If you’ve ever stared at a GA4 dashboard and wondered why tracking your own WordPress site became a research project, you’re not alone. A growing number of WordPress site owners switch from Google Analytics every month, and most of them don’t do it for ideological reasons. They do it because GA4 stopped being useful to…
If your WordPress site is currently running an outdated version of PHP, do not panic. You are in good company. Millions of WordPress sites run on unsupported versions like PHP 7.4, 8.0, or 8.1. and would benefit from a guide on how to perform a WordPress PHP update safely. In the WordPress world, you will…
You can override the default email templates used by Burst Statistics by creating custom versions and using WordPress filters. In this article we will show how to customize. As an example, we will edit the email to remove the “read more” button, and to remove the buttons on each statistics block in the mail. This…
If you’re seeing a notice in Burst saying your cron hasn’t run in over 24 hours, you’re in the right place to learn how to fix the WordPress cron issue. This is a common WordPress issue, not just a Burst-specific one, and it’s usually straightforward to fix. This guide will walk you through what the…
Some websites can be accessed through multiple domains — for example my-domain.com and anotherdomain.com. Even though visitors see the same website, they technically arrive through different entry points. Often this is done by adding a constant to the wp-config.php that takes the current host: define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘https://’ . $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]); define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘https://’ .$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]); The Filtering by Domain feature in Burst Pro makes it possible to distinguish those…
If you’re looking for instructions to install Burst Pro, please see this article. Installing Burst Statistics directly from the official WordPress plugin repository is the easiest way to get started. You don’t need to download any files manually — everything can be done inside your WordPress dashboard. Step 1: Log in to your WordPress dashboard…
If you’re looking for instructions to install the regular Burst Pro plugin, please see this article. Sometimes we release small patches, fixes, or test versions of Burst Statistics before the official release. These are made available as separate branches on GitHub for users who want to test new features or get early access to bug…
Easily create campaign tracking links for Burst Statistics using our lightweight Campaign URL builder tool for building Campaign URLs. Enter your website URL, fill in the source, medium, campaign, and optional term or content values, and instantly generate a complete tracking link. The tool automatically preserves existing URL parameters, formats values for clean analytics, and…
When you promote your website, you need to know what’s working — and what isn’t.With Burst Statistics, you can easily track marketing campaigns using UTM parameters and even run A/B tests to find the best-performing version of your campaign. Burst will automatically recognize your campaigns as an A/B test, if you use ‘variation-a’ or ‘variation-b’ in your campaigns. For example,…
If you’re using the Burst tracking endpoint from a different domain (for example, tracking from staging.yoursite.com to analytics.yoursite.com), you may run into an issue caused by CORS. In this article, we’ll explain what CORS is, why it’s important, how it affects Burst Statistics, and how to fix any related errors. What is CORS? CORS stands for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing. It’s a security feature…
Please note: this feature will be released in version 2.3.0. To keep your statistics accurate and free from manipulation, Burst automatically detects suspicious data from bots or attackers. In some cases, a single visitor (usually not human) may generate thousands of requests in a very short time. These requests distort your analytics, leading to incorrect…
When something on your WordPress site isn’t working as expected, the cause is often an underlying PHP error that isn’t visible on the screen. This can happen with any theme or plugin, including Burst Statistics. To find the root of the problem, you need to enable WordPress’s built-in debugging mode to display errors an an…
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