{"id":325356,"date":"2026-08-11T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simplestats\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:19:40","slug":"simplestats-friendly-website-analytics","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/simplestats-friendly-website-analytics\/","author":20277405,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"1.0.0","tested":"7.0.4","requires":"5.6","requires_php":"7.2","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"SimpleStats \u2013 Friendly Private Website Analytics","header_author":"zkwarta","header_description":"Powerful analytics solution. 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No Google Analytics. No consent banner. No code. Just install SimpleStats and instantly see the website statistics that actually matter, with full GDPR, CCPA, and PECR compliance out of the box.<\/p>\n\n<p>At SimpleStats, our #1 priority is to give you clear, actionable analytics inside WordPress \u2013 without slowing down your site, bloating your database, or putting your stats at risk.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is why thousands of website owners are switching from Google Analytics and other analytics plugins to SimpleStats.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Lightning-Fast Analytics \u2013 Zero Impact on Your Website<\/h4>\n\n<p>Most WordPress analytics plugins are a hidden performance disaster. Every page view writes a new row to your WordPress database, which means:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Your site gets <strong>slower<\/strong> as your traffic grows<\/li>\n<li>Your database gets <strong>bloated<\/strong> with millions of analytics rows<\/li>\n<li>Backups take longer and cost more<\/li>\n<li>If your site gets hacked, crashes, or migrates badly \u2013 <strong>all your stats disappear<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>SimpleStats solves all of this. Our cloud-powered analytics engine processes your visitor stats outside your WordPress database, so:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your site stays fast<\/strong> \u2013 no extra database writes on every page view<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your database stays small<\/strong> \u2013 no analytics bloat, ever<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your stats are always safe<\/strong> \u2013 kept secure even if your website goes down<\/li>\n<li><strong>Your historical data survives<\/strong> \u2013 migrations, hacks, and crashes don't wipe your reports<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>This is the biggest advantage of SimpleStats over self-hosted analytics plugins. You get all the visibility, with none of the risk and none of the performance cost.<\/p>\n\n<h4>100% Privacy-Friendly Analytics \u2013 No Consent Banner Needed<\/h4>\n\n<p>SimpleStats is built from the ground up to be <strong>100% privacy-friendly<\/strong>. We collect zero personal data. We use zero cookies. We never sell, share, or expose your visitor data to anyone.<\/p>\n\n<p>This means:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No cookie banner required<\/strong> for your analytics<\/li>\n<li><strong>GDPR, CCPA, PECR, and ePrivacy compliant<\/strong> by default<\/li>\n<li><strong>No IP storage<\/strong> \u2013 we anonymize before processing, then discard<\/li>\n<li><strong>No fingerprinting<\/strong> \u2013 we don't identify individual visitors<\/li>\n<li><strong>No personal data collection<\/strong> \u2013 only aggregated, anonymous metrics<\/li>\n<li><strong>No tracking IDs<\/strong> to set up<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Most \"privacy-friendly\" analytics plugins still store IP addresses, set cookies, or pad your database with identifying data. SimpleStats does none of that \u2013 making it the most private analytics plugin for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n<p>If privacy and GDPR compliance matter to you, SimpleStats is the easiest way to get powerful website statistics without the legal headaches.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Your Stats Survive Anything<\/h4>\n\n<p>If your WordPress site goes down tomorrow, what happens to your analytics?<\/p>\n\n<p>With most analytics plugins, the answer is brutal: <strong>your stats are gone<\/strong>. Self-hosted plugins store everything inside your WordPress database, so if your site crashes, gets hacked, suffers a bad migration, or your hosting account expires, every page view, visitor stat, and traffic source you've ever logged is lost.<\/p>\n\n<p>With SimpleStats, your historical analytics are <strong>always safe and always available<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Backed up automatically<\/strong> in our redundant cloud infrastructure<\/li>\n<li><strong>Available 24\/7<\/strong> \u2013 view your stats even when your site is down<\/li>\n<li><strong>Migration-proof<\/strong> \u2013 move hosts, change domains, rebuild your site \u2013 your stats stay intact<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hack-proof<\/strong> \u2013 an attacker on your WordPress site cannot delete or alter your historical reports<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faster reports<\/strong> \u2013 queries run on our optimized infrastructure, not your shared hosting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>It's analytics insurance, built right into the plugin.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Beautiful Analytics Dashboard Inside WordPress<\/h4>\n\n<p>You should never have to leave WordPress to see your visitor stats. With SimpleStats, you don't.<\/p>\n\n<p>Our in-dashboard statistics page is designed to be <strong>simple to read and beautiful to look at<\/strong> \u2013 no PhD in analytics required.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Daily summary<\/strong> \u2013 the most important stats at a glance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Page views chart<\/strong> \u2013 see traffic trends over time<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visitor stats<\/strong> \u2013 unique visitors, sessions, and engagement<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top pages report<\/strong> \u2013 know your best-performing content<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top referrers report<\/strong> \u2013 see every site sending you traffic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Search engine report<\/strong> \u2013 Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and more<\/li>\n<li><strong>Country and city report<\/strong> \u2013 know where your audience lives<\/li>\n<li><strong>Device report<\/strong> \u2013 desktop, mobile, and tablet breakdowns<\/li>\n<li><strong>Browser and OS report<\/strong> \u2013 understand visitor technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>UTM campaign tracking<\/strong> \u2013 measure your marketing efforts<\/li>\n<li><strong>404 error report<\/strong> \u2013 find and fix broken pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outbound link tracking<\/strong> \u2013 see which external links visitors click<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Every report is <strong>filterable, sortable, and exportable<\/strong> \u2013 so you can dive as deep as you want, then get back to running your business.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Real-Time Visitor Stats<\/h4>\n\n<p>See exactly who is on your website <strong>right now<\/strong>. Our real-time analytics dashboard updates every few seconds and shows you:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Live visitor counter<\/strong> \u2013 know how many people are on your site this minute<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages being viewed right now<\/strong> \u2013 see which content is hot<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real-time traffic sources<\/strong> \u2013 know where visitors are coming from<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live country and device data<\/strong> \u2013 understand your audience instantly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Whether you publish a new post, run a sale, or get featured somewhere, you can watch your traffic spike in real-time.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Built for Speed \u2013 The Lightest Analytics Plugin for WordPress<\/h4>\n\n<p>Most WordPress analytics plugins slow down your site in two ways: a heavy tracking script on the front end, and constant analytics writes to your database on the back end. SimpleStats fixes both.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tiny tracking script<\/strong> \u2013 under 5KB, loads asynchronously, never blocks page rendering<\/li>\n<li><strong>No database writes for page views<\/strong> \u2013 analytics data goes straight to our cloud, not your WordPress database<\/li>\n<li><strong>No database bloat<\/strong> \u2013 your site stays fast and your backups stay small<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cache-friendly<\/strong> \u2013 works perfectly with WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, and other caching plugins<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lazy-loaded reports<\/strong> \u2013 the admin dashboard never feels sluggish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Get powerful analytics without slowing your website down \u2013 and without paying the long-term database cost that self-hosted plugins quietly rack up.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Google Analytics Alternative<\/h4>\n\n<p>SimpleStats is an easy way to replace Google Analytics on your WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>60-second setup<\/strong> instead of 30+ minutes of tracking codes and Google Tag Manager<\/li>\n<li><strong>No cookie banner needed<\/strong> \u2013 GDPR compliant by default with our fast tracking tag<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zero impact on site performance<\/strong> \u2013 no heavy tracking script, no database bloat<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stats stay safe<\/strong> even if your site is hacked, crashed, or migrated<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reports inside WordPress<\/strong> \u2013 never leave your dashboard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tracking script under 5KB<\/strong> \u2013 more than 90% smaller than Google's<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real-time visitor counter<\/strong> \u2013 not stuck on yesterday's data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Whether you've outgrown Google Analytics, found it too confusing, or want to stay GDPR compliant without a cookie banner, SimpleStats is the simplest way to switch.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Unlock Session Replays, Heatmaps &amp; More With a SimpleStats Subscription<\/h4>\n\n<p>The free plugin gives you the basic analytics dashboard \u2013 a SimpleStats Pro subscription shows you <strong>why<\/strong> visitors do what they do.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Session Replays<\/strong> \u2013 watch real visitors browse your site, click by click, so you can see exactly where they get stuck or confused<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heatmaps<\/strong> \u2013 see where visitors click, scroll, and stop reading on every page<\/li>\n<li><strong>Goal Tracking<\/strong> \u2013 measure signups, downloads, button clicks, and any custom conversion you care about<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multi-Site Management<\/strong> \u2013 manage analytics for up to 25 websites from one dashboard<\/li>\n<li><strong>Custom Domains<\/strong> \u2013 run tracking on your own subdomain for maximum trust<\/li>\n<li><strong>User Management<\/strong> \u2013 give team members and clients access to specific sites<\/li>\n<li><strong>API Access<\/strong> \u2013 pull your statistics into custom reports, dashboards, and tools<\/li>\n<li><strong>Higher Pageview Limits<\/strong> \u2013 up to 1 million pageviews and events per month<\/li>\n<li><strong>Priority Support<\/strong> \u2013 get help fast from our expert team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Together, session replays and heatmaps turn your analytics from \"what happened\" into \"why it happened and how to fix it.\" <a href=\"https:\/\/simplestats.com\/?utm_source=wprepo&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=liteversion\">Upgrade to SimpleStats Pro<\/a> to unlock the full picture.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Why Website Owners Choose SimpleStats<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Easier to set up<\/strong> \u2013 install, activate, and your visitor stats start showing up. No tracking codes, no IDs, no Google account.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Simpler to read<\/strong> \u2013 clean, modern reports designed for humans, not data scientists.<\/li>\n<li><strong>More private<\/strong> \u2013 no cookies, no IP storage, no fingerprinting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faster on your site<\/strong> \u2013 tiny tracking script, zero database writes for page views.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Safer for your data<\/strong> \u2013 stats survive hacks, crashes, migrations, and downtime.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Backed by MonsterInsights<\/strong> \u2013 the same trusted team behind WPBeginner, WPForms, OptinMonster, and other popular WordPress plugins used on over 25 million websites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Works With Every WordPress Setup<\/h4>\n\n<p>SimpleStats works with any WordPress theme, any page builder, and any hosting environment, including:<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Block Editor (Gutenberg)<\/li>\n<li>Elementor<\/li>\n<li>Divi<\/li>\n<li>Beaver Builder<\/li>\n<li>Bricks<\/li>\n<li>Oxygen<\/li>\n<li>Classic Editor<\/li>\n<li>WooCommerce<\/li>\n<li>Easy Digital Downloads<\/li>\n<li>MemberPress<\/li>\n<li>WordPress Multisite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>No matter how your website is built, SimpleStats will track your visitor stats and page views reliably.<\/p>\n\n<h4>Full SimpleStats Feature List<\/h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>One-click setup<\/strong> \u2013 no tracking codes, no IDs, no Google account<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cookieless tracking<\/strong> \u2013 100% privacy-friendly, GDPR compliant by default<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cloud-powered<\/strong> \u2013 zero database bloat, no site slowdown<\/li>\n<li><strong>Always-on stats<\/strong> \u2013 your analytics survive crashes, hacks, and migrations<\/li>\n<li><strong>Real-time analytics<\/strong> \u2013 live visitor counter and live page tracking<\/li>\n<li><strong>In-dashboard reports<\/strong> \u2013 beautiful statistics inside WordPress, advanced reporting on our analytics website<\/li>\n<li><strong>Page views tracking<\/strong> \u2013 total views, unique views, and historical trends<\/li>\n<li><strong>Visitor stats<\/strong> \u2013 unique visitors, sessions, returning visitors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Traffic sources<\/strong> \u2013 referrers, search engines, social media, direct<\/li>\n<li><strong>UTM campaign tracking<\/strong> \u2013 measure marketing performance<\/li>\n<li><strong>Top pages and posts<\/strong> \u2013 know your best-performing content<\/li>\n<li><strong>Country and city reports<\/strong> \u2013 see where your audience lives<\/li>\n<li><strong>Device, browser, OS reports<\/strong> \u2013 understand visitor technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>404 error tracking<\/strong> \u2013 find and fix broken pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Outbound link tracking<\/strong> \u2013 see which external links visitors click<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lightweight<\/strong> \u2013 tracking script under 5KB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cache-friendly<\/strong> \u2013 works with all major caching plugins<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multisite support<\/strong> \u2013 works with WordPress Multisite networks<\/li>\n<li><strong>REST API access<\/strong> \u2013 pull your statistics into other tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h4>Who Should Use SimpleStats?<\/h4>\n\n<p>SimpleStats is a great privacy-friendly analytics plugin for:\n* <strong>Bloggers<\/strong> \u2013 know which posts your readers love most and engage with\n* <strong>Small business owners<\/strong> \u2013 see how customers find you\n* <strong>eCommerce stores<\/strong> \u2013 track top products and conversion paths\n* <strong>Agencies and freelancers<\/strong> \u2013 give clients beautiful reports without slowing their sites\n* <strong>Nonprofits<\/strong> \u2013 measure impact without privacy concerns\n* <strong>News and media sites<\/strong> \u2013 see what stories are trending in real time\n* <strong>Membership sites<\/strong> \u2013 understand your most active members\n* <strong>Course creators<\/strong> \u2013 know which lessons get the most views\n* <strong>EU-based websites<\/strong> \u2013 stay GDPR compliant without a cookie banner\n* <strong>High-traffic sites<\/strong> \u2013 avoid the database bloat that plagues self-hosted analytics plugins<\/p>\n\n<h4>Branding Guidelines<\/h4>\n\n<p>SimpleStats&reg; is a registered trademark. When writing about the website analytics plugin by SimpleStats, please make sure to spell SimpleStats as one word, with the S in Simple and the S in Stats capitalized.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>SimpleStats (correct)<\/li>\n<li>Simple Stats (incorrect)<\/li>\n<li>simplestats (incorrect)<\/li>\n<li>Simple stats (incorrect)<\/li>\n<li>simple-stats (incorrect)<\/li>\n<li>Simple Analytics (incorrect)<\/li>\n<li>SimpleStat (incorrect)<\/li>\n<li>Simplestats (incorrect)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3>External services<\/h3>\n\n<p>SimpleStats is a connector for <strong>SimpleStats<\/strong>, a cloud-based, privacy-friendly website analytics service operated by the plugin author. Because your analytics are processed in the cloud (and never written to your WordPress database), the plugin communicates with the SimpleStats service. The service, and the data exchanged with it, are described below.<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Service provider: SimpleStats \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/simplestats.com\">https:\/\/simplestats.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Terms of Service: <a href=\"https:\/\/simplestats.com\/terms-of-service\/\">https:\/\/simplestats.com\/terms-of-service\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Privacy Policy: <a href=\"https:\/\/simplestats.com\/privacy-policy\/\">https:\/\/simplestats.com\/privacy-policy\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The plugin only contacts the SimpleStats API (app.simplestats.com) in the following situations, and sends nothing until you connect your site:<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li><p><strong>Connecting your site (sign-up, sign-in, password reset).<\/strong> When a logged-in administrator connects the site from the SimpleStats admin screen, the plugin sends a request to <code>app.simplestats.com\/wp-connector\/*<\/code>. Data sent: the email address you enter (and, for sign-in only, your password, which is forwarded to the service and never stored by the plugin), your site URL, your admin URL, the plugin version, your site's timezone, a randomly generated installation ID, and the IP address of the administrator performing the action (used only to geolocate the account being created). Sent only when an administrator submits the connect \/ sign-in \/ sign-up \/ forgot-password form.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p><strong>Loading the tracking script in visitors' browsers.<\/strong> Once your site is connected, a lightweight tracking script is loaded from <code>app.simplestats.com\/pixel\/&lt;your-site-key&gt;<\/code> on your public pages. It records anonymous, aggregated visit data such as the page URL, referrer, and device\/browser type. No personally identifiable information is collected. Sent on front-end page views of a connected site.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p><strong>Displaying your reports in the WordPress dashboard.<\/strong> When an administrator opens the SimpleStats dashboard, dashboard widget, or admin-bar indicator, the plugin requests your analytics reports (including real-time data) from <code>app.simplestats.com\/wp-connector\/*<\/code> using your site's stored API key. Data sent: your site\/API key and the date range being viewed.<\/p><\/li>\n<li><p><strong>Recording conversions (e-commerce and form submissions).<\/strong> If you use WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, or track form submissions, the plugin sends the corresponding event (add-to-cart, checkout, purchase, or form submit) to <code>app.simplestats.com\/pixel-track\/&lt;your-site-key&gt;<\/code>. Data sent: the event type, order\/product or form identifiers, the conversion value, the page URL, and the visitor's anonymous session identifiers. Sent only when the relevant store or form event occurs on a connected site.<\/p><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<ol>\n<li>Install SimpleStats either via the WordPress.org plugin repository or by uploading the files to your server. (See instructions on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/beginners-guide\/step-by-step-guide-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin-for-beginners\/\">how to install a WordPress plugin<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Activate SimpleStats.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the SimpleStats tab in your WordPress admin menu to see your website statistics.<\/li>\n<li>Want more features? <a href=\"https:\/\/simplestats.com\/?utm_source=wprepo&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=liteversion\">Purchase a SimpleStats Subscription<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id=\"how%20is%20simplestats%20different%20from%20google%20analytics%3F\"><h3>How is SimpleStats different from Google Analytics?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>SimpleStats is simpler, faster, and more private. You don't need a Google account, you don't need a cookie banner, and you don't have to leave WordPress to see your basic visitor stats.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"how%20is%20simplestats%20different%20from%20other%20wordpress%20analytics%20plugins%3F\"><h3>How is SimpleStats different from other WordPress analytics plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Most WordPress analytics plugins store every page view in your WordPress database. This slows your site down, bloats your backups, and means a single hack or crash can wipe out years of stats. SimpleStats processes analytics in the cloud, so your site stays fast and your stats stay safe \u2013 with the same polished in-dashboard reports you'd expect from a premium analytics tool.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20simplestats%20slow%20down%20my%20website%3F\"><h3>Does SimpleStats slow down my website?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No \u2013 quite the opposite. Our tracking script is less than 50kb and loads asynchronously, and we don't write page view data into your WordPress database. Most other analytics plugins do, which silently bloats your DB and slows your site over time.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20simplestats%20use%20cookies%3F\"><h3>Does SimpleStats use cookies?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>No. SimpleStats is 100% cookie-free with our simple tracking. This means you don't need a cookie consent banner, and your website is GDPR, CCPA, PECR, and ePrivacy compliant by default.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"is%20simplestats%20gdpr%20compliant%3F\"><h3>Is SimpleStats GDPR compliant?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. SimpleStats was built privacy-first. We don't use cookies, we don't store IP addresses, we don't fingerprint visitors, and we don't sell or share your data. You can use it on any EU site without a consent banner.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"what%20happens%20to%20my%20stats%20if%20my%20website%20goes%20down%20or%20gets%20hacked%3F\"><h3>What happens to my stats if my website goes down or gets hacked?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>This is one of the biggest reasons to use SimpleStats. Your historical analytics are kept safely in our redundant cloud infrastructure, so they survive crashes, hacks, migrations, and downtime. With self-hosted analytics plugins, all that data lives in your WordPress database \u2013 one bad day and it can disappear.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20simplestats%20work%20with%20woocommerce%3F\"><h3>Does SimpleStats work with WooCommerce?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes! SimpleStats tracks your WooCommerce store's traffic and top product pages out of the box.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20simplestats%20work%20with%20caching%20plugins%3F\"><h3>Does SimpleStats work with caching plugins?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes. SimpleStats works with WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache, LiteSpeed Cache, and all other popular caching plugins.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"does%20simplestats%20support%20wordpress%20multisite%3F\"><h3>Does SimpleStats support WordPress Multisite?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Yes, SimpleStats fully supports WordPress Multisite. Each site in your network can have its own statistics dashboard.<\/p><\/dd>\n<dt id=\"where%20can%20i%20get%20support%3F\"><h3>Where can I get support?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Free support is provided <a href=\"https:\/\/simplestats.com\/contact\/?utm_source=wprepo&amp;utm_medium=link&amp;utm_campaign=liteversion\">on our website<\/a>. 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