Visitor Tracking

Cookie-free, server-side pageview logging with searchable history and geo details — nothing is stored in the visitor’s browser.

Where to find it

Log UI: SiteNivo → Visitor Tracking
Master switch: SiteNivo → Settings → General → Visitor Tracking (must be On or nothing is logged).

Privacy model

  • No tracking cookies and no browser consent prompt for this feature
  • Logging happens on the server when public pages are viewed
  • Timestamps stored in UTC, displayed in your WordPress timezone

What Free records

  • That a visit happened (time)
  • Page URL / path on your site
  • IP, visitor token, user agent
  • Geo / ISP details when available (via optional ip-api.com lookup)

Pro: traffic source (referrer)

Knowing which external URL sent the visitor (HTTP referrer — e.g. Google, Facebook, another site) is reserved for SiteNivo Pro.

  • Free — you see the visit and which page on your site was hit
  • Pro (Coming Soon) — also stores and shows the third-party referrer URL when the browser sends one

Note

Many browsers / privacy modes omit or strip referrers. Even on Pro, some visits will have an empty referrer — that is normal.

How to use

Enable tracking

Settings → General → Visitor Tracking → On → Save Changes.

Browse the log

Open Visitor Tracking: search, paginate, Refresh, or Clear log.

Open a row

Detail panel includes city, region, country, postal code, timezone, ISP, IP, visitor token, user agent, and page URL. Referrer is Pro.

Extra geo when available

Organization, AS, coordinates, mobile / proxy / hosting flags (via optional ip-api.com lookup). Private/local IPs skip geo.

Cleaner logs

Under Security, enable Ignore scanner / probe paths so known bot probes do not clutter Visitor Tracking.

Related docs

Security · Privacy & External Services · SiteNivo Pro · Settings