How I Added Umami Analytics to My Hugo PaperMod Blog
When I started my blog, I wanted a simple way to understand how people were finding and reading my posts. Where were my visitors coming from? Was anyone even visiting at all? I didn’t need anything complicated, just a way to see how my blog was doing. For that, I needed an analytics tool. Google Analytics is a popular choice, but there are reasons I didn’t want to use it. It loads additional JavaScript, which can affect page performance, and it collects data about website visitors. Depending on how it’s configured and which visitors you track, it can also create privacy and consent requirements, particularly for visitors from the EU. ...