Problem

Currently we have Google Analytics set up but disabled for the frontend. GA requires careful configuration to avoid PII collection, requires a GDPR notice and strategy/cookie consent configuration. It also has massive numbers of features we will likely never use. WordPress and Openverse users may also have questions about Google's commitment to user privacy that could get in the way of folks trusting Openverse. It is also unused by WordPress.org and I don't think we should be the ones to introduce it there.

Description

Let's look into alternatives like https://www.goatcounter.com/ or https://plausible.io/.

Alternatives

Get rid of these types of things altogether. Do we need this for any specific reason? Are there alternatives that wouldn't require integrating with a 3rd party service (or self-hosting yet another service)?

Implementation

• 🙋 I would be interested in implementing this feature.