Title: Pressed Hog – Analytics for PostHog Author: seainthetrees Published: October 20, 2026 Last modified: October 20, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=3756294) ![](https://ps.w.org/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev =3756294) # Pressed Hog – Analytics for PostHog By [seainthetrees](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seainthetrees/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog.0.3.2.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/) ## Description Pressed Hog installs [PostHog](https://posthog.com) product analytics on your WordPress site — no code required. Works with PostHog Cloud (US or EU) and self-hosted PostHog instances. **Features** * Guided setup wizard on activation: pick your region, validate your API key live against your PostHog host, choose tracking and consent options, and send a test event to confirm everything works end to end. * Injects the official posthog-js snippet with your project API key and host. * Toggles for pageview capture, autocapture, session replay, and popover surveys. * Optionally identify logged-in users, linking events to their WordPress account. * Exclude roles (administrators, editors, …) from tracking so your own clicks stay out of your data. * Consent handling with three modes: no gate, a built-in cookie banner, or integration with an external consent plugin via a cookie or JavaScript API. * WooCommerce events: `product_added_to_cart`, `checkout_started`, and `order_completed`( with order totals and line items, deduplicated per order). * Server-side feature flags: a `[posthog_flag key="my-flag"]…[/posthog_flag]` shortcode to gate content, plus `pressed_hog_is_feature_enabled()` and `pressed_hog_get_feature_flag()` template helpers. * Reverse proxy: serve PostHog through your own domain (e.g. `yoursite.com/phog/…`) so analytics requests are first-party and delivered more reliably. * In-dashboard analytics: a Pressed Hog admin page with pageviews, unique visitors, a traffic chart, top pages, referrers, and devices — plus a WordPress dashboard widget and an optional link to a PostHog shared dashboard. Requires a personal API key with read-only Query scope. * QR codes & trackable links: turn any URL of your own into a campaign-tagged link( UTM parameters plus a unique per-link id so PostHog can attribute each QR individually), generate its QR code right in the browser (nothing is sent to a third-party QR service), keep a saved list of your links, and export the whole list as a downloadable CSV spreadsheet. Download each QR as PNG or SVG. **Consent integration for developers** In “external” consent mode, tracking stays off until either the configured cookie equals the configured value, or your consent plugin calls: ``` window.pressedHog.grantConsent(); or `window.pressedHog.denyConsent();` ``` **Hooks** * `pressed_hog_is_active` — filter whether the snippet is output for the current request. * `pressed_hog_init_config` — filter the `posthog.init()` config array. PostHog is a registered trademark of PostHog, Inc. This plugin is an independent integration and is not affiliated with or endorsed by PostHog, Inc. ### External services This plugin connects your site to [PostHog](https://posthog.com), a product analytics service. Nothing is sent anywhere until you enter a PostHog project API key. Depending on the features you enable, data goes to PostHog Cloud US (`us.posthog.com`, `us. i.posthog.com`, `us-assets.i.posthog.com`), PostHog Cloud EU (`eu.posthog.com`, ` eu.i.posthog.com`, `eu-assets.i.posthog.com`), or the self-hosted PostHog instance you configure. * **Tracking library (visitors’ browsers).** On every front-end page view by a tracked visitor, the browser loads the posthog-js library from PostHog’s asset host. It then sends the events you enabled: pageviews (URL, referrer, browser, device, screen size), autocaptured clicks and form submissions, session recordings, and survey responses, together with an anonymous ID and the visitor’s IP address. When a consent mode is enabled, nothing is captured and no PostHog cookie is stored until the visitor consents. * **User identification (optional).** If “Identify logged-in users” is on, the logged-in user’s WordPress user ID, email address, and display name are sent to PostHog. * **WooCommerce events (optional).** If enabled, add-to-cart, checkout-started, and order-completed events are sent, including product IDs, product names, quantities, order totals, and currency. * **Reverse proxy (optional).** If enabled, visitors’ tracking requests pass through your server to PostHog, with the visitor’s IP address forwarded in the `X-Forwarded- For` header. The posthog-js library files are still loaded from PostHog’s asset host. * **Feature flags (server-side).** When a page uses the `[posthog_flag]` shortcode or the flag helper functions, your server sends your project API key and the visitor’s PostHog ID (or WordPress user ID for logged-in users) to PostHog’s `/ decide` endpoint. Results are cached for 60 seconds. * **Setup wizard.** When you validate your key or send a test event, your server sends the project API key, and for the test event your user ID, site URL, and plugin version, to PostHog. * **In-dashboard analytics (optional).** When an administrator opens the analytics page or dashboard widget, your server sends read-only queries to PostHog’s Query API using your personal API key and project ID. Results are cached for 5 minutes. PostHog’s terms of service: https://posthog.com/terms PostHog’s privacy policy: https://posthog.com/privacy If you self-host PostHog, the data goes only to your own instance, and your own terms and privacy policy apply. ## Screenshots [⌊Setup wizard: connect your PostHog project and validate the API key.⌉⌊Setup wizard: connect your PostHog project and validate the API key.⌉[ Setup wizard: connect your PostHog project and validate the API key. [⌊Setup wizard: choose what to track.⌉⌊Setup wizard: choose what to track.⌉[ Setup wizard: choose what to track. [⌊Setup wizard: choose how cookie consent is handled.⌉⌊Setup wizard: choose how cookie consent is handled.⌉[ Setup wizard: choose how cookie consent is handled. [⌊The settings page.⌉⌊The settings page.⌉[ The settings page. [⌊In-dashboard analytics with traffic chart, top pages, referrers, and devices.⌉⌊ In-dashboard analytics with traffic chart, top pages, referrers, and devices.⌉[ In-dashboard analytics with traffic chart, top pages, referrers, and devices. [⌊The built-in cookie consent banner.⌉⌊The built-in cookie consent banner.⌉[ The built-in cookie consent banner. ## Installation 1. Upload the plugin to `/wp-content/plugins/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog`, or install it via the Plugins screen. 2. Activate it — you’ll be taken straight to the setup wizard. 3. Follow the wizard: pick your PostHog region, paste your project API key (starts with `phc_`), choose tracking and consent options, and send a test event. You can re-run the wizard any time from the “Setup wizard” link on the Plugins screen, or manage everything on Settings Pressed Hog. ## FAQ ### Where do I find my project API key? In PostHog, open Settings Project. The key starts with `phc_` and is safe to expose publicly. ### Does this work with self-hosted PostHog? Yes — choose “Self-hosted / custom” as the host and enter your instance URL. ### Does the plugin send any data to PostHog on its own? Only what you enable. The tracking snippet runs in visitors’ browsers; the only server-side request is feature flag evaluation (when you use the shortcode or helpers), sent to your configured PostHog host. ### Does the reverse proxy work on any host? It needs pretty permalinks enabled (Settings Permalinks). Every tracked event then passes through your server as a lightweight relay to PostHog — fine for most sites, but consider a CDN-level proxy for very high-traffic sites. ### How do the QR codes track scans? Each trackable link appends standard UTM parameters (source, medium, campaign) plus a unique `phg_qr` id to your destination URL. When someone scans the code and lands on your site, posthog-js captures those parameters on the `$pageview` event, so you can break scans down by campaign — or by individual QR code — in PostHog. The QR image itself is generated in the visitor’s/your browser; the URL is never sent to an external QR service. ### Where are my links stored, and can I export them? They’re saved in your WordPress database (the `pressed_hog_links` option) and listed on the QR Codes page. Use “Download sheet (CSV)” to export every link — label, destination, full tracked URL, UTM values, tracking id, and created date — as a spreadsheet you can open in Excel or Google Sheets. ### Is my personal API key safe? It is stored in its own non-autoloaded WordPress option. Public tracking requests load a separate settings option and do not retrieve the credential. It is only ever used server-side (never printed on the front end). Create it with the read-only Query scope so it can’t modify anything. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Pressed Hog – Analytics for PostHog” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ seainthetrees ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/seainthetrees/) [Translate “Pressed Hog – Analytics for PostHog” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.3.2 * The optional PostHog shared dashboard is now linked from the analytics page instead of embedded in an iframe. * The reverse proxy now relays only PostHog’s JSON API responses; library files load directly from PostHog’s asset host. * Text domain changed to `pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog` to match the WordPress. org plugin slug. * All admin output is escaped at the point of output. * Fixed a PHP deprecation notice on the setup wizard screen. #### 0.3.1 * Renamed to “Pressed Hog – Analytics for PostHog”; the admin menu is now labelled“ Pressed Hog” and no longer sits at the top of the menu. * The tracking snippet, settings script, and dashboard-widget styles now go through the WordPress script and style loaders instead of inline tags. * With a consent mode on, posthog-js no longer stores cookies or localStorage until the visitor consents. * The “connect PostHog” reminder now appears only on the Plugins screen. * Uninstall now also removes WooCommerce order meta and cleans up every site on a multisite network. * Documented the external services the plugin uses. #### 0.3.0 * New “QR Codes” page (under the PostHog menu): create trackable links from your own URLs with UTM tags and a unique tracking id, generate QR codes, save your links, and download the list as a CSV spreadsheet. QR codes are generated entirely in the browser and can be downloaded as PNG or SVG. #### 0.2.1 * Security hardening: restrict the reverse proxy to known PostHog paths and methods with a request-body size cap; validate the wizard’s key-check host (HTTPS only, via wp_safe_remote_post) to prevent internal-network probing; stop exposing the personal API key in the setup wizard’s page HTML and keep it out of the autoloaded options cache; reject numeric anonymous feature-flag identifiers. #### 0.2.0 * Reverse proxy for ad-blocker-resistant tracking through your own domain. * In-dashboard analytics page, dashboard widget, and optional embedded shared dashboard. #### 0.1.0 * Initial release. ## Meta * Version **0.3.2** * Last updated **15 hours ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **7.1.3** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Tags * [analytics](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/analytics/)[cookie consent](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cookie-consent/) [feature flags](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/feature-flags/)[PostHog](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posthog/) [woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pressed-hog-analytics-for-posthog/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. 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