Activate and check website analytics
Set up analytics for the website whose traffic you want to understand. Connecting a domain, loading an analytics dashboard and seeing real visits are separate checks.
Before you start
Open the correct workspace and website. Check that its plan includes the required analytics features and that the custom domain is connected. Follow any upgrade or setup message shown in Analytics.
Use workspace subscriptions for plan questions and custom-domain setup for DNS instructions.
Check the setup
Open the website's Analytics page.
Confirm that you are viewing the intended website and domain.
If a setup or upgrade screen appears, complete the requested step.
When a real analytics dashboard is available, select a date range that includes today.
Clear any filters that could hide the visit you are checking.
An empty dashboard may mean there is no matching activity yet. A demo or setup screen means live analytics is not ready to use. Do not treat either as proof that tracking is working.
Verify a public visit
Open the published website and navigate to a page you can recognise in the report. Allow time for the service to receive the activity, then refresh the report and check the relevant period.
Test the public website rather than the editor canvas. Browser privacy settings, extensions and blocked scripts can prevent a visit being recorded. Do not assume every visitor or every test browser will be measured.
Add a separate analytics service
If you use a service such as Google Analytics, use the website's supported integration settings or the service's documented script installation path. Configure the property that belongs to this website.
Avoid installing the same tracking tag in both the integration settings and website scripts unless the service specifically requires it. Duplicate installation can produce misleading counts. Check the provider's own test or realtime tools after setup.
See Integrations for the difference between a website-wide script and an Embed block.
If old analytics no longer appears
The retired self-hosted Plausible integration is not the current setup path. Follow the current domain/analytics setup shown for the website. Do not assume an old dashboard URL or historical data has automatically moved to a different service.
If a connected website still shows a setup screen, contact support with its domain, the visible message and the time you checked. Do not remove and reconnect a working domain merely to experiment; first identify which setup step is missing.
After setup
Read Understand your website traffic and choose one or two events to measure. A working tracker is a measurement tool, not evidence that the website is generating leads.
