PrivateStater

PrivateStater is a privacy-friendly SaaS that combines three things you usually need three separate services for:

• Analytics — page views, sessions, and click tracking, without cookies.
• Captcha — protect WordPress comments, login/registration, and Contact Form 7 forms with a no-image puzzle + proof-of-work challenge.
• Feedback widget — a floating button that lets visitors send text feedback, ratings, or screenshots.

Once activated, paste your website name and PrivateStater loads on every public-facing page. The Captcha integrations stay off until you turn them on.

Why PrivateStater?

• No cookies. No cross-site tracking. No data sold to third parties.
• One small script for all three features.
• I run PrivateStater myself — questions go directly to a real person, not a ticket queue.

External services

This plugin connects to PrivateStater’s servers to provide analytics, Captcha, and feedback functionality. It does the following:

• Loads the PrivateStater script (https://privatestater.com/privatestater.js) on every public-facing page after a site administrator enters a website name. The script provides visitor analytics, the feedback widget, and (when enabled) the Captcha widget.
• Sends analytics and feedback events to PrivateStater’s servers. Depending on which dashboard features are enabled, this can include page URLs, referrers, browser and device details, click events, feedback text, ratings, and visitor-provided screenshots.
• Sends Captcha verification requests to https://privatestater.com/api/captcha/validate when a protected form is submitted. The request includes the configured website name and the Captcha token returned by the visitor’s browser.

For details on what data is collected and how it is processed, see:

• Terms of service: https://privatestater.com/terms
• Privacy policy: https://privatestater.com/privacy