A way to bypass adblock for Matomo/Piwik
This has only been tested agains't uBlock Origin.
More details about Matomo/Piwik adblock bypass
- The server header set to the script is set by the php file in order to replicate and return a valid javascript text So it is unrealiable and not dependent on the server.
- With this way after updating Matomo/Piwik you will not be forced to edit anything by hand.
- Create a file in your Mamoto root directory e.x 1337.php and paste the following code
if (empty($_GET)) {
$modifiedSince = FALSE;
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'])) {
$modifiedSince = $_SERVER['HTTP_IF_MODIFIED_SINCE'];
// strip any trailing data appended to header
if (FALSE !== ($semicolon = strpos($modifiedSince, ';'))) {
$modifiedSince = strtotime(substr($modifiedSince, 0, $semicolon));
}
}
// Re-Download the piwik.js once a week maximum
$lastModified = time() - 604800;
// set HTTP response headers
header('Vary: Accept-Encoding');
// Returns 304 if not modified since
if (!empty($modifiedSince) && $modifiedSince <= $lastModified) {
header($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] . ' 304 Not Modified');
} else {
header('Last-Modified: ' . gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT');
@header('Content-Type: application/javascript; charset=UTF-8');
if ($piwikJs = file_get_contents('piwik.js')) {
$piwikJs = str_replace(['"action_name="', '"&idsite="'], ['"wannabe="', '"&1337="'], $piwikJs);
echo $piwikJs;
} else {
header($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] . '505 Internal server error');
}
}
exit;
}- Place on top of piwik.php the following code
if (isset($_GET['wannabe'])) {
$_GET['action_name'] = $_GET['wannabe'];
unset($_GET['wannabe']);
}
if (isset($_GET['1337'])) {
$_GET['idsite'] = $_GET['1337'];
unset($_GET['1337']);
}- Then generate a tracking code and replace it to match the following code
<script type="text/javascript">
var _paq = window._paq || [];
_paq.push(['trackPageView']);
_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
(function () {
var u = "https://example.com/";
_paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u + 'matomo.php']);
_paq.push(['setSiteId', '1']);
var d = document, g = d.createElement('script'), s = d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
g.type = 'text/javascript';
g.async = true;
g.defer = true;
g.src = u + '1337.php';
s.parentNode.insertBefore(g, s);
})();
</script>
<noscript><p><img src="https://example.com/matomo.php?1337=1&rec=1" style="border:0;" alt=""/></p></noscript>- Everytime that Matomo/Piwik gets updated you will need to redo the first part of the procedee.
- The script called will be static and not modified and returned by a php file so the server will be able to set his header without issues.
- Copy piwik.js to 1337.js
- Replace manually "action_name" to "wannabe" and "idsite" to "1337" within the copied file "1337.js".
- Create a file called 1337.php
- Paste the php code bellow inside "1337.php"
- Generate your tracking code true Matomo panel and replace "matomo.php" to "1337.php" and "matomo.js" to "1337.js"
<?php
// define piwik root path
if (!defined('PIWIK_DOCUMENT_ROOT')) {
define('PIWIK_DOCUMENT_ROOT', dirname(__FILE__) == '/' ? '' : dirname(__FILE__));
}
// replace "action_name" by "wannabe"
if (isset($_GET['wannabe'])) {
$_GET['action_name'] = $_GET['wannabe'];
unset($_GET['wannabe']);
}
// replace "idsite" by "1337"
if (isset($_GET['1337'])) {
$_GET['idsite'] = $_GET['1337'];
unset($_GET['1337']);
}
include PIWIK_DOCUMENT_ROOT . '/piwik.php';
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