MediaElement Google Analytics & Piwik Event Tracking
This plugins fires Google Analytics & Piwik events for the native WordPress MediaElement video and audio player.
Works for playlists, too! Adds the following events in Google Analytics & Piwik:
- play
- ended
An event look like this: wp-video, play,[filename]
- category: wp-video
- action: play
- label: filename of the corresponding media file
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
- Give a name to your project
- Download the Installer Package
- Install & activate the plugin locally
- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.



