gatsby-plugin-plausible

A Gatsby plugin for adding Plausible analytics to your Gatsby site.

The plugin includes the Plausible tracking script. It supports using a custom domain and excluding specific paths from recording page views.

• Install
  • Manual
  • Gatsby Recipe
• How to use
  • Options
  • Pageview events
  • Triggering custom events
• Changelog
• License

Install

Manual

1. Install gatsby-plugin-plausible

   npm install --save gatsby-plugin-plausible

2. Add plugin to gatsby-config.js

   // In your gatsby-config.js
   module.exports = {
     plugins: [
       // The only required option is the domain
       {
         resolve: `gatsby-plugin-plausible`,
         options: {
           domain: `aquil.io`,
         },
       },
     ],
   };

Gatsby Recipe

This will install gatsby-plugin-plausible and add a sample configuration.

1. Upgrade gatsby-cli and gatsby to the latest version:

   npm install -g gatsby-cli@latest npm install gatsby@latest

2. Run the recipe gatsby recipes https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aquilio/gatsby-plugin-plausible/master/gatsby-recipe-plausible.mdx

3. Update gatsby-config.js options.

To read more about recipes check out the announcement.

How to use

NOTE: By default, this plugin only generates output when run in production mode. To test your tracking code, run gatsby build && gatsby serve.

Options

| Option | Explanation | |----------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | domain | The domain configured in Plausible (required) | | scriptUri | Custom script uri (default: /js/plausible.js) | | customDomain | Custom domain (if configured in Plausible's dashboard) | | excludePaths | Array of pathnames where page views will not be sent |

Pageview events

Pageviews are sent automatically when a user changes routes, including the initial load of your site.

Triggering custom events

To track goals and conversions you have to trigger custom events first.

window.plausible('Signup', {
  callback: () => console.info('Sent Signup event'),
});

The event name can be anything. The second argument is an object with options. The only supported option is callback that is called once the event has been sent.

NOTE: Custom events will not show up right away. You have to configure a goal in your Plausible dashboard.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

MIT © Pixelplicity