What is the best Wordpress Analytics Plugin to use?

[LBike]

I am installing a new instance of WordPress and want to use Google Analytics. Which Plug-in is the best to use?

I am finding several Plug-ins that all seem to do the same thing:

Google Analyticator

Google Analytics Dashboard

Simple Google Analytics

Ultimate Google Analytics

Wordpress Google Analytics

Maybe one of these are not the best? Any recommendations would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[KeriMorgret]

Some of the plugins have features that will automatically tag the external links and downloadable items for you, which can be handy (Google Analyticator does this, for example).

A word of caution, from personal experience. If you need to do anything custom with GA, don't use a plugin as well as the custom GA, unless you want your bounce rate to fall to almost zero and a couple of other metrics to be off because you have two instances of GA in use (for me, I have custom GA so I can integrate data from an ecommerce system).

[APICDA]

Hi,

I use Wordpress quite a lot and have found just adding the code to the pages works just great.  So, suggest regular Google Analytics.  Thats my two cents.....

[Illusiv]

Hmm, Woopra looks cool. Gonna check it out

[PabloGV]

Ty for the info about Woopra, I just checked their faq and i'm already trying it and seems so..real time lol

[MarieHaynes]

I use GA (just edit the footer and add it), but I am also madly in love with Woopra.  You get real time analytics and it's very easy to use.  There is a WP plugin for it too if you don't want to add it manually.

[JordanJudson]

I always just do this. It's something simple enough that you don't really need a plugin for it.

[bloggidy]

I use Google Analyticator for my Wordpress Blogs. It handles inserting the code in the write place and all you have to worry about is the options for the plug-in. You still get all the free goodness of Google Analytics and you also get the ease of configuration of a WP plug-in.

[Getz.pro]

I am not a WP user, but I am curious as to why you can't just use GA by putting the code within the header of each page? WP, I would think, has to allow you this access.