Third-Party Services in WP Statistics for Website Owners

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

• Description: Used within the WP Statistics admin panel to collect feedback from users about various aspects of the plugin, such as bugs and user experience.
• Asset Loaded: The plugin loads one asset from FeedbackBird to display the FeedbackBird widget in the admin area. The asset is loaded from: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/feedbackbird/assets@master/wp/app.js
• Website: FeedbackBird
• Privacy Policy: FeedbackBird Privacy Policy and JSDelivr Privacy Policy
• Disable Widget: If you want to remove the FeedbackBird widget, read this doc: Disable the FeedbackBird Widget

Ipify

• Description: Used to display the current IP address of the user in the “Settings -> IP Detection -> Your IP Information” section.
• Privacy Policy: Ipify Privacy Policy
• Disable Feature: If you want to disable this feature, read this doc: Disable the Your IP Information Section

Referrer Spam Blacklist

• Description: Downloads a list of referrer spammers to block in the “Settings -> Data Sources -> Referrer Spam Blacklist” section. The list is obtained from Matomo’s referrer spam list.
• Source URL: Matomo Referrer Spam List
• GitHub Repository: Matomo Referrer Spam Blacklist
• Privacy Policy: JSDelivr Privacy Policy

GeoIP Data

• Description: Uses GeoIP data to provide geographic information about visitors. Users can choose between two sources for this data:
  • JSDelivr (Default): Downloads GeoLite2-Country data from JSDelivr.
    • Download URL: GeoLite2-Country.mmdb.gz
    • Privacy Policy: JSDelivr Privacy Policy
  • MaxMind: Users can opt to download GeoIP data directly from MaxMind.
    • Download URL: MaxMind GeoIP Download
    • Privacy Policy: MaxMind Privacy Policy

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:

• Plugin Name: The name of the premium add-on plugin.
• License Key: The license key entered by the user.
• Website URL: The URL of the website using the premium add-on.

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

Libraries

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