Title: Pre installation question
Last modified: October 2, 2022

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# Pre installation question

 *  Resolved [dav74](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dav74/)
 * (@dav74)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre-installation-question-9/)
 * Hi there,
 * I run an e-commerce (WooCommerce) website and need to use statistics to help 
   us improve our sales, retention etc. I am happy to move on from GA4 which I am
   not a big fan of.
 * 1. Is there any way we can completely do without a cookie banner (which would
   be great), if we anonymize the data we collect? The problem is we need to see
   which social media platforms people come from (with UTM tags) and things like
   that. So we cannot really anonymize the link which brought the user to us. I 
   am not sure if that falls foul of GDPR rules.
 * 2. Does your standalone plugin add to front-end page load times? I imagine it
   has to load js scripts of some sort on every page?
 * 3. Can we easily track Google Ad conversions?
 * 4. Do we need to worry about the database size, when we are saving all this data
   on our server. Do you have any comparison information, based on website visits
   and how much data this equates to over a yearly period?
 * 5. Is there any way we can add an extra layer of security to where the data is
   saved on our server? I am no expert with hosting, but it is a worry we are responsible
   for this data.
 * Thanks!

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 *  [mattmary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattmary/)
 * (@mattmary)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre-installation-question-9/#post-16066216)
 * Hi [@dav74](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dav74/)
 * I’ll try to answer all your questions.
 * First, you can indeed definitively use Matomo without cookie consent banner.
   
   [https://matomo.org/faq/new-to-piwik/how-do-i-use-matomo-analytics-without-consent-or-cookie-banner/](https://matomo.org/faq/new-to-piwik/how-do-i-use-matomo-analytics-without-consent-or-cookie-banner/)
 * Secondly, you are right: when tracking is enabled, we add on each page a small
   javascript file. You can customise it if you want.
    [https://forum.matomo.org/t/can-we-reduce-the-size-of-matomos-javascript-file/27038/9](https://forum.matomo.org/t/can-we-reduce-the-size-of-matomos-javascript-file/27038/9)
 * Thirdly, yes, you can track your Google Ads campaign with Matomo. More information
   in this blog post [https://matomo.org/blog/track-google-ads-campaigns-matomo/](https://matomo.org/blog/track-google-ads-campaigns-matomo/)
 * Then, it’s difficult to provide an estimate of your database size as it depends
   on a lot of things such as your page views, the segments you created…
    Matomo
   embeds some tools to let you reduce your database size. [https://matomo.org/faq/on-premise/managing-your-databases-size/](https://matomo.org/faq/on-premise/managing-your-databases-size/)
 * And finally, regarding the security, we definitively recommend running Matomo
   over HTTPS. If you choose to use our WordPress plugin, you can also customise
   the embed .htaccess files to restrict the source IP address: all available security
   measures in your web server can also be applied to your Matomo.
 * Kind regards
 * Mat
 *  [mattmary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattmary/)
 * (@mattmary)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre-installation-question-9/#post-16086744)
 * Hello [@dav74](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dav74/)
 * Does my answer replied to your questions?
 * Kind regards
 * Mat
 *  Thread Starter [dav74](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dav74/)
 * (@dav74)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre-installation-question-9/#post-16089749)
 * Yes perfect many thanks
 *  [mattmary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattmary/)
 * (@mattmary)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pre-installation-question-9/#post-16090232)
 * Awesome, I close this topic then.
 * Happy Analytics.

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