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Best privacy friendly plugins for WordPress

The most popular privacy friendly plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Matomo Analytics leads with 100K+ active installs, ahead of Fathom Analytics for WP (10K+) and QA Assistants (2K+). All 8 plugins tagged “privacy friendly” 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 8 privacy friendly plugins

  1. 1.
    Matomo Analytics

    The most installed privacy friendly plugin, with 100K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 178 reviews, updated 1 month ago.

  2. 2.
    Fathom Analytics for WP

    10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 25 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  3. 3.
    QA Assistants

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

  4. 4.
    Simple Analytics

    1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 1 week ago.

  5. 5.
    Easy Media Statistics

    80+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

  6. 6.
    Bubo Insights

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  7. 7.
    OpenPanel

    10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.

  8. 8.
    Error and Performance Tracking with CatchJS

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.

All 8 plugins tagged “privacy friendly”