Google Analytics for Joomla
The “Google Analytics” plugin for Joomla 3, Joomla 4, Joomla 5, and Joomla 6 is designed to add the Google Analytics tracking code to your website in just a few clicks without programming skills.
Looking for a way to integrate your Joomla CMS website with Google Analytics? Our plugin will help you add the Google Analytics code to your site in just two minutes.
Description and Purpose
The “Google Analytics” plugin for Joomla 3, Joomla 4, Joomla 5, and Joomla 6 is a simple tool that lets you connect Google’s official analytics code — including Google Analytics 4 (GA4) — to your website without touching your templates or writing a single line of code. In just a few clicks, you’ll start collecting valuable insights about your visitors, traffic sources, user behavior, and content performance — everything you need for effective SEO, advertising, and digital marketing.
The “Google Analytics” plugin for Joomla 3, Joomla 4, Joomla 5, and Joomla 6 is a plugin for connecting the official Google Analytics code (including GA4) to your website without editing templates and without programming skills. In just a few clicks, you will be able to start collecting data about visitors, traffic sources, user behavior, and content performance. All of this is necessary for effective SEO, advertising, and digital promotion.
The plugin is developed in accordance with the requirements of modern hosting providers and Joomla standards: it does not slow down your project, does not conflict with other extensions, and correctly inserts the code into the template as required by Google. This ensures 100% data collection and compatibility with any templates. All updates are tested on real websites, which confirms its transparency and security.
Key Features of the Plugin
Simple integration of your project with Google Analytics in just a few clicks without the need for programming.
Analyze your site for effective promotion and quick achievement of high results.
Reliable and clean insertion of analytics code without impacting your project's performance.
The plugin supports all core Joomla features when working with the extension system.
Secure, lightweight, and fully compatible with any templates.
Google Analytics is a free service provided by Google for generating detailed statistics about website visitors. The data is collected on Google’s analytics servers; the user only needs to place a tracking script on their website pages.
Deep analysis of your website using Google Analytics helps with SEO promotion and proper setup of advertising campaigns.
The extension simplifies the process of integrating Google Analytics code into your website. No need to edit the template code, just enter the Google Analytics code in the appropriate field, everything else our extension will do itself.
The plugin supports all Joomla integration features. Automatic installation and updates are completed in just a few mouse clicks within a single project.
Simple analytics setup on your project in just a few clicks.
Don’t have the extension translation you need? Write to admin@iws.by and we’ll add the translation for you.
Compatibility and Requirements
- Engine: 3.0.x - 3.10.x.
- PHP: 5.3 and above.
- MySQL: 5.1 and above.
- MariaDB: 10.1 and above.
- PostgreSQL: 8.3.18 and above.
- Virtual memory: 128MB and above.
- Engine: 4.0.x - 4.x.x.
- PHP: 7.2 and above.
- MySQL: 5.6 and above.
- MariaDB: 10.3.35 and above.
- PostgreSQL: 11.0 and above.
- Virtual memory: 128MB and above.
- Engine: 5.0.x - 5.x.x.
- PHP: 8.1 and above.
- MySQL: 8.0.11 and above.
- MariaDB: 10.4 and above.
- PostgreSQL: 12.0 and above.
- Virtual memory: 128MB and above.
A front-end demo of the solution is available at: Go to demo.
The admin interface demo is located above on this page in the form of an image gallery: Go to gallery.
The extension automatically adds the official analytics code (including GA4) to the
section of every page on your site without requiring you to edit the template. This allows you to start collecting data on visitors, traffic sources, and user behavior in just a few clicks from the admin panel.It has been tested and works reliably with multiple Joomla versions: 3.x, 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x. It accounts for architectural differences between versions and integrates correctly into the extension system of each.
No, both installation and configuration are completely code-free. You simply upload the ZIP archive via the Extension Manager, enable the plugin, and enter your analytics tracking code. Everything else is handled automatically by our solution.
No. It does not add its own scripts, does not make database queries, and does not generate any extra logic. It simply outputs the standard analytics code, so it does not affect your site’s loading speed.
Yes. It will remain free forever. We distribute it under an open-source license to help the Joomla community easily connect modern analytics tools.
Yes. The extension includes translations for Russian (ru-RU) and English (en-GB). If you need another language, just let us know, and we’ll add it in the next update.
Yes, without any issues. The analytics code is loaded over HTTPS, and the plugin works correctly on all secure websites.
Because it’s simple, lightweight, compatible, and proven. Unlike many alternatives, it doesn’t add unnecessary code, doesn’t conflict with caching, supports GA4, and works on all current Joomla versions. All of this is completely free, with no hidden conditions.
Free
| Developer |
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|---|---|
| CMS |
Joomla  |
| Joomla Version |
3.x, 4.x, 5.x, 6.x |
| Extension type |
Plugin |
| Release date |
18.02.2021 |
| Date of update |
05.01.2026 |
| Plugin version |
1.2.2 |
| License |
GNU/GPL v3 or later |
Our extension is published in the official Joomla Extensions Directory (JED).
