How can you detect if a website is using Plausible Analytics by looking at the source code?
Detecting Plausible Analytics on a website involves examining the page source for specific scripts and code patterns unique to Plausible.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to do it:
- Open the Page Source: Right-click on the webpage and select “View Page Source” or press
Ctrl+U
(Windows) orCmd+Option+U
(Mac) to open the page’s source code. - Search for Plausible Analytics Script: Use
Ctrl+F
(Windows) orCmd+F
(Mac) to open the search function and look for the following keywords:plausible.io
orplausible.js
. - Check for Custom Domain Scripts: Some websites use a custom domain to load the Plausible script. Look for scripts that include
/js/plausible.js
but are loaded from a different domain.