Analytics plugins for Payload CMS 8
Analytics plugins for Payload CMS: Plausible and Google Analytics embeds, in-admin dashboards, error and performance monitoring with Sentry and web vitals.
SEO Analyzer
Payload plugin that audits page SEO in the editor sidebar with 50+ checks, a dashboard, score history, redirects and IndexNow.
Sentry
Integrates Sentry error tracking into Payload applications.
Sales Reports
Sales reporting plugin that totals revenue, units and orders by period, product and customer from Payload order collections.
A/B Testing
A/B testing plugin that creates page variants in Payload collections and routes traffic at the edge via Next.js middleware.
Analytics
Adds a GA4-backed analytics dashboard inside the Payload admin, with KPIs, sessions, and lead-action tracking driven by the GA4 Data API and gtag.js.
GA4 Analytics
Integrates Google Analytics 4 into Payload CMS with admin dashboards and reporting.
PageSpeed Insights
Integrates Google PageSpeed Insights into Payload CMS for performance analysis.
Dashboard Analytics
Adds Plausible and Google Analytics widgets to the Payload admin dashboard, navigation, collections and globals.
Analytics plugins bring metrics and monitoring into Payload CMS — Plausible and Google Analytics embeds, in-admin dashboards and error or performance monitoring with Sentry.
What these plugins cover
- Plausible and Google Analytics integration
- In-admin traffic and content dashboards
- Error monitoring (Sentry)
- Performance and web-vitals tracking
- Custom event tracking
- Report export and scheduling
Privacy-friendly analytics
Prefer cookieless, GDPR-friendly tools like Plausible to avoid consent banners, and pair monitoring with SEO to connect traffic to ranking.
See also SEO, admin tooling and developer tools.
Frequently asked questions
Which analytics providers integrate with Payload CMS?
Community plugins integrate Plausible, Google Analytics and Sentry, and surface traffic, content and error metrics in the admin.
Are there cookieless, GDPR-friendly options?
Yes — privacy-first integrations like Plausible track usage without cookies, so you can skip consent banners in many regions.
Are these analytics plugins free?
The plugins are open-source and free; hosted analytics services bill on their own plans.