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Alfred<\/strong> is the easy website analytics plugin for small business owners \u2014 not marketers, not developers, not data nerds. It connects your WordPress site to Small Business Analytics<\/strong> (smallbusinessanalytics.io) and tells you who's visiting, where they're coming from, and what's actually working \u2014 all explained in plain English. No jargon, no complicated dashboards, no Google Analytics confusion.<\/p>\n\n If you've ever opened Google Analytics, seen 47 menus, gotten overwhelmed, and closed the tab \u2014 this plugin is for you.<\/p>\n\n This plugin connects your WordPress site to your SBA dashboard. Install it, paste in your tracking code, and you're done. No theme files to edit, no Google Tag Manager, no developer needed.<\/p>\n\n Because Google Analytics was built for marketers at big companies. Most small business owners open GA4, see 47 menus, get confused, and close the tab.<\/p>\n\n SBA tells you things like:<\/p>\n\n The dashboard is in plain English. Numbers are explained in plain English. An AI assistant named Alfred can answer questions like \"is my Instagram working?\" \u2014 and actually answer them.<\/p>\n\n It does exactly one thing: adds your SBA tracking code to every page of your site. That's it.<\/p>\n\n This plugin connects your site to Small Business Analytics, which is a free 7-day trial, then a paid service<\/strong> (plans start at $9\/month). No credit card is required to start<\/strong> \u2014 sign up at smallbusinessanalytics.io<\/a> (about a minute) and you'll get your tracking code right away. Paste it into the plugin settings and you're tracking. After 7 days you add a card to keep going; if you don't, your trial simply ends and you're never charged automatically.<\/p>\n\n This plugin connects to Small Business Analytics (https:\/\/smallbusinessanalytics.io), a third-party website analytics service, to enable visitor tracking on your site.<\/p>\n\n What it does:<\/strong>\nThe plugin loads a small JavaScript tracker file from What data is sent:<\/strong>\n- Page URL and title\n- Referring URL (where the visitor came from)\n- Device type (mobile, tablet, desktop) and browser\n- Approximate location (city\/region\/country, derived from IP \u2014 IP itself is not stored long-term)\n- Time on page, scroll depth, basic engagement signals\n- A randomly generated visitor ID stored in the browser's localStorage (not a cookie) for returning-visitor recognition<\/p>\n\n What data is NOT sent:<\/strong>\n- Personally identifying information (no names, emails, phone numbers, account info)\n- Form contents, passwords, or sensitive page content\n- Anything from logged-in WordPress admin pages \u2014 the tracker only runs on public pages<\/p>\n\n Terms and Privacy:<\/strong>\n- Terms of Service: https:\/\/smallbusinessanalytics.io\/terms\n- Privacy Policy: https:\/\/smallbusinessanalytics.io\/privacy<\/p>\n\n You need a Small Business Analytics account (free trial available, paid plans start at $9\/month) for the tracker to actually log visits to a dashboard you can view. The plugin itself can be installed without an account, but won't display data anywhere until you add your tracking code.<\/p>\n\n\n The plugin is free. Small Business Analytics is a paid service that begins with a free 7-day trial \u2014 no credit card needed<\/strong> \u2014 then plans from $9\/month. You're never charged automatically: after the trial you choose whether to add a card and continue. See smallbusinessanalytics.io<\/a> for pricing.<\/p><\/dd>\n No. The tracker loads asynchronously, which means your page renders first and the tracker loads in the background. It adds zero blocking time.<\/p><\/dd>\n Yes. The tracker is a tiny script tag injected into the HTML and is fully compatible with full-page caching. Your cache plugin doesn't need any special configuration.<\/p><\/dd>\nWhy use this instead of Google Analytics?<\/h4>\n\n
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https:\/\/app.smallbusinessanalytics.io\/tracker.js<\/code> on every public-facing page of your site. When a visitor browses your site, the tracker sends anonymous visit data (page URL, referrer, device type, approximate location based on IP, time on page) to https:\/\/app.smallbusinessanalytics.io\/api\/track<\/code> so it can appear in your SBA dashboard.<\/p>\n\nFrom your WordPress dashboard<\/h4>\n\n
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Is it free?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Will this slow down my site?<\/h3><\/dt>\n
Does it work with caching plugins (WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, etc.)?<\/h3><\/dt>\n