.1
12.8%
v1.7
12.3%
v2.2
11.6%
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Changelog
3.3.0
- April 1st 2026
- New: Dark mode support for email reports.
- Improvement: Move columns from statistics to sessions table, reducing data storage and improving query performance.
- Improvement: Session data included in archive CSV exports.
- Improvement: Add missing database indexes for improved performance.
…and 8 more changes
Contributors
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