It Just Works

Using the latest versions of this Google Analytics plugin and WordPress, and also using some older versions of these products, I haven’t had any problems. Also with 600,000+ websites using Google Analytics I feel comfortable in spite of the wild claims in some of the more negative reviews here.

Instead of reading rants (tirades?, diatribes?) why not search the web for less biased comparative reviews. Here’s the first one I found: https://www.wpmayor.com/best-google-analytics-plugins-wordpress/. Of course if you’re very concerned (or paranoid), and have a good understanding of Javascript, php and css, you can always pull up the Google Analytics code and read through it line by line.