README

Version 5.0.0

• Last update: 27 October 2023

This the Mamoto (ex-Piwik) integration extension for MediaWiki software. The extension is only useful if you've got a MediaWiki installation; it can only be installed by the administrator of the site.

Minimum requirements

1. MediaWiki 1.34+

2. A Matomo (0.4+) installation with the site configured

Installation instructions

Please, read them carefully. They're not very difficult to understand, but ALL steps are necessary:

1. Create a folder called "Matomo" in your extensions directory

2. Upload extension.json and Matomo.hooks.php in the "Matomo" folder you've just created

3. Edit your LocalSettings.php and, at the end of the file, add the following:

    wfLoadExtension( 'Matomo' );
   

4. Configure the Matomo URL and site-id. To do so; edit the LocalSettings and set up the following variables:

   $wgMatomoURL = "matomo-host.tld/dir/";

   $wgMatomoIDSite = "matomo_idsite";

   IMPORTANT Do not define the protocol of the $wgMatomoURL

Note: Change the value of $wgMatomoURL with the URL, without the protocol but including the domain name, where you installed Matomo. Remember to add the trailing slash!

1. Enjoy our extension!

Note: to check if the extension has succesfully installed; go to your wiki and check if the Matomo extension is present on the bottom of the Wiki source code.

Custom variables

• Disable cookies by setting the $wgMatomoDisableCookies variable to false.

  For example: $wgMatomoDisableCookies = false;

• Ignore regular editors: set $wgMatomoIgnoreEditors to true

• Do not ignore Bots: set $wgMatomoIgnoreBots to false (by default bots are ignored)

• Do not ignore sysop users: set $wgMatomoIgnoreSysops to false (by default sysops are ignored)

• To define custom javascript tags in the Matomo javascript code, its possible to define the $wgMatomoCustomJS variable. For example if you have a single setting to insert; use the following code:

  $wgMatomoCustomJS = "_paq.push(['trackGoal', '1']);"

  If you have multiple variables to define; use an array. For example:

  $wgMatomoCustomJS = array( "_paq.push(['setCustomVariable', '1','environment','production']);", "_paq.push(['setCustomVariable', '1','is_user','yes']);" );

• If you want to change the title of your pages inside the Matomo tracker, you can set $wgMatomoActionName inside your LocalSettings.php file.

• In case you want to include the title as, for example, "wiki/Title of the page", you can set $wgMatomoUsePageTitle to true and set $wgMatomoActionName to wiki/. The extension will print matomo_action_name = 'wiki/Title of the page';

• If you want to track the username of the visitor with the Matomo feature User ID (needs Matomo >= 2.7.0) set the $wgMatomoTrackUsernames to true in LocalSettings.php.

Troubleshooting

On MediaWiki 1.39.0–1.39.4 and 1.40.0, the tracking code is included twice: this can be fixed by upgrading MediaWiki to 1.39.5 and 1.40.1 (see this Phabricator task.