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Flying Analytics

Flying Analytics: Self-Host Google Analytics v4 with Speed Optimization
by Gijo Varghese · 4,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: maintained, last release 20 May 2026, no unpatched vulnerabilities.

95/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for Flying Analytics
Ownership100
Maintenance85
Security100
SupportNo data
ReputationNo data

How the score works

Quick answers

Is Flying Analytics still maintained?
Yes. Last release 20 May 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months. 20 May 2026 · wordpress.org
Who owns Flying Analytics, and has it changed hands?
No change recorded. Main committer gijo since Jan 2020. 3 Nov 2026 · SVN log
Was Flying Analytics removed from wordpress.org?
No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026. 3 Nov 2026 · wordpress.org
Is Flying Analytics safe?
No known vulnerabilities on record. 3 Nov 2026 · Wordfence Intelligence
Is the latest Flying Analytics update safe to install?
No ownership change before 2.0.0. No one-star spike after it. 25 Aug 2024 · Release history

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
plugin-master31 Dec 2019 to 31 Dec 2019, 1 commits
gijo1 Jan 2020 to 20 May 2026, 78 commits

2 committers recorded. No ownership change since 2019.

Maintenance

Last release
6 months ago
Releases, 24 months
0
Tested up to
7.0 vs 7.1
Requires PHP
5.6 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter
Releases per quarter for Flying Analytics
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20242
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20260
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20260

Last release 20 May 2026. Tested up to 7.0, 1 major version behind WordPress 7.1.

Reputation

Last 90 days: no reviews. Lifetime: 4.9.

Rating distribution
5 star13
4 star1
3 star0
2 star0
1 star0

Security record

No published vulnerabilities on record for this plugin.

Sources: Wordfence Intelligence, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, readme changelogs.

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Momentum

4,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for Flying Analytics
4 May 202628
11 May 202651
18 May 202680
25 May 202664
1 Jun 202659
8 Jun 202674
15 Jun 202657
22 Jun 202662
29 Jun 202668
6 Jul 2026151
13 Jul 202674
20 Jul 2026116
27 Jul 2026114
3 Aug 2026149
10 Aug 202684
17 Aug 2026143
24 Aug 202696
31 Aug 202678
7 Sep 2026105
14 Sep 202687
21 Sep 202684
28 Sep 2026101
5 Oct 2026105
12 Oct 202693
19 Oct 2026142
26 Oct 2026137
2 Nov 202619

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 9% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same job, rated Healthy, higher Canary Score and at least 10,000 installs. Never sponsored.

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Facts

Version2.0.0
AuthorGijo Varghese
Added1 Jan 2020
Last updated20 May 2026
Active installs4,000+
Requires WordPress4.5
Tested up to7.0.8
Requires PHP5.6
CategoryPerformance & Optimization > Caching Solutions
Tagsgoogle analytics, minimal analytics

Other plugins by this author: Flying Scripts: Delay JavaScript to Improve Site Speed & Performance, Flying Pages: Preload Pages for Faster Navigation & Improved User Experience, Swap Google Fonts Display: Improve Font Rendering & Performance, Flying Images: Optimize and Lazy Load Images for Faster Page Speed, Flying Fonts: Remove Google Fonts & Use System Fonts for Faster Performance

Questions

Is Flying Analytics still maintained?

Yes. Last release 20 May 2026, 0 releases in the last 24 months.

Who owns Flying Analytics, and has it changed hands?

No change recorded. Main committer gijo since Jan 2020.

Was Flying Analytics removed from wordpress.org?

No. Listed on wordpress.org as of 3 Nov 2026.

Is Flying Analytics safe?

No known vulnerabilities on record.

Is the latest Flying Analytics update safe to install?

No ownership change before 2.0.0. No one-star spike after it.

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