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📈 Google Analytics alternative 🚀 Intuitive & lightweight 🛡️ Open source & privacy-first 🍪 No cookies & no need for GDPR banner ♥️ Subscriber-funded 🇪🇺 Made and hosted in the EU Visit https://plausible.io?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=social

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Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 2d

🎉 Huge update to how you track optional measurements

Now you can simply track the clicks on your outbound links, file downloads, & form submissions on your site, without updating your Plausible tracking snippet.

Just tick the boxes in your Plausible settings to enable these new metrics instantly.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 3d

✅ Just enable Form Tracking in your site settings, no need to update the snippet or work with code.

Plausible will start tracking your form conversions and display:

• Total, unique submissions
• Conversion rates
• Top pages and referral sources driving submissions
etc.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 3d

📣 Introducing, Automatic + Codeless Form submission tracking!

If you've got forms on your website—be it a contact form, waitlist signup, or feedback form—we can now automatically detect and track them.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 5d

The only things we ask for during the Plausible sign up are name, email & password.

We don't need to know your phone number, credit card details, revenue, etc.

We don't treat sign ups as a lead generation or customer research opportunity, but something needed to get you started quickly.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 8d

4️⃣ Audit system access: Apply the principle of least privilege, ensure people on your team only have access to the systems and data they truly need.

Cybersecurity doesn’t always mean buying expensive tools. Often, it’s about tightening what you already have.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 8d

3️⃣ Remove unused cookies and scripts: Go through your site and identify unnecessary third-party cookies and tracking scripts, and remove them.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 8d

2️⃣ Ensure latest updates are applied: Whether it’s your CMS or server software, turn on automatic updates wherever possible. Many breaches happen simply because a patch wasn’t applied in time.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 8d

1️⃣ Set up security headers: Configure headers like Content-Security-Policy, Strict-Transport-Security, and X-Frame-Options. These add extra layers of defence against common attacks.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 8d

October is European Cybersecurity Month. If you run a website, here are some steps you can take today to improve your security and protect your visitors:

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 9d

We’re proud to share we’ve achieved 22% net ARR growth in the first 9 months of the year.

Still no ads, only helpful content. Powered by a team of 11 people.

Huge thanks to our community for believing in us. You’ve shown real demand for simple, privacy-first analytics—and we’ll keep building!

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 16d

Every little insight from your dashboard counts. Each one is an opportunity to refine your marketing, strengthen your branding, and grow your website with clarity and confidence.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 17d

🚀 New update: If you manage many websites or are white-labelling Plausible, now you can add custom properties using the Sites API.

Until now, you could only add custom properties (aka custom dimensions in GA4) through the dashboard.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 18d

✨ New in Plausible email reports:

You can now see your top 5 goal conversions (unique) directly in your weekly and monthly email reports.

Track your most important goals without even opening the dashboard. 🚀

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 19d

Plausible Hack

🕴️Hovering over the current visitors counter shows exactly when it was updated,

🖱️ Clicking on it takes you to the Realtime dashboard

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 22d

We like to treat simplicity as a non-negotiable feature.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 23d

We've always ignored link exchange requests.

Our content has been authentic and free of spam & blue links.

Backlinks may be important for SEO, but marketers tend to forget that a network of backlinks isn't necessarily to be hacked after all.

It can be organically, passively built too!

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 24d

If the world of analytics ended tomorrow and you could save just one metric from your Plausible dashboard…which one would it be?

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 25d

Common SaaS hacks we still reject today:

- Asking for credit card info even for free trials

- Trials that auto-convert without clear notice

- Extra charges when your traffic goes over the limit occasionally

- Dark patterns in upgrade flows (confusing wording, hiding cheaper plans)

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · 26d

Welcomed our first ever product designer to the team today...expect some great UX improvements. 🦋

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · Sep 8

Which metric/goal do you secretly check first thing in the morning?

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · Sep 5

How to know which marketing channels actually drive conversions?

See the Top Channels report, filtered by your goal. You can break down last quarter’s goals by:

📈 Channels (Organic, Direct, Referral, Social, Email…)
🔍 Conversion rates per channel

So you know exactly where to double down.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · Sep 4

At Plausible, your site’s data is not training anyone's AI models.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · Sep 2

📣 You can now type to search and choose through your multiple Google Search Console properties, and connect it to your Plausible dashboard.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · Sep 1

Dashboards shouldn’t only make sense to analysts. They should make sense to everyone.

Plausible Analytics @plausible.io · Aug 29

📣 Update: The "last 12 months" range now excludes the incomplete, current month. E.g., if you were to check it right now, you'd see data for 1 Aug '24 - 31 July '25.

This ensures you always see a full 12 months of data for more accurate analysis and year-on-year trends.