Google Analytics Debugger

A browser extension for debugging Google Analytics tracking code
What is Google Analytics Debugger?
Google Analytics Debugger is a Chrome extension designed to support developers in debugging and inspecting tracking beacon data for both Traditional and Universal Analytics. It’s equipped to capture live data, offering insights into tracker properties, client information, document properties, events, custom variables, and more. The extension effortlessly handles multiple trackers, grouping beacons for uncomplicated navigation and interrogation.

Extension stats

Users: 30,000+
Rating: 4.35 (37)
Version: 2.1.6 (Last updated: 2017-04-11)
Creation date: 2017-04-11
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 27.75K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

Google Analytics Debugger is a devtools extension for exposing tracking beacon data to developers.

Live data capture

Capture tracking beacons for Traditional and Universal Analytics properties while you browse. Beacons are automatically grouped by page context, making it easy to identify how tracked events relate to each other.

Beacon inspector

Review meta data for every tracking beacon sent to the Google Analytics servers with the context sensitive inspector.

Tracker properties Client information Document properties Page views

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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Easy to use and understand for both experts and non-experts
  • Cleaner and more understandable output compared to the official Google GA debugger
  • Great for visual debugging of Google Analytics
  • Excellent tool for checking analytics data
  • Highly praised as a must-have tool in debugging
Cons
  • Inconsistent performance, causing confusion about data accuracy
  • Misses pageview events, especially with gtag.js installation
  • Some users report it not working at all or showing a blank page
  • Lacks clear instructions for first-time users
Most mentioned
  • Not working
  • Easy to use
  • Cleaner output
  • Inconsistent performance
  • Great tool
Recent reviews
by magimaidass smdass, 2024-09-02

Dont work.
by Roman Melíšek, 2024-04-20

Not working. I see only a blank page.
by Roland, 2024-03-15
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Google Analytics Debugger requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Google Analytics Debugger has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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