Import from Plausible
Bring your Plausible history into Virling, so dashboard ranges before you added the Virling script still show your traffic.
Export from Plausible
- In Plausible, open the site’s settings. Under Imports & Exports, in Export Data, click Export to CSV. Plausible’s guide: export stats.
- When the email arrives, download the zip and unzip it. The folder holds files such as
imported_visitors_20240101_20241231.csv.
Import
Add the site to Virling first, then stop the server and run:
virling import-plausible example.com ./plausible-export
Then start the server again. Running the import again replaces the earlier import.
What is imported
| File | Shows in |
|---|---|
imported_visitors_* | Visitors, visits and the daily chart |
imported_sources_* | Channels and referrers |
imported_pages_* | Pages |
imported_locations_* | Countries |
imported_devices_* | Devices |
Other files in the export are ignored. Imported visitors are summed day by day, so a person who visited on two days counts twice over a longer range.
Only days before the first event Virling tracked for the site are kept, so a day is never counted twice.
What it does not change
Imported traffic is stored apart from tracked visits:
- Payments are only credited to tracked visits. Imported days have no visitors to match, so attribution, revenue per visitor and conversion use tracked visits only.
- Filters show tracked visits only. A filter on a channel, page or country leaves imported traffic out, since the export has no per-visit detail.
- Visitor lists, journeys, goals and funnels use tracked visits only.
Uploading an export in site settings is Not available yet.