A Site Kit alternative: the tag, not the dashboard.
Site Kit connects your site to Google Analytics, Search Console, PageSpeed Insights, AdSense and Tag Manager, and shows their reports in wp-admin. If what you really need is the tracking tag, Analytics adds GA4 or Tag Manager with consent handling — and imports the IDs Site Kit used.
Replaced by the bundled Analytics plugin · Included free with Presscomet
Switching from Site Kit by Google: the short version.
You get
- GA4 measurement ID and GTM container imported from Site Kit
- Logged-in users excluded, Do Not Track respected if you choose
- Tags wait for analytics consent
- A built-in cookieless chart of page views, top pages and referrers
Not included
- No Search Console, PageSpeed Insights or AdSense reports in wp-admin
- No Google sign-in or account setup flow
- No AdSense ad placement
Is Site Kit slowing your admin?
Dashboards that pull reports from several Google APIs make the admin do network work on load. The front-end cost is the tags themselves, which you’d have with any setup.
Analytics only prints the tags and reads its own local counter, so the admin has nothing to fetch.
Site Kit by Google vs Presscomet
Feature by feature, including what isn’t there. Rows describe what the bundled plugin’s code does today.
| Feature | Site Kit by Google | Presscomet |
|---|---|---|
| GA4 tag | Included: Yes | Included: Yes |
| Tag Manager | Included: Yes | Included: Yes |
| Plausible / Fathom | Not included: No | Included: Yes |
| Reports in wp-admin | Included: Analytics, Search Console, PageSpeed, AdSense | Partly: Local page-view chart only |
| Google sign-in setup | Included: Yes | Not included: Paste the ID instead |
| Consent handling | Partly: Consent Mode | Included: Blocks until consent, plus Consent Mode via Cookie Consent |
- Included
- Partly, or on a paid plan
- Not included
- Not needed, with the reason
Site Kit features as publicly documented.
What moves over automatically.
Site Kit stores the IDs it connected in its module settings; the importer reads them.
Imported
- GA4 measurement ID
googlesitekit_analytics-4_settingsmeasurementID - Tag Manager container ID, when Site Kit placed the snippet
googlesitekit_tagmanager_settingscontainerIDuseSnippet
Not imported
- Google account connections, Search Console and AdSense settings
- Report data — it stays in your Google accounts
- Analytics: imported ga4_id, gtm_id.
How switching works.
- 01
Check your site
Run the free site check to see which of your plugins Presscomet replaces and what needs attention.
- 02
Run the migration
Connect your WordPress site. Content, users, media and plugin settings are imported into a new Presscomet site; your live site is only read.
- 03
Review and switch
Open Analytics in the admin menu, and Settings → Analytics to check the imported settings, then point your domain at the new site when you’re happy.
Where to find it: Analytics in the admin menu, and Settings → Analytics.
Site Kit by Google alternative: questions
Will my Google Analytics data be lost?
No. Data lives in your Google Analytics property. The same measurement ID keeps collecting after the move.
Where do I see Search Console data?
In Search Console itself. It isn’t shown in wp-admin.
Can I keep running Site Kit by Google instead?
No. Presscomet doesn’t run PHP, so WordPress plugins can’t be installed. The bundled Analytics plugin does the job instead, and the migration imports the settings listed above.
Does Presscomet support WooCommerce?
Not today. Presscomet is for content sites — blogs, magazines, business and documentation sites. If your site sells through WooCommerce, it isn’t a fit yet.
Related plugins and next steps
Related
- BundledAnalyticsGA4, Tag Manager, Plausible or Fathom snippets, plus a cookieless page-view counter with a dashboard chart.
- BundledCookie ConsentAccept, reject and per-category consent that holds back analytics and marketing scripts, with Google Consent Mode v2.
- AlternativeCookieYes alternativeBanner, categories, script blocking and Consent Mode v2 with no account — classic CookieYes settings imported.
- BundledSEOTitles and descriptions with variables, keyphrase and readability analysis, schema, breadcrumbs and sitemaps. Reads Yoast data as-is.
Move your WordPress site in one go — content, users, media and plugin settings. Free and open source; your live site is only read.
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Site Kit by Google, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Search Console, MonsterInsights are trademarks of their respective owners. Presscomet is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Names are used only to describe compatibility and migration.