{"id":3299,"date":"2019-01-18T10:47:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T05:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/?p=3299"},"modified":"2019-01-18T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T05:17:32","slug":"monsterinsights-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/reviews\/monsterinsights-review\/","title":{"rendered":"MonsterInsights Review: Is It The #1 Google Analytics Plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you <a title=\"How To Start A Fashion Blog In WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-guides\/how-to-start-a-fashion-blog-in-wordpress\/\">start a blog<\/a> and maintain it, you must consider using an analytics option like Google Analytics. It will help you to know your website visitors. No matter you are handing a huge website or just got started. You must use an Analytics option.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take Google Analytics as the tracking option. For adding Google Analytics code to your WordPress site, you can use 3 methods.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How To Add Code On WordPress Theme Header\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-guides\/how-to-add-code-on-wordpress-theme-header\/\">By editing theme&#8217;s header.php file<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Using <a title=\"Insert Headers and Footers Plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/insert-headers-and-footers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Insert Headers and Footers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"MonsterInsights\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/monsterinsights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MonsterInsights Plugin<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we are doing the Analytics code integration, we will definitely pick the MonsterInsights plugin!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3312\" title=\"MonsterInsights review\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-review.png\" alt=\"MonsterInsights review\" width=\"1151\" height=\"652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-review.png 1151w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-review-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-review-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-review-1024x580.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1151px) 100vw, 1151px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MonsterInsights is a freemium WordPress plugin for analytics and tracking. Yet, they have got 2 milllion+ active installs and it&#8217;s increasing every day!<\/p>\n<h2>MonsterInsights Review: Why We Use Them?<\/h2>\n<p>Before going to the review, let&#8217;s see how someone can add the Analytics code to their WordPress blog.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">OLD WAY<\/h4>\n<p>Before the folks releasing the MonsterInsights plugin, adding code and customization was like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Edit the header file.<\/li>\n<li>Setup event tracking properly.<\/li>\n<li>Configure WooCommerce tracking.<\/li>\n<li>Learning curve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most folks are changing their theme recently. So if you inserted the analytics tag on the current theme&#8217;s header file and changed the theme, you will lose the tracking. For fixing this, you need to add the analytics tag to the new theme&#8217;s header file.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us will forget this.<\/p>\n<p>Another issue is about viewing the stats. When you need to view your stats, you may want to consider checking your Google Analytics account and the specific property. It would be great if you can see all the data and insights right in your WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>Now, we have a solution for all of this.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"MonsterInsights\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/monsterinsights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MonsterInsights<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">NEW WAY<\/h4>\n<p>Using <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"MonsterInsights\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/monsterinsights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MonsterInsights<\/a> WordPress plugin, you can integrate your website with Google Analytics in 20 seconds! Here&#8217;s a quick look.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No coding\u00a0required.<\/li>\n<li>Insights inside WordPress admin.<\/li>\n<li>Enable features in a single click.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t need to worry if you changed the theme. The plugin will automatically add the analytics tracking code to the website&#8217;s header.<\/p>\n<p>Also, when you are using this plugin, you don&#8217;t need to go to your analytics account for viewing data. Everything can be found in your WordPress admin area!<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">MonsterInsights Features<\/h4>\n<p>We recommend MonsterInsights WordPress plugin because of its great features! Here are the main features of the MonsterInsights premium plugin which you will love!<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Quick and Easy Setup<\/h4>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty simple to set-up MonsterInsights. With a few clicks, you can integrate it! After installing and activating the premium plugin, authenticate your Google profile with MonsterInsights.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3314\" title=\"MonsterInsights authentication\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-authentication.jpg\" alt=\"MonsterInsights auth\" width=\"1080\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-authentication.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-authentication-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-authentication-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-authentication-1024x686.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now, you need to log in to your connected Google account.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3315\" title=\"Log in MonsterInsights google account\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/Log-in-MonsterInsights-google-account.png\" alt=\"google account integration with monsterinsights\" width=\"1050\" height=\"1210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Log-in-MonsterInsights-google-account.png 1050w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Log-in-MonsterInsights-google-account-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Log-in-MonsterInsights-google-account-768x885.png 768w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Log-in-MonsterInsights-google-account-889x1024.png 889w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grant the permissions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3316\" title=\"MonsterInsights permissions\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-permissions.png\" alt=\"grant monsterinsights permissions\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-permissions.png 1080w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-permissions-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-permissions-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-permissions-1024x461.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After that, you can see all your Google Analytics properties there. Pick the right one and complete the authentication.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3317\" title=\"Link MonsterInsights\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/Link-MonsterInsights.png\" alt=\"monsterinsights authenticated\" width=\"1080\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Link-MonsterInsights.png 1080w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Link-MonsterInsights-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Link-MonsterInsights-768x368.png 768w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Link-MonsterInsights-1024x491.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In near future, we will cover this topic on here at <a title=\"AWPGuide Blog\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/\">AWPGuide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Real-time Stats<\/h4>\n<p>You know that you can view the real-time users on your Google Analytics account. In the MonsterInsights pro version, you will get the same feature.<\/p>\n<p>This will help you to track your new blog posts, viral blog posts and the pages that need optimization and work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3320\" title=\"MonsterInsights real-time users\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-real-time-users.jpg\" alt=\"real-time users on MonsterInsights\" width=\"540\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-real-time-users.jpg 540w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-real-time-users-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Viewing real-time users without leaving the WordPress dashboard is great. The stats will get updated frequently.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">eCommerce Tracking<\/h4>\n<p>These days, most folks are starting an online shop using WordPress. For setting up an online store, you can rely on WordPress eCommerce plugins like <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"WooCommerce\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WooCommerce<\/a> and Easy Digital Downloads.<\/p>\n<p>If you already got a store and need to know how it performs, you need to enable the eCommerce tracking feature in the plugin settings. This will track both <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"WooCommerce\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WooCommerce<\/a> and Easy Digital Downloads if installed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3318\" title=\"MonsterInsights eCommerce tracking\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-eCommerce-tracking.png\" alt=\"monsterinsights ecommerce tracking options\" width=\"620\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-eCommerce-tracking.png 620w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-eCommerce-tracking-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you got these plugins, you can view detailed stats inside your dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3319\" title=\"MonsterInsights eCommerce tracking report\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-eCommerce-tracking-report.jpg\" alt=\"ecommerce performance by monsterinsights\" width=\"600\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-eCommerce-tracking-report.jpg 600w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-eCommerce-tracking-report-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an impressive one. Everyone with an online shop must try this feature. I am pretty sure that it will increase the overall revenue.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Universal Tracking<\/h4>\n<p>Universal Tracking is something that most beginners don&#8217;t know. If you are not using MonsterInsights for tracking, I am not sure that you are getting the accurate data of your website.<\/p>\n<p>When a user uses his phone or tab to visit your website and switch to a desktop computer, the default analytics tracker will count it as another person.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3325\" title=\"MonsterInsights universal tracking\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-universal-tracking.jpg\" alt=\"universal tracking by monsterinsights\" width=\"540\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-universal-tracking.jpg 540w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-universal-tracking-300x158.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you need the accurate data, you must consider the MonsterInsights pro plugin.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Ads Tracking<\/h4>\n<p>Are you using display ads like <a title=\"Google AdSense Approval Tricks\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/monetization\/google-adsense-approval-tricks\/\">Google AdSense<\/a> and <a title=\"Media.net Account Suspended: The Next Option?\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/monetization\/media-net-account-suspended\/\">Media.net<\/a> on your blog for monetizing? Well, you can&#8217;t properly track those ad performances from your dashboard. By using the MonsterInsights pro or an <a title=\"Best Ad Management Plugins For WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/showcase\/best-ad-management-plugins-for-wordpress\/\">ad management plugin for WordPress<\/a>, you can do it.<\/p>\n<p>MonsterInsights is preferred for tracking. All you need is, enable Google AdSense tracking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3324\" title=\"MonsterInsights adsense tracking\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-adsense-tracking.png\" alt=\"adsense tracking in monsterinsights\" width=\"620\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-adsense-tracking.png 620w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-adsense-tracking-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you have done that, you can see the stats from your dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3323\" title=\"Adsense performance MonsterInsights\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/Adsense-performance-MonsterInsights.jpg\" alt=\"adsense performance tracking\" width=\"553\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Adsense-performance-MonsterInsights.jpg 553w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Adsense-performance-MonsterInsights-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">File Download Tracking<\/h4>\n<p>We all are uploading different files to WordPress, right? Like an mp3 file, ZIP file, PDF, mp4 and on. But did you know how many times your audience got downloaded a file?<\/p>\n<p>The MonsterInsights pro offers file download tracking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3321\" title=\"File Downloading tracking in MonsterInsights\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/File-Downloading-tracking-in-MonsterInsights.jpg\" alt=\"monsterinsights file download tracking\" width=\"540\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/File-Downloading-tracking-in-MonsterInsights.jpg 540w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/File-Downloading-tracking-in-MonsterInsights-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can mark a successful download as a pageview or an event. Also, specify the file type to track them. If you are offering any download website like music download, movie download, software download, this feature will definitely help you!<\/p>\n<p>You can view all your file downloads inside your WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3322\" title=\"MonsterInsights file download stats\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-file-download-stats.png\" alt=\"tracking file download in monsterinsights\" width=\"1080\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-file-download-stats.png 1080w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-file-download-stats-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-file-download-stats-768x526.png 768w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-file-download-stats-1024x701.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Custom Dimensions<\/h4>\n<p>This is a must-need addon.<\/p>\n<p>By using it, you can track your authors, posts, <a title=\"How To Create Pages In WordPress\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-guides\/how-to-create-pages-in-wordpress\/\">pages<\/a>, and categories. To see which authors and post types brings more traffic to your blog.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3330\" title=\"MonsterInsights custom dimensions\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-custom-dimensions.jpg\" alt=\"custom dimension tracking by MonsterInsights\" width=\"620\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-custom-dimensions.jpg 620w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-custom-dimensions-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On top of that, if you are using <a title=\"How To Configure Yoast SEO Plugin\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-guides\/how-to-configure-yoast-seo-plugin\/\">Yoast SEO<\/a>, you can track your posts according to the SEO score.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Popular Posts Tracking<\/h4>\n<p>When you run a blog, it&#8217;s required that tracking the popular posts and pages. Under the MonsterInsights settings, you can see a section dedicated to the popular posts.<\/p>\n<p>From this section, you can see which posts and pages bring more traffic to your blog!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3336\" title=\"MonsterInsights top performing pages\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-top-performing-pages.jpg\" alt=\"popular posts by MonsterInsights\" width=\"1080\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-top-performing-pages.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-top-performing-pages-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-top-performing-pages-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-top-performing-pages-1024x742.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Referral Tracking<\/h4>\n<p>Search engines are not the way to gain traffic to your website or blog. You can try using any social media like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or Pinterest.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3332\" title=\"MonsterInsights referral tracking\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-referral-tracking.jpg\" alt=\"referral tracking by monsterinsights\" width=\"540\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-referral-tracking.jpg 540w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-referral-tracking-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MonsterInsights make easy to track your visitors.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Performance<\/h4>\n<p>Are you running a pretty huge blog? Make sure that you haven&#8217;t hit the GA processing limit. For preventing this and running the Google Analytics properly, MonsterInsights got a solution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3335\" title=\"MonsterInsights performance\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-performance.png\" alt=\"monsterinsights user tracking\" width=\"540\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-performance.png 540w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-performance-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This feature will allow you to track a % of your total users. Ensuring that you are good with the Google Analytics processing limit.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Google AMP<\/h4>\n<p>These days, most folks are using AMP on WordPress. This helps them to rank higher on search engines and gain more traffic from mobile devices.<\/p>\n<p>The fact is when a visitor comes to your AMP enabled page, GA won&#8217;t count him! But using this MonsterInsights AMP addon, you can simply fix this issue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3327\" title=\"Mobile analytics for AMP pages\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/Mobile-analytics-for-AMP-pages.jpg\" alt=\"monsterinsights AMP addon\" width=\"560\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mobile-analytics-for-AMP-pages.jpg 560w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mobile-analytics-for-AMP-pages-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They will track every single visitors properly!<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Analytics Dashboard<\/h4>\n<p>I already mentioned that. Without going to your Google Analytics account, you can see all the stats. Just inside your WordPress dashboard.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3333\" title=\"MonsterInsights stats in WordPress dashboard\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-stats-in-WordPress-dashboard.png\" alt=\"monsterinsights in wordpress dashboard\" width=\"620\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-stats-in-WordPress-dashboard.png 620w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-stats-in-WordPress-dashboard-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you need to see the detailed insights, go to the MonsterInsights insights tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3334\" title=\"MonsterInsights stats\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-stats.png\" alt=\"monsterinsights plugin stats\" width=\"620\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-stats.png 620w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-stats-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Enhanced Link Attribution<\/h4>\n<p>Simply think about this. You can add more link as you can on a post or page. In some cases, you can add the same links twice on a post. But how to find which link getting more clicks?<\/p>\n<p>By using Enhanced Link Attribution feature, you will be able to find out!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3331\" title=\"Link attribution tracking MonsterInsights\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/Link-attribution-tracking-MonsterInsights.png\" alt=\"monsterinsights link attribution tracking\" width=\"620\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Link-attribution-tracking-MonsterInsights.png 620w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Link-attribution-tracking-MonsterInsights-300x203.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Facebook Instant Articles<\/h4>\n<p>Some folks are using Facebook Instant Articles these days. By using it, you can reach so many new readers, customers or can generate more subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>The default Google Analytics can&#8217;t track all those data properly. MonsterInsights got a solution for this. Their Facebook Instant Articles addon will help you to properly track every pages and post.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3329\" title=\"MonsterInsights FB instant articles\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-FB-instant-articles.jpg\" alt=\"facebook instant articles tracking by monsterinsights\" width=\"540\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-FB-instant-articles.jpg 540w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-FB-instant-articles-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By using this method, you can track the best performing blog post on Facebook and the worst performing posts.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Forms Tracking<\/h4>\n<p>Every website got a <a title=\"Contact Us\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/contact-us\/\">contact form<\/a>. It&#8217;s must these days. For creating forms, we will use WPForms. It&#8217;s a freemium plugin. In our blog, we are using <a title=\"How To Create Contact Forms Using WPForms\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-guides\/how-to-create-contact-forms-using-wpforms\/\">WPForms lite for creating forms<\/a>. Well, <a title=\"WPForms vs Wufoo: Here\u2019s The Clear Winner\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/showcase\/wpforms-vs-wufoo\/\">WPForms<\/a> is not only the contact form plugin. There are so many out there like<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"How To Create Contact Forms Using Contact Form 7\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-guides\/how-to-create-contact-forms-using-contact-form-7\/\">Contact Form 7<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Ninja Forms\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/ninja-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ninja Forms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Gravity Forms.<\/li>\n<li>Google Forms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Can you track those form submissions? Using <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"WPForms\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/wpforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WPForms Pro<\/a>, this is possible. But when you are using another form builder plugin, you won&#8217;t be able to do it. Using this MonsterInsights plugin, you can track your forms and submissions.<\/p>\n<p>All you need to do is, enable form tracking option in the settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3326\" title=\"MonsterInsights forms tracking\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-forms-tracking.jpg\" alt=\"form tracking feature in monsterinsights\" width=\"540\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-forms-tracking.jpg 540w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-forms-tracking-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From now on, you can track the forms of your blog.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Google Optimize<\/h4>\n<p>The Google Optimize addon by MonsterInsights will help you to simply integrate your website with Google Optimize. Google Optimize is a free A\/B testing tool offered by Google.<\/p>\n<p>If you are planning to add the Google Optimize to your WordPress blog manually, it will take some more time than you expect or need to hire a freelancer from <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"Fiverr\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/fiverr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fiverr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Using MonsterInsights plugin, you can integrate your website with Google Optimize in minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3328\" title=\"MonsterInsights Google Optimize addon\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-Google-Optimize-addon.jpg\" alt=\"google optimize by MonsterInights\" width=\"540\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-Google-Optimize-addon.jpg 540w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-Google-Optimize-addon-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">EU Compliance<\/h4>\n<p>You need to make sure that your analytics and tracking are compliance with the European\u00a0data laws. For making your cookie law and GPDR compliance, you could use <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"MonsterInsights\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/monsterinsights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MonsterInsights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MonsterInsights&#8217; EU Compliance addon will help you to make your website legally okay! The addon will automatically<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disables UserID and author tracking.<\/li>\n<li>Anonymizes IP addresses.<\/li>\n<li>Disables Demographics reports and more&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">MonsterInsights Pricing<\/h4>\n<p>Planning to use the\u00a0pro version plugin on your blog? Right option. Here is the updated pricing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3313\" style=\"width: 1030px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3313\" title=\"MonsterInsights new pricing\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.awpguide.com\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-new-pricing.png\" alt=\"MonsterInsights pricing\" width=\"1030\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-new-pricing.png 1030w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-new-pricing-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-new-pricing-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/awpguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MonsterInsights-new-pricing-1024x579.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">`<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Plus &#8211; $99.50 a year &#8211; 1 site.<\/li>\n<li>Pro &#8211; $199.95 a year &#8211; 5 sites.<\/li>\n<li>Agency &#8211; $399.95 a year &#8211; 25 sites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have only 1 website, the plus plan is good enough for you! if you are running more than 1 website, need to consider the Pro plan.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> At this time, the folks provides a 50% discount on all their plans! If you are planning to sign up for a premium analytics plan, this is your best choice. Now, you will be able to save 50% of the total price.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This is just for a limited time. Get soon as you can!<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"hfeature\">Our Choice<\/h4>\n<p>Well, from above you know that MonsterInsights is an awesome WordPress plugin for analytics. Most folks think adding more and more WordPress plugins will make WordPress blog slow. I think only poor coded WordPress plugins will make WordPress blog slow.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, the MonsterInsights plugin will never slow down your blog. Like I said by using an analytics option, you can increase your website traffic by knowing them, increase sales and generate more revenue!<\/p>\n<p>For making things simple and clear, we will pick the MonsterInsights WordPress plugin.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"cubutton thirstylink\" title=\"MonsterInsights\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/monsterinsights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get Started With MonsterInsights<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope you found this MonsterInsights review helpful and enjoyed the read. If you did, please consider sharing this post with your friends and fellow bloggers.<\/p>\n<p>For more related posts, you need to check out <a title=\"AWPGuide Blog\" href=\"\/blog\">our blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a huge fan of Awesome Motive Inc and their products, we recommend you their other products <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"WPForms\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/wpforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WPForms<\/a>, <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"OptinMonster\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/optinmonster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">OptinMonster<\/a>, and <a class=\"thirstylink\" title=\"SeedProd\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/refer\/seedprod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SeedProd<\/a>. Using <a title=\"How To Increase Your Email List Using OptinMonster and MonsterLinks\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/reviews\/optinmonster-and-monsterlinks\/\">OptinMonster and MonsterLink tech<\/a>, you can increase your email list with no time!<\/p>\n<p>By using WPForms and Surveys add-on, you can get rid of the SurveyMonkey service. See our post <a title=\"WPForms vs SurveyMonkey: Which Is The Best Option For Beginners?\" href=\"https:\/\/awpguide.com\/showcase\/wpforms-vs-surveymonkey\/\">WPForms vs SurveyMonkey<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you start a blog and maintain it, you must consider using an analytics option like Google Analytics. It will help you to know your website visitors. No matter you are handing a huge website or just got started. You must use an Analytics option. Let&#8217;s take Google Analytics as the tracking option. 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