Hugo theme component to add support for Matomo
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Description

This theme component can be used to add support for Matomo to any website base on Hugo. Everything should work out of the box the way you like to configure it. I tried to use Matomo's official API and docs to do it and everything is working, but you guys might hit some corner case I didn't think of or need some functionality that isn't present and in that case, please open a pull request or open a issue explaining your problem.

Also, I'm really not a Web developer (much less an Hugo "themer"), so, if you see something that could be done in some other way, or something that is totally wrong, please report it 😉.

Translations are also welcomed and can be checked on the i18n folder.

Step to install

  • Clone repository

git submodule add https://code.r3pek.org/r3pek/hugo-matomo themes/hugo-matomo

  • Add configuration to hugo config file

On the params section of your config file, add the following structure:

  matomo:
    enable: true
    url: https://matomo.example.com
    # Matomo's SiteID
    id: 1 
    # Link to page that will contain your privacy policy
    policyurl: /privacy 
    # To track without javascript
    noscript: true
    # Disable cookies all together
    disablecookies: false
    # Require Cookie Consent before using them
    requirecookieconsent: false
    # Send a heart beet every X seconds so that on-page-times are more accurate
    heartbeat: true
    # Section specific to an iframe created on the Matomo server where it's possible to configure tracking
    trackingstatus:
      fontcolor: d0d0d0
      fontfamily: -apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,segoe ui,Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,open sans,helvetica neue,sans-serif
      fontsize: 18px
      backgroundcolor: 1d1e20

Every parameter should be very self explanatory but I made some comments to make them more understandable.

  • Update your site to load matomo

Now, this really depends on the theme you're using but somehow you need to customize your site's <head></head>. Just add the following code on the right place:

{{ partial "matomo_head" . }}

You should do the same for the footer of the page (that will display the Cookie Consent Popup) with the following code:

{{ partial "matomo_cookie_popup" . }}

  • Create a privacy page

As can be seen on the configuration options, you should have a privacy page describing what you do with the cookies you use. This component helps you create that page and gives the user choices to enable/disable the usage of cookies or the tracking altogether.

Just create a privacy.md and place it on your posts folder. After that, on its content just add the following:

{{< matomo_privacy >}}

This should show the status of cookie usage and also if the user is being tracked or not, with the option to activate and deactivate either of them.


If all went well, you should have everything setup and cookies used (or not) by your site and everything tracked on Matomo.