Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress

Changelog

1.1.4

  • Bug fix: fix URL to settings displayed upon installation.
  • Remove donation form.
  • Several assorted security related fixes.

1.1.3

  • Replaced wp_unslash with stripslashes to address cases where wp_unslash may be undefined.

1.1.2

  • Allow $wpRootDir variable in the proxy config.php file to be defined by the WP_MATOMO_WP_ROOT_DIR environment variable if present.
  • Using phpcs and phpstan fix several issues including several vulnerabilities.

1.1.1

  • Security bug fix: convert custom variable name and values to JSON before using in tracking code.

1.1.0

  • Support for tracking AI bots to Matomo.

1.0.31

  • Do not display value of persisted Matomo token in settings page.
  • Fix notice when persisted notifications value is for some reason not an array.

1.0.30

  • Fix settings behavior
  • Fix auto configuration in PHP API mode
  • Fix Opt-Out shortcode language attribute
  • Remove deprecated dynamic property (PHP 8.2)

1.0.29

  • Rename plugin to “Connect Matomo”
  • Fix a XSS vulnerability

1.0.28

  • Encode plugin display name
  • Option to set requireConsent or requireCookieConsent
  • Avoid notice on empty ecommerce data
  • Improve search tracking performance (thanks to theodejager, details)
  • Fix multisite sub-site tracking (thanks to ulkoalex, details)
  • Remove excess form closing tag (thanks to ulkoalex, details)

1.0.27

  • Fix a CSRF vulnerability
  • Fix JavaScript typos on settings page which broke some interface functionality
  • Fix proxy path on multisite networks (thanks to caveman99, details)
  • Fix array key warnings (thanks to goaround, details)
  • Fixed a bug in proxy config.php to avoid adding the protocol twice to the Matomo URL
  • Proxy script will run proxy/config.local.php before proxy/config.php to set an individual WordPress root directory via $wpRootDir

1.0.26

  • Fix feed tracking via proxy script (thanks to nicobilliotte, details)
  • Add piwik.php proxy script wrapper to make sure proxy tracking codes continue working if piwik.php is used
  • Fix for stalled blog options on network activation (thanks to ulkoalex, details)
  • Fix wrong title on city statistics (thanks to ulkoalex, details)
  • Fix “call to undefined method” error on network admin
  • Do not allow to set empty WP-Matomo display name
  • Rename Piwik link on dashboard widget to Matomo

1.0.25

  • Replace jqplot and jquery.sparklines with Chart.js
  • Allow to show overview stats for last 60 and 90 days
  • Allow to select the per post stats range from today to last 90 days
  • Optionally remove Matomo’s script tag’s type attribute, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-remove-unnecessary-type-attribute-for-javascript/.
  • Fix/update proxy script (thanks to nicobilliotte and Rasp8e, https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/pull/91)
  • Make plugin working if deployed in a custom folder (thanks to utolosa002, https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/pull/88)

1.0.24

  • Hotfix to avoid deprecated jQuery.support.boxModel in jqPlot (https://github.com/jqPlot/jqPlot/issues/123)
  • Enabling metaboxes on particular Custom Post Types (thanks to goaround, https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/pull/83)

1.0.23

  • Handle tracking codes containing matomo.js/.php instead of piwik.js/.php
  • Fixed target=”_BLANK” property (thanks to tsteur)

1.0.22

  • Bugfix: Innocraft cloud URL *.matomo.cloud will work
  • Option to configure filter_limit parameter (see expert settings)
  • Replaced piwik.php proxy script by matomo.php proxy script

1.0.21

  • Bugfix: Get HTTP mode working again

1.0.20

  • Support for new Innocraft cloud URL (*.matomo.cloud)
  • Changed naming from Piwik to Matomo
  • Added City, Type and Model views
  • Bugfix: Avoid warnings on empty results

1.0.19

  • Security fix: Escape request var
  • Language updates

1.0.18

  • WPML.org support: Use different site IDs for different languages
  • Ecommerce widgets

1.0.17

  • Header issue solved which caused incompatibilities with other plugins like Yoast SEO
  • Update of InnoCraft cloud links (InnoCraft is the team behind Matomo)
  • Bugfix: Avoid a broken page if Matomo is misconfigured and WordPress debugging enabled

1.0.16

  • Added InnoCraft Cloud support (the new service created by the people behind Matomo). Piwik.pro is still usable via HTTP mode, the configuration will be updated automatically.
  • Added search functionality to site browser
  • Added preload DNS option, see https://matomo.org/blog/2017/04/important-performance-optimizations-load-piwik-javascript-tracker-faster/
  • Added option to set link and download classes (expert settings)
  • Added option to choose which post types should be considered for annotations
  • Bugfix: Opening Matomo stats of a specific network site does not lead to the sitebrowser anymore
  • Bugfix: Avoid unnecessary notices
  • Bugfix: Avoid a warning in proxy script
  • Bugfix: NoScript code is working again
  • Replaced deprecated wp_get_sites

1.0.15

  • Allow to modify the tracked user ID using the filter “wp-piwik_tracking_user_id”
  • Bugfix: Output of “post” shortcode was incorrectly placed, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-shortcode-values-are-incorrectly-placed/
  • Bugfix: Usage of WP_PROXY_BYPASS_HOSTS, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-considering-wp_proxy_bypass_hosts-in-proxy-setups/
  • Bugfix: Proxy script did not work with cURL, see https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/issues/48
  • Bugfix: RSS feed tracking did not use proxy URL

1.0.14

  • Action “wp-piwik_site_created” was extended by a site ID parameter, so it will deliver the Matomo site ID of the created site
  • Bugfix: Fixed an issue with Matomo site creation
  • Bugfix: Allow changes of a manually defined tracking code on networks, see https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/issues/46

1.0.13

  • Language updates
  • Readme typo fixes (thx to ujdhesa)
  • Perform your own code after site creation by using the action “wp-piwik_site_created”
  • Improved caching ID to avoid interferences, see https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/issues/42

1.0.12

  • Removed notices and warnings
  • Allow to modify the tracking code using the filter “wp-piwik_tracking_code”
  • Network: Don’t show plugin overview settings link on individual sites

1.0.11

  • Security improvements
  • Removed some division by zero warnings
  • Option to disable SSL host verification (additional to peer verification)
  • Overview widget: Do not show unique visitors row if value is not available
  • Bugfix: Post shortcode is fixed and will work again

1.0.10

  • Security fix

1.0.9

  • Language updates
  • Bugfix: Deprecated get_currentuserinfo() replace. Thx to the infinity, see https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/pull/21
  • Bugfix: Overview widget will show proper values even if a period > 1 day is selected, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/weird-numbers-im-wp-piwik

1.0.8

  • Feature: Show “per post stats” and the “custom variable meta box” also on page and custom post edit
  • Bugfix: Fixed user tracking (moved the user tracking changes from general modifications to runtime modifications)
  • Bugfix: Fixed namespace error. Thx to thelfensdrfer, see https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/pull/18
  • Bugfix: Warning on blog name change, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-piwik-triggers-warning-when-changing-blog-name

1.0.7

  • Feature: User ID Tracking. Thx to Danw33, see https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/pull/16
  • Feature: Site ID parameter added to opt-out shortcode. Thx to christianhennen, see https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/pull/17
  • Feature: Allow a local config file to affect the proxy script, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/proxy-config-require-wp-loadphp-path
  • Bugfix: No script tag is not auto-inserted if the tracking code is manually defined.

1.0.6

  • Language updates
  • Encoding & gettext fixes
  • Better error messages. Thx to mcguffin, see https://github.com/braekling/WP-Matomo/pull/14

1.0.5

  • Several language updates.
  • Important security fix: XSS vulnerability

1.0.4

  • Several language updates.
  • Feature: Offer setDownloadExtensions option (see expert settings).
  • Feature: Consider configured HTTP connection method in proxy script.
  • Widget: Visitor country added.
  • Bugfix: Annotations on scheduled posts will work.
  • Bugfix: Donation button will work again.

1.0.3

  • Several language updates.
  • Switch to JSON renderer (Matomo 3 compatibility preparation)
  • Workaround: PHP API will work with Matomo 2.14+, see https://github.com/piwik/piwik/issues/8311 for further information.
  • Feature: Heartbeat timer support
  • Feature: Expanded token & URL/path input fields
  • Bugfix: Site duplication fix.
  • Bugfix: Avoid notice on empty overview response.
  • Bugfix: Return request error responses.
  • Bugfix: Opt-out URL fixed.
  • Bugfix: Capabilities: “Do not track”-filter and “show stats”-limit will work on multisites as expected again.

1.0.2

  • Several language updates.
  • Feature: Disable update notifications (expert settings).
  • Feature: Choose between cURL and fopen if both are available (expert settings).
  • Feature: Choose between POST and GET (expert settings).
  • Widget: System details added.
  • Widget: SEO widget re-enabled.
  • Update: Replaced deprecated Matomo API calls.
  • Bugfix: Settings link (toolbar, network mode) fixed.
  • Bugfix: Encode blog titles in PHP mode.
  • Bugfix: Pie charts won’t show to long legends if more than 10 items are available.

1.0.1

  • Several language updates, amongst others Portuges (Brazil) finished. See https://www.transifex.com/organization/piwik/dashboard/wp-piwik for further information.
  • Bugfix: If WP-Matomo is not configured properly or the connection to Matomo could not be established, the toolbar graph won’t cause a JavaScript error anymore.

1.0.0

  • Feature: Expand “other” values on click
  • Bugfix: Avoid notices on invalid file path (PHP API)
  • Bugfix: Cookie lifetime input boxes are in some cases shown or hidden by mistake
  • Network (multisite): Updated plugin to use wp_get_sites if possible
  • Test script: Settings dump added

0.10.1.0

  • Bugfix: Fixed memory & timeout issue on multisites

0.10.0.9

  • Add clear cache function.
  • Add clear settings (reset) function.

0.10.0.8

  • Bugfix: Sitebrowser link (settings page, support) fixed
  • Bugfix: Use new settings directly after saving (reloading is not necessary anymore)
  • Optimized caching behaviour
  • Language update (German, French)

0.10.0.7

  • Bugfix: Opt-out shortcode output fix
  • Bugfix: Opt-out shortcode will also work in “pro” and “php” mode
  • Bugfix: Test script link (settings page, support) fixed
  • Bugfix: Removed test script errors and notices
  • Bugfix: Keep sure the revision ID is stored and avoid re-installing the plugin again and again
  • Bugfix: http/pro – after configuration the settings page had to be reloaded once to start working
  • Typo fixes

0.10.0.6

  • Bugfix: Option storage bug if WP-Matomo is used as single site plugin on blog networks
  • Bugfix: WP-Matomo will work without Matomo superuser access, again
  • Bugfix: Choosing the site without auto config works again

0.10.0.5

  • Bugfix: In some cases the update message did not disappear -> fixed
  • Important change: If you want to upgrade from 0.8.x to 0.10.x, please install 0.9.9.18 first: https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-piwik.0.9.9.18.zip

0.10.0.4

  • Bugfix: Settings link in admin notices fixed
  • Bugfix: Shortcode result will appear where expected
  • Bugfix: 0.9.9.18 settings will be kept (if WP-Matomo was not reconfigured after updating to 0.10.0.3, yet)
  • Feature: If Matomo returns an error instead of a tracking code, this error will be visible

0.10.0.3

  • Public beta of WP-Matomo 1.0
  • Full refactored code
  • Feature: Limit referral cookie lifetime
  • Feature: Enable content tracking

0.9.9.18

  • Improvement: Define additional file extensions for tracking downloads
  • Improvement: Added a POT file to support translators (Note: 1.0 will change a lot, so please don’t spend too much time in translating the current version, e.g., by creating an all new translation. With 1.0 I will also offer a translation platform to support your work.)
  • Improvement: If necessary, you can force Matomo to use HTTP or HTTPS now (e.g., to avoid redirections from http to https)
  • Avoided a naming collision with Woo Theme

0.9.9.17

  • Improvement: Updated the Matomo proxy script and added cURL support if url_fopen is not available
  • Bugfix: Setup bug, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/piwik-urlpath-not-saved
  • Bugfix: CDN URL notice, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/tracking-cdn-blank-gives-php-notice-which-breaks-the-trackback-js-code
  • Bugfix: Fixed zlib compression notice, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/v09914-is-bad
  • Bugfix: Proxy script label links to proxy script checkbox
  • Fixed a typo in German language file

0.9.9.16

  • Bugfix: PHP API causes plain text output issue (see 0.9.9.11)
  • Bugfix: Shortcode output translated

0.9.9.15

  • Bugfix: One more commit error
  • Bugfix: Adding up problem related to the overview widget
  • Bugfix: Fixes missing brackets on ob_start
  • Hotfix: Adds /0.9.9.15 to js/index.php to force a reload
  • Bugifx: Replaced broken support link
  • Added a bitcoin donation link

0.9.9.14

  • Bugfix: Commit errors in 0.9.9.13

0.9.9.13

  • Improvement: Only activate/ load admin components if an admin page is actually loaded. Thanks to Michael!
  • Bugfix: Proxy tracking will work again. Matomo 2.7 or higher is recommended.
  • Bugfix: Avoid a PHP notice in dashboard
  • NOTE: If you update Matomo and use the “add tracking code” feature, please also update your WP-Matomo tracking code: Just open the WP-Matomo tracking code settings and save them again.

0.9.9.12

  • Bugfix: Avoid forced relogin on site change (WP network)
  • Bugfix: Avoid multiple annotations on post updates
  • Bugfix: Use mergeSubdomains instead of mergeAliasURLs
  • Feature: Added mergeAliasURLs as additional feature

0.9.9.11

  • Bugfix: PHP API causes plain text output issue, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-cant-access-to-tabs-in-setting-after-configuration
  • Bugfix: PHP API causes WordPress multisite login issue, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/causes-multisite-superadmin-subsite-login-problem
  • Bugfix: Removed PHP warning if annotations are enabled and annotations will work again, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/warning-message-everywhere-in-the-backend-call_user_func_array-expects
  • Feature: “Track visitors across all subdomains” script changes are done by Matomo now, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/track-across-subdomains-wp-on-subdomain?replies=2
  • Update: Flattr API update

0.9.9.10

  • Bugfix: Multisite login issue, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/0999-multisite-frontend-not-logged-in
  • Bugfix: wpMandrill compatibility, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-0999-conflicts-with-wpmandrill
  • Feature: Show page views (actions) in “visitors last 30”

0.9.9.9

  • Update: PHP API will use namespaces (Matomo 2.x compatibility)
  • Update: Matomo URL isn’t necessary to use PHP API anymore.
  • Feature: Limit cookie lifetime
  • Feature: Track visitors across all subdomains
  • Feature: Disable custom var box if necessary
  • Feature: Choose if you like to add the tracking code to your site’s footer or header
  • Feature: New shortcode (post)
  • Feature: Add data-cfasync=false to script tag if necessary.
  • Feature: Add annotations on new posts, see http://linuxundich.de/webhosting/beim-veroeffentlichen-von-wordpress-posts-eine-anmerkung-in-piwik-setzen/
  • Bugfix: Do not load sparklines plugin if toolbar not shown
  • Bugfix: PHP API will work again (urlencoding removed)
  • jqPlot and jquery.sparkline updated
  • Partly refactored code

0.9.9.8

  • Feature: Per post stats (shown at the edit post page)
  • Feature: Track RSS views using a measurement pixel

0.9.9.7

  • Bugfix: Error messages won’t by cached anymore
  • Bugfix: Custom vars will now be added properly
  • Bugfix: Missing slash in proxy mode added
  • Feature: Track users on admin pages

0.9.9.6

  • Bugfix: Proxy script will work again
  • Option: Enable/disable one week caching
  • Load config file using full path to avoid side effects

0.9.9.5

  • Fatal error on statistics settings page fixed

0.9.9.4

  • Use Transients API (one week caching)
  • Option: Track visitors without JavaScript, see http://piwik.org/faq/how-to/#faq_176

0.9.9.3

  • Sparkline script update (IE 10 compatibility)
  • Syntax error fixes

0.9.9.2

  • Bugfix regarding tracking code changes in proxy mode, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-https-in-proxy-mode
  • Feature: Change text “WP-Matomo” in menu items and dashboard widgets
  • Code cleanup (“new” first step)
  • Debugging: Logger added
  • Avoid double slash (//) in tracking code

0.9.9.1

  • CDN support: http and https separated, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-cdn-support-1
  • Made code optional. Move code to site footer.

0.9.9.0

  • Matomo 1.11 compatibility fixes (Matomo 1.11 required now!)
  • Depending on Matomo 1.11 WP-Matomo will use async tracking now
  • CDN support added, see https://wordpress.org/support/topic/request-cdn-support-1

0.9.8.1

  • Warning on empty data removed (overview table)
  • Removed a possible deadlock
  • Bugfix: Apply tracking code settings everytime the tracking code is updated
  • Reset/uninstall script bugfix regarding network mode

0.9.8

  • WordPress 3.5 compatibility fix: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/v35-errors-fix?replies=5 (Thanks Christian Foellmann!)
  • Advanced Search Result Analytics, see http://piwik.org/docs/javascript-tracking/#toc-tracking-internal-search-keywords-categories-and-no-result-search-keywords
  • Site Search stats added
  • Use js/index.php: Replaces piwik.js and piwik.php by js/ (instead of piwik.js only)
  • Connection timeout setting added
  • Full reset option added
  • Uninstall script added
  • Stats metaboxes: Date formatted
  • Use proxy settings defined in wp-config.php
  • Matomo.php proxy script added (see http://piwik.org/faq/how-to/#faq_132)
  • Bugfix: After upgrade, Matomo automatically places cookies again (https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-upgrade-piwik-automatically-places-cookies-again)

0.9.7

  • Shortcodes added
  • WP-Matomo will rename sites in Matomo if site name changes in WordPress
  • Bugfix: Tracking code changes should stay active after WP-Matomo updates

0.9.6.3

  • Matomo 1.9+ compatibility fix (Matomo 1.9 required!)
  • Browser version details added

0.9.6.2

0.9.6.1

  • Toolbar graph bugfix

0.9.6

  • Option: Disable SSL peer verification (REST API)
  • Option: Use own user agent
  • Test script displays additional information (e.g. response headers)
  • Using WordPress metabox concept properly
  • Bugfix: Sparkline script only loaded if required
  • Stats site supports up to 3 columns
  • Network admin stats: Choose site using a paged table (instead of a select box).
  • Feature: Custom variables, using custom post meta boxes.
  • Some minor bugfixes

0.9.5

  • WordPress 3.4 compatible (workaround)

0.9.4

  • Requires at least Matomo 1.8.2!
  • Choose between HTTP API or PHP API
  • Show graph on WordPress Toolbar
  • Add option to disable cookies – Thanks to Mathias T.!
  • Update bugfix: Upgrading from WP-Matomo 0.8.7 or less will work again
  • Some minor bugfixes

0.9.3

  • Bugfix: Adding a new site will work again.

0.9.2

  • Uses $wpdb->blogs instead of $wpdb->prefix.’blogs’ to keep it compatible to different database plugins
  • Bugfix: SEO dashboard widget will work even if “last 30” is selected
  • Bugfix: New created blogs won’t show “Please specify a value for ‘idSite’.” anymore.
  • Bugfix: New network sites without title will be created
  • Bugfix: Upgrading from old versions will work again
  • Tabbed settings
  • Debug tools added (testscript, site configuration overview and WP-Matomo reset)
  • Support forum RSS feed
  • Language updates
  • Optionally use of set_time_limit(0) on stats page time out

0.9.1

  • Bugfix: Usage as “Site Specific Plugin” mixed up the different sites settings (network mode)
  • Hotfix: Avoid “Unknown site/blog” message without giving a chance to choose an existing site. Thank you, Taimon!

0.9.0

  • Auto-configuration
  • No code change required to enable WPMU mode anymore (Still experimental. Please create a backup before trying 0.9.0!)
  • All features in WPMU available
  • Bugfix: Removed unnecessary API calls done with each site request – Thank you, Martin B.!
  • Bugfix: No stats on dashboard (sometimes this issue still occured, should be fixed now)
  • Code cleanup (still not finished)
  • Minor UI fixes
  • Minor language/gettext improvements
  • Security improvements
  • Show SEO rank stats (very slow, caching will be added in 0.9.1)
  • WordPress dashboard SEO rank widget (very slow, caching will be added in 0.9.1)
  • New option: use js/index.php
  • New option: avoid mod_security
  • Multisite: Order blog list alphabetically (Network Admin stats site)
  • Settings: Order site list alphabetically (site list shown if order conf is disabled)

0.8.10

0.8.9

  • WP 3.2 compatible, metabox support

0.8.8

  • Bugfix: Will also work with index.php in Matomo path
  • Bugfix: last30 dashboard widget – show correct bounce rate

0.8.7

  • New language files (Azerbaijani, Greek, Russian)
  • Fixed hardcoded database prefix (WPMU-Matomo)
  • Minor bugfixes: avoid some PHP warnings

0.8.6

  • Added an optional visitor chart to the WordPress dashboard
  • WPMU/multisite bug fixed
  • Minor bugfixes

0.8.5

  • Select default date (today or yesterday) shown on statistics page
  • Bugfix: Shortcut links are shown again
  • German language file update
  • Minor optical fixes (text length)

0.8.4

  • New stats in overview box
  • WP 3.x compability fixes (capability and deprecated function warnings)
  • Some minor bugfixes
  • New config handling
  • Code clean up (not finished)

0.8.3

  • Matomo 1.1+ compatibility fix

0.8.2

0.8.1

  • Use load_plugin_textdomain instead of load_textdomain
  • Fixed js/css links if symbolic links are used
  • Changed experimental WPMU support to experimental WP multisite support
  • Try curl() before fopen() to avoid an OpenSSL bug
  • Added Norwegian language file by Gormer
  • Don’t worry – new features will follow soon 😉

0.8.0

  • Using jqPlot instead of Google Chart API
  • Some facelifting
  • Some minor bugfixes

0.7.1

  • Track 404-pages in an own category
  • Get some page (and article) details
  • Language updates

0.7.0

  • Bugfix: Percent calculation fixed
  • Bugfix: Visitor chart: No label overlapping if < 50 visitory/day
  • Visitor chart: Added a red unique visitor average line
  • Visitor table: Added a TOTAL stats line
  • Pie charts: Show top 9 + “others”, new color range
  • Option: Show Matomo shortcut in overview box
  • Some performance optimization

0.6.4

  • Unnecessary debug output removed
  • German language file update
  • WordPress dashboard widget: last 30 days view added

0.6.3

  • Click at a visitor stats day-row to load its details
  • Add stats overview to your WordPress dashboard

0.6.0

  • Added experimental WPMU support
  • Switch to disable Google Chart API
  • Added Albanian [sq] language file
  • Added Belorussian [be_BY] language file

0.5.0

  • Display statistics to selected user roles
  • Some HTML fixes (settings page)

0.4.0

  • Tracking filter added
  • Resolution stats
  • Operating System stats
  • Plugin stats

0.3.2

  • If allow_url_fopen is disabled in php.ini, WP-Matomo tries to use CURL instead of file_get_contents

0.3.1

  • WordPress 2.8 compatible
  • Bugfix: Warnings on WP 2.8 plugins site
  • Dashboard revised
  • Partly optimized code

0.3.0

  • WP-Matomo dashboard widgetized
  • Stats-boxes sortable and closeable
  • German language file added
  • Browser stats and bounced visitors

0.2.0

  • First public version

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Author
matomoteam
Version:
1.1.4
Last Updated
April 16, 2026
Active Installs
60000
Requires
WordPress 5.0
Tested Up To
WordPress 6.9.4

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