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Services like Google Analytics can give you some great data on how many people are visiting your site, how they found it, and what they been up to doing during their visits.

But, if you want to really gain an a deeper insight into how your site and your content is actually being used a great way is to invest your time and get a heatmap.

As a heatmap will show you any clicks that a users make on your site, it’s doesn’t matter if they are clicking links or not. So below in this weeks WordPress Wednesday roundup I’ve collected 10 heatmap plugins for WordPress that help you track your visitors.

Please some plugins that are featuring down may need you to purchase a service plan from the specifc company that has a plugin associated… It’s totally up to you but wouldn’t you like to find out what works and what doesn’t work for your user?

1. HeatMap for WP

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This plugin, heatmap provides you with realtime analytics and mouse tracking that helps sites editors understand in seconds which are their best performing contents. heatmap is used to optimise the traffic flow on websites and significantly reduce exit rates.

2. Userheat HeatMap

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UserHeat is a free heatmap analytics plugin that allows you to visualise the user behavior on any type of devices. It takes just one step and 30 seconds to start analying your site. One of the key features of this plugin is that 3 Heatmap type (gaze,click,mouse track) and these reveals exactly where your visitors click on the page, see how much attention a specific area gets by thermography

3. Hotjar Connecticator

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This plugin makes it very fast, simple, and easy to your Hotjar script code to your WordPress site. It’s great for non-geeky people who would like to simply copy and paste the code Hotjar provides into WordPress.

It’s also great for web professionals who are looking for a fast way to add the Hotjar scripts to client websites. ()

4. Ptengine

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Ptengine is a free and wonderful WordPress plugin that give you both a Heatmap and Analytics solution which allows you to fix conversions problems. With this plugin you can find out what changes you can make  to keep your visitors clicking more, scrolling more and ultimately buying more especially if you an eCommerce store.

5. Hotspots Analytics

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Hotspots Analytics is the one of the most advanced analytics plugin for any WordPress websites this plugin includes heatmaps, user activity and custom event tracking. It can be a great compliment to Google Analytics and provides support for responsive web design and touchscreen devices.

6. Capturly

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Capturly is a software tool for studying user behavior on your website. Among other features it allows you to record your users’ actions real-time, meaning a new level of customer analyzing. Capturly is an excellent software for website owners who aim to increase their revenue and improve user experience overnight.

Normal analytics tools will give you numbers, but can never give you this level of insight: actions speak louder than numbers. With this plugin it allows you to easily setup the tool on your WordPress website by simply install the plugin, add your Capturly tracking code and start to optimise your website.

 

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WordPress Wednesday – 6 Heatmap Plugins For Tracking Your Visitors