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v1.2.0

plausible/analyticsv1.2.0Jan 26, 2021by ukutaht

AI Summary

Focuses on UX improvements including a dark theme, outbound link tracking, and data collection enhancements like browser and OS version display.

Key Highlights

  • Dark theme option and system setting support
  • Outbound link tracking module
  • Browser and OS version collection
  • Traffic spike notifications

Breaking Changes

  • Base image changed to Alpine to decrease Docker size
  • "This Month" view changed to Month-to-date

New Features

  • Ability to add event metadata
  • Tracker module for automatic outbound link tracking
  • Display weekday on visitor graph
  • Collect and display browser & OS versions
  • Simple notifications around traffic spikes
  • "Load More" capability for pages modal
  • Unique Visitors (last 30 min) in realtime view
  • Pinned filter and date selector rows
  • Escape keyboard shortcut to clear filters
  • Tracking exclusions for pages
  • Keybindings for selecting dates/ranges
  • Improved settings, site listing, and onboarding UX

Full Release Notes

To update your installation, make sure your docker-compose.yml file is referencing `plausible/analytics` with one of the following tags: `latest`, `v1`, `v1.2`, `v1.2.0`. Then run the following commands:

```sh
$ docker-compose down
$ docker-compose pull plausible
$ docker-compose up -d
```

This will run your database migrations and boot up the new version of the app. Following changes have been made since v1.1:

### Added
- Ability to add event metadata plausible/analytics#381
- Add tracker module to automatically track outbound links  plausible/analytics#389
- Display weekday on the visitor graph plausible/analytics#175
- Collect and display browser & OS versions plausible/analytics#397
- Simple notifications around traffic spikes plausible/analytics#453
- Dark theme option/system setting follow plausible/analytics#467
- "Load More" capability to pages modal plausible/analytics#480
- Unique Visitors (last 30 min) as a top stat in realtime view plausible/analytics#500
- Pinned filter and date selector rows while scrolling plausible/analytics#472
- Escape keyboard shortcut to clear all filters plausible/analytics#625
- Tracking exclusions, see our documentation [here](https://docs.plausible.io/excluding) and [here](https://docs.plausible.io/excluding-pages) for details plausible/analytics#489
- Keybindings for selecting dates/ranges plausible/analytics#630

### Changed
- Use alpine as base image to decrease Docker image size plausible/analytics#353
- Ignore automated browsers (Phantom, Selenium, Headless Chrome, etc)
- Display domain's favicon on the home page
- Ignore consecutive pageviews on same pathname plausible/analytics#417
- Validate domain format on site creation plausible/analytics#427
- Improve settings UX and design plausible/analytics#412
- Improve site listing UX and design plausible/analytics#438
- Improve onboarding UX and design plausible/analytics#441
- Allows outbound link tracking script to use new tab redirection plausible/analytics#494
- "This Month" view is now Month-to-date for the current month plausible/analytics#491
- My sites now show settings cog at all times on smaller screens plausible/analytics#497
- Background jobs are enabled by default for self-hosted installations plausible/analytics#603
- All new users on self-hosted installations have a never-ending trial plausible/analytics#603
- Changed caret/chevron color in datepicker and filters dropdown

### Fixed
- Do not error when activating an already activated account plausible/analytics#370
- Ignore arrow keys when modifier keys are pressed plausible/analytics#363
- Show correct stats when goal filter is combined with source plausible/analytics#374
- Going back in history now correctly resets the period filter plausible/analytics#408
- Fix URL decoding in query parameters plausible/analytics#416
- Fix overly-sticky date in query parameters plausible/analytics/#439
- Prevent picking dates before site insertion plausible/analtics#446
- Fix overly-sticky from and to in query parameters plausible/analytics#495
- Adds support for single-day date selection plausible/analytics#495
- Goal conversion rate in realtime view is now accurate plausible/analytics#500
- Various UI/UX issues plausible/analytics#503

### Security
- Do not run the plausible Docker container as root plausible/analytics#362