JStatsMATOMO · ANALYTICS · JOOMLA 4 & 5

Knowledge · 20 questions

Joomla & analytics knowledge

Compact answers to the questions every Joomla site owner meets sooner or later – tracking, privacy, Matomo practice. Written by the makers of the JStats plugin, honestly and without sales prose.

Integration & tools

How do I integrate Matomo into Joomla? How do I add Google Analytics 4 to Joomla? What is a Joomla system plugin? Joomla 4 vs. Joomla 5 – what matters for site owners? How do extension updates work in Joomla? Matomo or Google Analytics – which fits a Joomla site?

Privacy & law

Does cookieless tracking really work on a Joomla site? GDPR basics: what does a Joomla site owner owe? When does a Joomla site need a consent banner? What does IP anonymisation in Matomo do? How do I offer visitors an analytics opt-out?

Practice & troubleshooting

How do I properly test whether tracking works? How do I exclude my own visits from the statistics? Can one Matomo instance track several Joomla sites? Numbers seem too low – where do page views get lost? Does tracking slow down my Joomla site?

Using Matomo

First steps in Matomo: what to look at after setup? How does campaign tracking with URL parameters work? How do I set up goals in Matomo for a Joomla site? Search, direct, referrers: how do I read visitor sources?