Lots of people have ad blocks and ad blocks block most analytics. To get around this I use plausible self hosted and a nginx rewrite.
writen by Iain Cambridge
So plausible.js will be blocked but if I rewrite info.js to plausible.js it’ll work.
writen by Iain Cambridge
location /info.js {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_pass '<http8000/js/plausible.js>';
sub_filter_types application/javascript;
sub_filter '/api/event' '/api/info';
sub_filter_once on;
}
location /api/info {
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
proxy_pass '<http8000/api/event>';
}```
Is what I use for nginx to bypass blockerswriten by Iain Cambridge
ok thanks Iain! That makes sense… Its good to know that the ad blocks block analytics as well… I use nginx as well, might copy your solution 🤔
writen by Jasper Schoormans
I do the same, except I use a cloudfront dist to make the plausible js appear to come from my own domain
writen by Dries
Dries you’ll find that ‘plausible.js’ is blocked by many no matter what domain it comes from
writen by Iain Cambridge
Something to address at some other time, I use this on 200 domains, so not getting into it now
writen by Dries
Ah, wow I didn’t even realize that the filename “plausible.js” was blocked, even with proxying. Thanks for that tip.
writen by Matt Morris
