FlareStats

Description

FlareStats brings your CloudFlare web analytics data directly into the WordPress admin. No third-party tracking services, no cookies — just privacy-preserving analytics from Cloudflare.

Features

• Dashboard Widget — A compact summary widget on the WordPress Dashboard.
• Full Analytics Screen — Dedicated admin page with a 7-day daily chart, top 5 pages, and top 3 countries.
• Last 7 Days — Data always covers the rolling last 7 days.
• Cloudflare GraphQL API — Connects to the Cloudflare GraphQL Analytics API using your API Token.
• Lightweight & Dependency-Free — No external JavaScript frameworks; charts are CSS-based.
• Caching — API responses cached via WordPress transients to minimise API calls.

Requirements

• A Cloudflare account with Web Analytics enabled for your site.
• A Cloudflare API Token with Account Analytics: Read permission.
• Your Cloudflare Account ID.
• Your FlareStats Site Tag (optional but recommended for multi-site accounts).

Configuration

1. In your Cloudflare dashboard go to My Profile → API Tokens and create a token with Account Analytics: Read permission scoped to your account.
2. Note your Account ID (visible in the Cloudflare dashboard right-hand sidebar).
3. Go to Analytics & Logs → Web Analytics, select your site, and copy the Site Tag from the site settings (optional).
4. In WordPress go to FlareStats → Settings and enter your credentials.

Privacy / Tracking Disclosure

FlareStats displays analytics data inside WordPress by requesting reports from Cloudflare Web Analytics.

What this plugin sends to external services

• This plugin sends authenticated requests from your WordPress site to the Cloudflare GraphQL API (api.cloudflare.com) using your configured API token, account ID, and site tag (if provided).
• Request parameters include reporting date ranges and query fields needed to fetch analytics metrics.

What this plugin receives

• Aggregated analytics data such as pageviews, visits, top pages, top countries, browser/device, and referrer/source metrics.
• This plugin displays those metrics in the WordPress admin dashboard and analytics screens.

What this plugin stores in WordPress

• Plugin settings in wp_options (for example API token, account ID, site tag, cache duration).
• Cached analytics responses in WordPress transients to reduce API calls.

Personal data handling

• This plugin does not create its own visitor tracking cookies.
• Visitor analytics collection is performed by Cloudflare Web Analytics on your site.
• This plugin does not add separate per-visitor profile records in WordPress for analytics.

Data retention / access

• Cached analytics data is temporary and expires according to the configured cache duration.
• Plugin settings and analytics screens are only accessible to users with appropriate admin capabilities (for example manage_options).

Third-party policies

• Cloudflare Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
• Cloudflare Terms: https://www.cloudflare.com/website-terms/

Site owners are responsible for ensuring their site’s public privacy policy accurately describes how Cloudflare Web Analytics is used.