WordPress native, privacy-friendly analytics with Burst Statistics

TeamUpdraft has a new family member: Burst Statistics — a powerful WordPress plugin that gives you privacy-friendly statistics for your website. Whether you use cookies or not, all data is anonymized and stored on your own server. Best of all? It integrates directly with WordPress.

With the right configuration, you might not even need a cookie banner on your website in many regions. Of course, we always recommend checking with a legal advisor to ensure compliance with local privacy laws.

Burst Statistics was built in response to increasingly strict privacy regulations that make it hard for website owners to access the data they need. If you’re using Google Analytics, even with anonymized settings, most regions still require you to ask for consent via a cookie banner.
The issue? Google Analytics stores data on U.S. servers — so you no longer have full control over your visitors’ data.

Besides, on average, cookie banner consent rates hover around 2%. That means you’re only getting insights on a tiny fraction of your audience. Why settle for 2% when you can have 100% — privacy-respectfully? With Burst, you can access all your statistical data in a way that respects your visitors’ privacy.

Because Burst is a 100% native WordPress plugin, it integrates effortlessly with your site and other popular plugins like WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads.
With Burst Goals, you can track key actions on your website — clicks, views, and even specific plugin events (using hooks). There are plenty of predefined goals to make setup quick and simple.

Burst Statistics is built with performance in mind. Its optimized code and best-practice JavaScript loading methods mean its impact on your site speed is barely measurable. Want even more speed? Turn on Turbo Mode for enhanced performance.

Interested? Good news — Burst Statistics is completely free!
Here’s how to get started:

• In your WordPress dashboard, go to Plugins → Add New.
• Search for “Burst”.
• Click Install and Activate.
• Visit your new Statistics menu item to view your dashboard.

It works out of the box, but you can further customize it with IP blocking, Turbo Mode, and more. Download Burst Statistics and check it out.