- 2026-05-29
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DeveloperPrivacy-first web analytics for WordPress via OpenPanel – the open-source Google Analytics alternative. Self-hosted or cloud, GDPR-friendly.
KD Tracking Connector for OpenPanel connects your WordPress site to OpenPanel Analytics – a powerful, open-source alternative to Google Analytics that you can fully self-host.
No data sent to Google. No surprise tracking. Full control over where your visitor data lives.
This plugin works completely independent of your active theme and is configured entirely via Settings OpenPanel in the WordPress admin.
Why OpenPanel?
- Open source – MIT-licensed, fully auditable source code
- Self-hostable – Your analytics data stays on your own server
- Cloud option – Use the official OpenPanel Cloud with zero setup
- Cookie-friendly – Basic page-view tracking works without cookies
- Google Analytics alternative – Real-time stats, custom events, session replay
Plugin Features
- Self-Hosted & Cloud – Enter your API URL for self-hosted, or leave empty for the official cloud
- Local Script Delivery –
op1.jsis served from the plugin folder, no external CDN request on page load - Flexible Tracking – Page views, outgoing links and
data-trackHTML attribute tracking individually configurable - Session Replay – Record mouse movements, scroll behaviour and clicks (optional, with input field masking)
- Privacy Controls – Honour Do Not Track (DNT), exclude logged-in users, disable tracking when WP_DEBUG is active
- Multilingual – Ships with German and English, fully translatable via
.pottemplate
Settings
All options are available under Settings OpenPanel:
- Enable OpenPanel – Enable or disable the tracking script globally. (Default: off)
- Client ID – The Client ID of your OpenPanel application.
- API URL (Self-Hosted) – Your self-hosted API endpoint, e.g.
https://analytics.example.com/api. Leave empty to use the official cloud. - Serve op1.js locally – Load the tracking script from the plugin folder instead of an external CDN. (Default: on)
- Track page views – Automatically track every page view. (Default: on)
- Track outgoing links – Track clicks on external links. (Default: on)
- Track data attributes – Track events via
data-trackHTML attributes. (Default: on) - Enable Session Replay – Record mouse movements, scroll behaviour and clicks. (Default: off)
- Mask form fields – Prevent plain-text capture of input fields in session replays. (Default: on)
- Skip logged-in users – Exclude admins and logged-in users from tracking. (Default: on)
- Respect Do Not Track – Honour the DNT browser signal. (Default: on)
- Disable on WP_DEBUG – No tracking on local or staging environments when
WP_DEBUGis active. (Default: on)
Third-Party Services
This plugin integrates with OpenPanel Analytics (openpanel.dev), an open-source web analytics platform.
Cloud service (API URL left empty): Visitor data including page views, custom events and optional session recordings is transmitted to servers operated by OpenPanel at https://openpanel.dev.
Self-hosted: All data goes exclusively to your own server. Nothing is sent to openpanel.dev.
Bundled JavaScript Files
assets/js/op1.js and `assets/js/op1-replay.js` are local copies of the official OpenPanel tracking scripts in minified form. The non-minified source code is available at [github.com/openpanel-dev/openpanel](https://github.com/openpanel-dev/openpanel).
