Feature suggestion: Exclude views by IP addresses

[sdegetaus]

I am not sure if this feature might break the privacy following the plugin has, but it would be a super nice feature to include.

Personally, I would find this feature useful when I am testing something and I need to be logged off from my WordPress site to do it properly (normally, I just go into Incognito Mode, or a different device that I am not signed in).

Excluding by IP address is a good and standard way of doing this. What do you think?

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[optimist-law]

I fully support

[dannyvankooten]

While not supported from within the settings interface of the plugin just yet, after 132bd544e4d618cada65adf0b1904fe72f531842 you can now do this using a filter hook:

add_filter( 'koko_analytics_load_tracking_script', function() {
    $ip_address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    $excluded_ip_addresses = array(
        '127.0.0.1',
        '254.123.182.120',
    );
    if (in_array($ip_address, $excluded_ip_addresses, true)) {
        return false;
    }

    return true;
});

[optimist-law]

Hello!

Tell me if this feature will be included in the plugin itself. If yes, then when?

Where should I indicate the code you provided?

Respectfully yours, Pavel

[dannyvankooten]

Hello @optimist-law,

I am not sure yet. I'd like to keep the settings relatively simple and avoid any settings that would only be used by less than 20% of the plugin's users.

Until then, you can place the code I shared in my previous comment in your theme its functions.php file or use the following and save it as /wp-content/plugins/enhance-koko-analytics.php

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Koko Analytics Enhancements
 */
add_filter( 'koko_analytics_load_tracking_script', function() {
    $ip_address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
    $excluded_ip_addresses = array(
        '127.0.0.1',
        '254.123.182.120',
    );
    if (in_array($ip_address, $excluded_ip_addresses, true)) {
        return false;
    }

    return true;
});

After doing that, go to WP Admin > Plugins and activate the Koko Analytics Enhancements plugin to activate the snippet.

[optimist-law]

Hello! Everything works perfectly. Thanks for the help! Respectfully yours, Pavel