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Plain Analytics v1.1.0 introduces advanced visitor intelligence capabilities that automatically detect user authentication states and provide cleaner, more actionable insights into visitor behavior.
🧠 Intelligent Visitor Authentication Detection
Know exactly who's browsing your site with our smart authentication detection system:
Multi-Layer Authentication Detection
- DOM-based detection with high-confidence selectors for authenticated UI elements
- Storage analysis detecting JWT tokens, session data, and authentication keys
- URL pattern recognition identifying dashboard, admin, and user-specific paths
- Cookie inspection for session and authentication cookies
- Confidence scoring (High/Medium/Low) based on detection method reliability
Real-Time Authentication Insights
- Live authentication status displayed in visitor profiles
- Authentication method tracking (DOM, Storage, URL, Cookie)
- Confidence indicators with visual status dots (Green/Yellow/Blue)
- Session-level authentication showing auth changes during visits
Access authentication insights directly in visitor profiles where you'll see real-time status indicators and detailed authentication context in session tooltips.
📊 Smart Pageview Grouping & Journey Intelligence
Eliminate noise and focus on meaningful visitor behavior:
Intelligent Pageview Consolidation
- Time-based grouping of consecutive visits to the same page within 5 minutes
- Refresh detection automatically groups page refreshes and quick revisits
- Clean journey visualization showing meaningful navigation patterns
- Detailed tooltips revealing first visit, last visit, and total visit count
Enhanced External Referrer Tracking
- Mid-session referrer detection tracking external links clicked during visits
- Contextual referrer events showing exactly which page visitors came from
- Journey flow visualization with clear referrer → page relationships
- External vs internal referrer differentiation for cleaner attribution
🎨 Redesigned Visitor Profiles Interface
A complete overhaul of visitor profiles for better insights:
Streamlined Information Layout
- Page view counts prominently displayed in visitor status
- Horizontal layout for device, OS, and browser information
- Authentication status integration directly in the visitor overview
- Cleaner visual hierarchy removing unnecessary labels and clutter
Enhanced Device Intelligence
- Screen resolution data for better UX insights
- Device switching detection tracking when visitors change devices
- Browser change monitoring identifying cross-browser usage
- Comprehensive device tooltips with vendor and model information
Improved Journey Timeline
- Grouped pageview events reducing timeline noise by 60-80%
- External referrer events showing mid-session traffic sources
- Time-based event organization with cleaner chronological flow
- Interactive tooltips revealing detailed visit patterns and timing
🔍 Advanced Session Intelligence
Deeper insights into visitor behavior patterns:
Multi-Session Visitor Tracking
- Cross-session authentication maintaining visitor context across visits
- Device and browser change alerts in session timelines
- Location change detection for traveling visitors or VPN usage
- Authentication state transitions tracking login/logout events
Enhanced Session Tooltips
- Complete session metadata including IP, location, and device details
- Authentication information with method and confidence scoring
- UTM parameter persistence showing campaign attribution throughout sessions
- Browser and OS version details for technical insights
📈 Performance & UX Improvements
Faster, cleaner, and more intuitive analytics:
Optimized Data Processing
- Smart caching for authentication detection (5-second cache TTL)
- Reduced DOM queries with optimized selector grouping
- Efficient pageview processing with intelligent grouping algorithms
- Performance-first authentication detection with priority-based checks
Enhanced Visual Design
- Consistent iconography across all device, browser, and OS displays
- Improved dark mode support for all new authentication indicators
- Better spacing and typography in visitor profile layouts
Why This Matters
For Product Teams
Understand the difference between anonymous browsers and authenticated users. Track how authentication affects user behavior and identify conversion patterns.
For Marketing Teams
See which campaigns drive authenticated vs anonymous traffic. Understand the full customer journey from first visit to authentication.
For UX/Design Teams
Identify friction points in the authentication flow and understand how users behave differently when logged in vs anonymous.
For Growth Teams
Track authentication conversion rates and understand which traffic sources lead to user registration and engagement.
Getting Started: All v1.1.0 features are live in your dashboard now. Visit any visitor profile to see the new authentication detection and smart pageview grouping in action.
Plain Analytics v1.1.0 brings significant improvements to visitor intelligence. Enhanced privacy-first analytics with automatic authentication detection and smart behavioral insights.
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