Adds the Matomo tracking system to your website.
Matomo is an Open Source analytics tool to track website traffic.
This module is compatible with Matomo 3.x, 4.x and 5.x.
- Matomo installation
- Matomo website account
- Install this module using the official Backdrop CMS instructions
In the settings page enter your Matomo website ID.
You will also need to define what user roles should be tracked. Simply tick the roles you would like to monitor.
All pages will then have the required JavaScript added to the HTML footer can confirm this by viewing the page source from your browser.
If your website has https turned on, it is necessary that the Matomo install also has https turned on. This prevents "mixed content" warnings in browsers.
It's absolutely OK and actually recommended that both url settings use https - if your Matomo install has it. Browsers load content via https from within a http page, but refuse to load http content from within a https page.
Example:
- Matomo HTTP URL:
https://matomo.example.com/ - Matomo HTTPS URL:
https://matomo.example.com/
One example for custom variables tracking is the "User roles" tracking. Enter the below configuration data into the custom variables settings form under admin/config/system/matomo.
Slot: 1 Name: User roles Value: [current-user:matomo-role-names] Scope: Visitor
Slot: 1 Name: User ids Value: [current-user:matomo-role-ids] Scope: Visitor
More details about custom variables can be found in the Matomo API documentation at https://matomo.org/docs/javascript-tracking/#toc-custom-variables.
You can include additional JavaScript snippets in the advanced textarea. These can be found on various blog posts, or on the official Matomo pages.
An example for "Code snippet (before)": _paq.push(['disableCookies']);
This disables all tracking cookies for Matomo (GDPR, to avoid the necessity of a
cookie consent banner).
To speed up page loading you may also cache the matomo.js file locally. You need to make sure the site file system is in public download mode.
Bugs and Feature requests should be reported in the Issue Queue
- Joseph Flatt (https://github.com/hosef)
- indigoxela (https://github.com/indigoxela)
- Ported to Backdrop CMS by Joseph Flatt (https://github.com/hosef).
- Maintained for Drupal by Alexander Hass (https://www.drupal.org/u/hass).
- Initial Drupal development by Alexander Hass (https://www.drupal.org/u/hass).
This project is GPL v2 software. See the LICENSE.txt file in this directory for complete text.