Self-host Google Analytics v4 or use Minimal Analytics, a lightweight gtag.js alternative, to improve site speed and enhance privacy.
As of April 2026, Flying Analytics: Self-Host Google Analytics v4 with Speed Optimization is a WordPress google analytics plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 14 reviews. It has been downloaded 58K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Downloads are down 35% this week. Top alternative: MonsterInsights – Google Analytics….
Host Google Analytics locally using any one of these:
Optionally, disable Analytics when admin is logged in.
My pagespeed score is better since i use this pugin instead of the google site kit ! Thank you 😉
Its a good plugin. However on multi author site, we lose the ability to add a dimension for counting the author’s views. That is an important aspect. Kindly add it.
I landed on this plugin after trying Flying Scripts. As boring as this plugin is, it felt great installing this and just seeing a simple form that allows me to paste in my GA code, and get working analytics.
Theres 100 other plugins that do this, but they all feel like a free-2-play app. You’re hit with ads, banners, and upsells.
This just works.
Works well.
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| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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