How to track your website’s traffic with Plausible¶

Plausible helps website owners track how people use their website. It provides information about visitor characteristics, actions, and interactions, which helps improve the website and marketing strategies more effectively.

Requirements

This tutorial requires the installation of the following applications/modules:

Viindoo Website

Sign-up to Plausible¶

In order to connect your website with Plausible to track your website traffic, firstly, you need to have a Plausible account.

Step 1: Go to Plausible.io.
Step 2: Fill in your account information.

Step 3: Input the activation code that is sent to your email then click Activate.

Step 4: Copy your website Domain (e.g. example.viindoo.cloud), change the reporting timezone if needed and click Add snippet.

Step 5: Click on Start collecting data.

Create Shared Link¶

Step 1: Click the Plausible Logo to access your list of websites.

Step 2: Click on the three-dot icon on the website you want to track and select Settings.

Step 3: Navigate to Visibility > + New Link.

Step 4: Type the shared link’s name and click Create shared link.

Step 5: Copy the shared link.

Add the shared link to the Viindoo system¶

Step 1: Go back to the Viindoo system and navigate to Website > Configuration > Settings.

Step 2: Search for the Plausible Analytics feature.

Step 3: Activate the Plausible Analytics feature and copy the shared link to the Shared Link Auth field.

Step 4: Press Save to finish.

Track your website traffic with Plausible¶

After activating, navigate to Website > Reporting > Analytics to view the analytic report.