Third-Party Services in WP Statistics for Website Owners

What the plugin collects

If you are looking for information on “What the plugin collects,” please refer to this article: WP Statistics: GDPR, CCPA and cookie law compliant site analytics.

The WP Statistics plugin integrates several third-party services and libraries to enhance functionality and provide valuable features to users. Additionally, when using premium add-ons, specific data is sent to WP-Statistics.com for update checks. Below is a detailed overview of these third-party services, libraries, and the data shared for premium add-ons.

Third-Party Services

FeedbackBird

Ipify

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GeoIP Data

WP Statistics uses GeoIP data to provide geographic information about visitors. Users can choose between multiple sources for this data:

  1. JSDelivr (Default):
  2. Direct Download:

For more information on choosing a GeoIP source, see:
Location Detection Methods in WP Statistics

Premium Add-ons Information

When using premium add-ons for WP Statistics, the following data is sent to WP-Statistics.com to check for updates:

This information is necessary to validate the license and provide update notifications for the premium add-ons.

Optional Anonymous Data Sharing (Introduced in 14.13)

Starting from version 14.13, WP Statistics includes a feature that allows you to voluntarily share anonymous data with us. The purpose is to help us understand how site owners use WP Statistics and identify which configurations or features are most important.

New Notification System (Introduced in 14.13)

Also starting in version 14.13, WP Statistics includes a new notification area in the WordPress admin panel:

Libraries

For information on the libraries used in our plugin, please refer to our composer.json file on GitHub.

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