Configuration

All options are passed as the second element of the plugin tuple in your docusaurus.config.ts (or .js).

Options

Option	Type	Required	Default	Description
domain	string	Yes	—	The domain of your website as configured in Plausible
customDomain	string	No	"plausible.io"	Custom domain for self-hosted Plausible instances
hashBasedRouting	boolean	No	false	Enable tracking for hash-based (#) routes
outboundLinks	boolean	No	false	Automatically track clicks on outbound (external) links
fileDownloads	boolean | FileDownloadsOptions	No	false	Automatically track file downloads
taggedEvents	boolean	No	false	Track custom events on elements marked with data-analytics
revenue	boolean	No	false	Track ecommerce revenue
captureOnLocalhost	boolean	No	false	Enable event tracking on localhost
manualPageviews	boolean	No	false	Disable automatic pageview tracking (pageviews sent by the plugin's client module)
compat	boolean	No	false	Use the compatibility script for browsers that block the standard tracker
pageviewProps	boolean	No	false	Attach custom properties to every automatic pageview
excludePaths	string[]	No	[]	Paths to exclude from tracking — each entry is a bare regex pattern
proxyApiEndpoint	string	No	—	Override the API endpoint for sending events (sets data-api on the script tag)

fileDownloads object options

When fileDownloads is an object rather than true, you can control which extensions are tracked:

Option	Type	Description
extensions	string[]	Replace the default extension list entirely (e.g. ["pdf", "zip"])
addExtensions	string[]	Add to the default extension list without replacing it

Default tracked extensions: pdf, xlsx, docx, txt, rtf, csv, exe, key, pps, ppt, pptx, 7z, pkg, rar, gz, zip, avi, mov, mp4, mpeg, wmv, midi, mp3, wav, wma, dmg.

TypeScript example

import type { Config } from '@docusaurus/types'
import plausiblePlugin, { type PluginOptions } from '@homotechsual/docusaurus-plugin-plausible'

const config: Config = {
  plugins: [
    [
      plausiblePlugin,
      {
        domain: 'your-site.com',
        outboundLinks: true,
        fileDownloads: {
          addExtensions: ['sketch', 'fig'],
        },
        excludePaths: ['^/admin', '^/internal'],
      } satisfies PluginOptions,
    ],
  ],
}

export default config