See, the problem is that the two try to achieve completely different goals. Caching plugins want to serve the same exact page to ALL your visitors, to improve performance. WP SlimStat, on the other end, needs to serve a slightly different page for each visitor, in order to track his/her/its roundabouts on your website, also by associating a cookie to them. So, it’s up to you to decide which functionality has the top priority: site optimization vs user tracking.
Just so you know, though, I’m planning to introduce a Javascript-only tracking mechanism (à la Google Analytics, so to speak) in version 3.0, which will make this plugin compatible with all the caching plugins, by moving the tracking business to the client. This, of course, will only work if/when your visitors have Javascript enabled, just like it happens with Google Analytics.
Best,
Camu
PS: a vote for my plugin would be a nice way to say thank you!
i thought i already did, but i’ll vote again.
Anyways thx for the explanation :}
well personally i prefer site optimization more for the practical and obvious reasons.
But i’m still running your plugin and it does seem to be tracking some stuff, although regarding the compatibility in faq, i’m now not too sure if it’s that accurate because of what you said.
However it’s good to know your thinking ahead and have something in the works to cater to cache plugin users such as myself (because lots of wordpress users use cache like w3c total plugin as well).
Anyways keep up the good work :}
PS: these days people have javascript disabled for sites due to virus/hackers. But at least even google analytics is in the same boat, so it’s not as if slimstats is alone in this, and at least it’s better than nothing. I doubt most users realize they need to install the noscript plugin, and prevent flash from playing unless they white list a trusted site.
Yeah, WP SlimStat will still work, even with a caching plugin active, but the data recorded is not really accurate for what I’ve seen.
Camu
your plugin seemed to think i was from the UK 😡 i luled… i’m actually from Malaysia
If you want a better accuracy, you may want to buy the PRO version of the database here:
http://www.maxmind.com/app/country
The free version bundled with the plugin sometimes is not perfect 🙂
Camu
even if i got that database, i don’t know how to add it to your plugin :{
True, in that case you can contact me at
http://www.duechiacchiere.it/contatto
And I’ll tell you how to convert the data and import them into the database. SlimStat 2.7 introduces an easier way to do that, indeed.
Camu
Did you by chance add in the JS tracking in the latest version? I would like to start playing with W3 cache for a new client site that is going to need some heavy caching, but I like your plugin so much that I do not want to find another solution.
Hi blobaugh,
that’s still on my todo list. For the next version I’ve been working on simplifying the user interface, adding contextual help, rewriting the shortcodes plugin etc. It was something that people had been asking for a while: make it easier to understand what all those numbers and codes mean. Version 2.8.1, which should be ready by the end of this month, addresses this problem. Or at least represents the first step in that direction. The Javascript tracking a-la Google Analytics will be added as soon as possible 🙂 Hopefully by mid-June.
Camu
I like how I see [resolved] in all comments about Slimstat, which means super support !
Will wait for this enhancement, as I find that W3 Total Cache is really essential, every WordPress installation should have it, since WordPress is like a turtle in speed.
It should be time that all WordPress installations should have WP-Slimstat too 🙂
Thank you for your kind words, and I agree that WP SlimStat should be included with WordPress by default (well, the Italian ‘extra large‘ package includes it, indeed). Unfortunately I’m a little behind schedule and it will probably still take me a while to implement this functionality 🙁
A vote for my plugin would be a nice way to say thank you, though!
Camu
