Software Update: Piwik 2.16.4

Version 2.16.3 of Piwik has been released and due to a bug version 2.16.4 has also been released. This program is an open source alternative to Google Analytics. It uses php and a MySQL database to do its job. The functionality can be easily extended with plugins, of which more than twenty are included. Of course you can also turn it off if certain functionality is not needed. For more information about Piwik, please refer to this page and an overview of the schedule is on this page to find.

Version 2.16.0 is a release that will be supported for a longer period of time than usual. It includes a new look and improved search functionality. In addition, performance has been improved, new troubleshooting capabilities have been added, and many bugs have been fixed. The following improvements have also been made in this update:

What’s new?
In this release we have focused on fixing issues reported over the last two months as part of our Long Term Support release cycle. We now detect more social networks, search engines, and a dozen of new Referrer Spammers. our Device Detector library has been constantly updated and will now detect dozens of new devices, models and brands. Piwik is confirmed to be fully compatible with PHP 7. 87 tickets have been closed by more than 24 contributors!

Security release
This release is rated critical. The Piwik security engineering team has internally identified a critical security issue and has fixed it in Piwik 2.16.3. We recommend all users to upgrade to this latest version.

Piwik 2.16.4 fixes a regression introduced yesterday in Piwik 2.16.3. The Scheduled reports were not working for websites where the website’s timezone was UTC+N or UTC-N. This is now fixed.