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The fastest, lightest way to integrate Google Analytics in WordPress.
CAOS (Complete Analytics Optimization Suite) is a WordPress plugin that allows you to host Google Analytics' gtag.js file locally. It automates the process of downloading and updating this file using WordPress' Cron-schedule, which can improve your site's performance by reducing load times and enhancing caching capabilities.
This plugin is suitable for users who want a lightweight alternative to standard Google Analytics libraries and those who need to comply with GDPR regulations. It supports Minimal Analytics 4 and offers compatibility with various other analytics and cookie compliance plugins.
Best for: This plugin suits website owners looking to optimise Google Analytics performance while ensuring GDPR compliance.
What it does well
Where it falls short
CAOS is a practical solution for hosting Google Analytics locally, particularly for those prioritising site speed and compliance. However, detailed support information is lacking.
Daan van den Bergh's own description of CAOS, lightly tidied.
CAOS can be downloaded for free without any paid subscription from the official WordPress repository.
CAOS (Complete Analytics Optimization Suite) for Google Analytics allows you to host gtag.js locally and keep it updated using WordPress’ built-in Cron-schedule. Fully automatic!
Not a big Google Analytics user and just curious about your pageviews? CAOS fully supports Minimal Analytics 4. An extremely lightweight alternative to Google Analytics’ default libraries (gtag.js). Minimal Analytics also helps you get rid of that annoying Unused JS notice in Google PageSpeed Insights!
Whenever you run an analysis of your website on Google Pagespeed Insights, Pingdom or GTMetrix, it’ll tell you to leverage browser cache when you’re using Google Analytics. Because Google has set the cache expiry time to 2 hours. This plugin will get you a higher score on Pagespeed and Pingdom and make your website load faster, because the user’s browser doesn’t have to make a roundtrip to download the file from Google’s external server.
Just install the plugin, enter your Measurement ID and the plugin adds the necessary Tracking Code for Google Analytics 4 to the header (or footer) of your theme, downloads and saves the gtag.js-file
to your website’s server and keeps it updated (automagically) using a scheduled script in wp_cron(). Or if you’d like to use the locally hosted file with another plugin, check Compatibility Mode under Advanced Settings, Either way, CAOS is a set and forget plugin.
For more information: [How to setup CAOS](For more information: How to setup CAOS.
Use Google Analytics in compliance with GDPR with:
– Randomize Client ID (which grants a fresh, untraceable UUID/ClientID to each visitor),
– Stealth Mode (a unique, customized API, designed for WordPress, which anonymizes your visitor’s data before sending it to Google’s servers).
Other features:
– Cloaked Affiliate Link Tracking,
– Cloudflare Compatibility Mode.
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