module Native Analytics — a native analytics module for ProcessWire

[Roych]

7 hours ago, adrian said:

Sorry, I might start becoming a bit of an annoyance, but what do you think about removing anayltics data that is added to every page's edit interface if the page isn't viewable (no template file, etc), because it will always show zeros.

There is already a setting for this in the "module settings" to disable this on every page. 😉
 

7 hours ago, adrian said:

I am seeing a LOT of bot traffic showing up in the stats - it's effectively making the data useless. ..............

Already working on this, and will probably post an update later today. Working on:
Aggressive bot detection: IP blocklist, 404 filter and some other updates.. 😉

R

[Roych]

just a small update about the next NativeAnalytics version, v1.0.24.

A lot has already been done, but I’m still testing and polishing everything before I publish the full release.

One of the main things I’ve been working on is better bot and crawler filtering. NativeAnalytics should now do a much better job at filtering out AI crawlers, SEO bots, social preview bots, uptime monitors, common HTTP libraries and other automated requests, so the analytics data should be cleaner.

I also added support for the Matomo device-detector library. Thanks to @adrian The module can use a site-wide Composer installation if available, or fall back to the bundled version included with the module. There is now also a clearer status section in the module settings, so it is easier to see what detection method is currently being used.

404 handling has also been improved. The module now tries to avoid logging false 404s when the URL can actually be resolved by modules such as PagePathHistory, ProcessRedirects or Jumplinks.

There are also two new cleanup buttons:

• Cleanup resolvable 404s
• Cleanup suspicious probes

Suspicious probes are now detected better as well. This includes common scanner URLs like WordPress/Joomla/Drupal/Magento/admin login probes, .env, .git, config files, shell upload attempts, path traversal attempts and similar noise.

I also added an optional URL/path filter, so if someone wants to exclude some custom patterns from tracking, this can now be done directly from the module settings.

The module settings page has also been cleaned up and reorganized. It should now be much easier to understand, with clearer sections for tracking, filters, bot detection, privacy/consent, retention, reports and advanced settings.

There are also several smaller improvements around realtime visitors, IP blocking, cleanup tools, bundled library fallback handling and general admin/dashboard styling.

This is not the final release post yet, but the next upgrade is getting close and should be available soon.