Title: Differences from WP-Matomo
Last modified: February 19, 2020

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# Differences from WP-Matomo

 *  Resolved anonymized-17692928
 * (@anonymized-17692928)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/)
 * I’ve been using [WP-Matomo](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-piwik/) for a long
   time without difficulty, how does this differ from it, are there any improvements?
   Is it lacking in any functionality in comparison, that would make it better to
   stay with that until this is more mature?

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 *  [Findus23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/findus23/)
 * (@findus23)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/#post-12454608)
 * Hi,
 * The two plugins have different use cases.
 * This plugin contains a full Matomo installation. So you only need to install 
   it and have a full Matomo setup running.
 * While WP-Matomo allows you to connect your WordPress to a self-hosted (or cloud-
   hosted) Matomo instance.
 * Both plugins will continue to be developed as they don’t replace each other.
 *  Thread Starter anonymized-17692928
 * (@anonymized-17692928)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/#post-12455062)
 * Oh that’s smart, I didn’t read the intro closely enough, sorry! Nice idea.
 *  Plugin Author [Thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsteur/)
 * (@tsteur)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/#post-12457593)
 * @beecher The existing WP-Matomo will be slightly renamed soon to `WP-Matomo Integration(
   WP-Piwik)` and we’ll also try to further recduce the confusion there. If you 
   have any ideas or thoughts on namings and how they could be better differentiated,
   please let us know. Very appreciated your feedback.
 *  Thread Starter anonymized-17692928
 * (@anonymized-17692928)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/#post-12457774)
 * I thought WP-Matamo was independant tbh. That sounds like a sensible name, although
   I’d be ditching Piwik at this stage if it was me. 🙂
 *  [macgeekgab](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macobserver/)
 * (@macobserver)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/#post-12482967)
 * Thanks for this clarification. Just to be clear, if we’re already running self-
   hosted Matomo and running the WP-Matomo (WP-Piwik) plugin, there’s no benefit
   in moving to the Matomo Analytics plugin, correct?
 *  Thread Starter anonymized-17692928
 * (@anonymized-17692928)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/#post-12483044)
 * I’d also be curious as to whether there are any differences between standard 
   self-hosted and WP self-hosted. I was browsing for a client yesterday and noticed
   that there seems to be a separate “marketplace” for WordPress installs, and one
   of the upgrades was referers, which seems kind of fundamental. 🙂
 *  Plugin Author [Thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsteur/)
 * (@tsteur)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/#post-12484204)
 * @beecher we have an FAQ about this here: [https://matomo.org/faq/wordpress/what-are-the-differences-between-matomo-on-premise-and-matomo-for-wordpress/](https://matomo.org/faq/wordpress/what-are-the-differences-between-matomo-on-premise-and-matomo-for-wordpress/)
 *  Plugin Author [Thomas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tsteur/)
 * (@tsteur)
 * [6 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/differences-from-wp-matomo/#post-12484212)
 * [@macobserver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macobserver/)
 * > Thanks for this clarification. Just to be clear, if we’re already running self-
   hosted Matomo and running the WP-Matomo (WP-Piwik) plugin, there’s no benefit
   in moving to the Matomo Analytics plugin, correct?
 * Absolutely correct. We definitely recommend using WP-Matomo here. We’re already
   tweaking the readme (not live yet) and brainstorming other ways to make this 
   more clear.

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