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Best insights plugins for WordPress

The most popular insights plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Hotjar leads with 60K+ active installs, ahead of WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic) (20K+) and Search Insights (3K+). All 34 plugins tagged “insights” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 10 insights plugins

  1. 1.
    Hotjar

    The most installed insights plugin, with 60K+ active installs. Rated 2.9 from 18 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

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    WP Visitor Statistics (Real Time Traffic)

    20K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 156 reviews, updated 5 days ago.

  3. 3.
    Search Insights

    3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 29 reviews, updated 2 months ago.

  4. 4.
    AWCA

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 23 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.

  5. 5.
    QA Assistants

    2K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 8 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.

  6. 6.
    Siteimprove

    800+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.

  7. 7.
    Kognetiks Chatbot

    500+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 22 reviews, updated 14 hours ago.

  8. 8.
    Nelio Session Recordings

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.

  9. 9.
    LiveSession

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.7.21.

  10. 10.
    Remove Google Analytics (MonsterInsights) comments

    100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

All 34 plugins tagged “insights”