MonsterInsights Alternative: Analytics Without Google in the Middle
MonsterInsights makes Google Analytics readable inside WordPress. If the problem is Google Analytics itself, a connector cannot fix it.
Comparisons
Our plugins against the alternatives, with the strengths of both sides named. We make the DevDome products in every comparison and say so in each post.
Wordfence Alternative: Lighter Security Without the Firewall Overhead
Wordfence is the default answer for WordPress security, and it earns that. It is also a lot of plugin. Here is the honest case for both sides.
Clicky Analytics Alternative: What to Move To and Why
Clicky built its reputation on live visitor data long before anyone else cared. Here is where it still wins, and what to move to if you have outgrown it.
Affiliate Link Management: Spreadsheet or Plugin?
A spreadsheet is a genuinely good starting point and a bad ending point. Here is what each approach does well, and the moment the trade flips.
Pretty Links Alternative: What to Use and When to Stay
Pretty Links is a capable plugin with a real free tier. Here is an honest look at where it fits, where it does not, and what to move to if you outgrow it.
Free Website Analytics Tools: What You Get and What You Give Up
Free covers several very different arrangements. Here is what each kind of free analytics is really charging you, so you can pick the trade you are happy with.
Is Cloudflare Bot Fight Mode Enough?
Cloudflare's free bot toggle is genuinely useful and genuinely limited. Here is an honest look at what it stops, what it never tells you, and where it leaves a gap.
htaccess Redirect vs Plugin: Which Should You Use?
Editing htaccess is the fastest way to redirect and the easiest way to take your site offline. Here is the real trade-off, and when each approach is the right call.
DevDome vs Jetpack Stats: Which One Fits Your Site?
Jetpack Stats is a solid free view counter for a personal blog. DevDome answers the harder questions: how much of that traffic was human, and which clicks survived.
A Lasso Alternative for Amazon-Heavy Affiliate Sites
Lasso does display and link management well. If most of your income is Amazon, the deciding features are different ones. Here is how to compare on what earns.
Looking for an AAWP Alternative? Start With What You Need
AAWP builds the best-looking Amazon boxes on WordPress, and it needs API keys to do it. Here is when that dependency becomes a problem, and what to use instead.
DevDome vs Matomo: Data Ownership or Zero Maintenance?
Matomo gives you every report and full data ownership, if you maintain it. DevDome gives you fewer numbers, no server to run, and a visible split between humans and bots.
DevDome vs Fathom Analytics: Which Fits Your WordPress Site?
Both are hosted, cookieless and designed to keep analytics outside consent rules where an exemption applies. The split is Fathom's polished simplicity against DevDome's WordPress-native clicks and visible bot reporting.
DevDome vs Plausible: Which Privacy Analytics for WordPress?
Both are cookieless and skip the consent banner. The real differences are open source versus WordPress-native, and how each one handles bots and blocked clicks.
Redirection Plugin Alternative: When to Switch and What to Use
Redirection is a good free plugin, so most people who look for a replacement have one specific complaint. Here is how to tell if switching will actually fix it.
ThirstyAffiliates vs Pretty Links vs DevDome: Which One Fits?
Two of these tools cloak and track links. The third keeps Amazon clicks earning. Here is what each one actually solves, and which gap is costing you money.
DevDome vs Google Analytics 4: An Honest Comparison
GA4 is free at any scale and plugs into Google Ads. DevDome is simpler, cookieless by default, and separates humans from bots. Here is where each one actually wins.
Best WordPress Redirect Plugin: 4 Options Compared
Four redirect plugins, four different priorities. Here is what each one does well, where each one falls short, and the single feature that usually settles the choice.
Amazon OneLink vs a Geo Plugin: Which Earns More?
Both tools route international clicks to a visitor's local Amazon, but they work differently. Here is how OneLink and a geo plugin compare on earnings and control.
6 Privacy-Friendly Analytics Alternatives for WordPress
All six avoid the cookie banner. They differ in where tracking runs and how they handle bots. Here is the field compared, with our criteria and our reasoning shown.