This unofficial plugin adds the Matomo Web Analytics javascript code into the footer of your website. It has several useful options.
As of April 2026, Simple Matomo Tracking Code is a WordPress piwik plugin with 900 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 7.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.1+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Top alternative: Event Tracking for Gravity Forms.
This is a unofficial, basic WordPress plugin for the Matomo web analytics software platform.
It adds the Matomo javascript code into every page of your website, so you don’t have to code PHP to add it to your templates.
It is based quite heavily on the (no more supported) Piwik Analytics WordPress plugin which itself is based on the (no more available) Google Analytics wordpress plugin by Joost de Valk.
The following options are supported:
Please note, this plugin requires a self-contained Matomo installation somewhere under your control. It does not include Matomo itself.
See also The Matomo Website.
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.1+ required |
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