See where every RSForm!Pro lead came from.

We capture common attribution fields and store them on the RSForm!Pro submission, including UTM parameters (source, medium, campaign, term, content), click IDs (gclid, msclkid, gbraid/wbraid, fbclid, ttclid, more), the original referrer URL, and the landing page.

Both. First-touch is always on: we store the original referrer and campaign parameters that brought the visitor to your site, preserved for up to 90 days (configurable). Since v1.2.0 you can additionally enable last-touch tracking — a parallel set of Last Source / Last Medium / Last Campaign fields that update on each new arrival (UTM link, ad click, external referrer or direct visit), so a lead who found you on Google but converted from your newsletter shows both. Browsing between pages of your own site never resets the last-touch values.

Yes. Detection runs client-side in the visitor's browser, so Joomla's page cache and CDNs like Cloudflare don't interfere. This is the main reason we built it — server-side trackers commonly break behind a cache.

Yes. Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention caps JavaScript-set cookies at 7 days, which would normally lose attribution. We work around this by promoting JS-set cookies to server-side cookies on the second pageview — those aren't subject to the 7-day cap and survive the full 90 days.

Yes. A MutationObserver watches the DOM for late-loaded form HTML (lightboxes, modals, AJAX inserts) and fills the tracking fields the moment they appear.

Yes. By default the plugin tracks every RSForm!Pro form on your site. You can optionally restrict tracking to a comma-separated list of FormIds in the plugin params.

Yes. The tracking values are saved as fields on each RSForm!Pro submission, so they appear in the standard RSForm!Pro CSV export. A separate audit table also stores every captured source keyed to the submission ID for direct SQL access.

The plugin continues working — your lead capture never breaks. You just lose access to new versions and email support. Renew anytime to resume updates.

No. This plugin doesn't fire pixels or send conversion events to GA4 or ad platforms. It stores attribution data inside your RSForm!Pro submissions so you can see, per lead, where it came from.

It can be used in a GDPR/CCPA-friendly way. The plugin stores attribution data in your own database and doesn't transmit events to third-party ad platforms. See our privacy page for the data inventory and recommended cookie-consent integration.

Sometimes. When a visitor clicks your business from the dedicated Google Maps app (referrer host maps.google.com or maps.app.goo.gl), the plugin labels them Google Business. When they click your business card embedded inside a normal Google search results page, the browser sends google.com as the referrer — indistinguishable from any other organic-search click — so they land as Google Organic. This is a browser-level limitation, not something a Joomla plugin can resolve. For an authoritative count of Business Profile clicks, cross-reference Google Business Profile Insights with your Google Organic + Google Business rows by date.

Direct means the visitor typed your URL, used a bookmark, or arrived from a context that strips referrers (e.g. some chat apps, password managers, native mobile apps). That's a legitimate traffic source — treat them as "already knows you" leads. Fully empty rows are rare and indicate the visitor blocked our JavaScript or cookies entirely (very strict privacy settings, ad-blockers configured to match the word "tracker", or automated form fills). As of version 1.0.9 the plugin runs a server-side fallback detection on submit when cookies are missing, so empty rows should be the exception, not the rule.

Often, yes. Real visitors rarely submit the same form twice within seconds, while form-stuffers and automated tools commonly do. If you see two submissions with the same lead_landing URL and timestamps within a minute of each other, treat them as a single lead. RSForm!Pro itself supports reCAPTCHA / hCaptcha at the form-render level — enable that in your form's settings if spam volume is a concern. Lead Source Tracker stays focused on attribution and does not duplicate spam-filtering features.

Joomla 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x. RSForm!Pro 3.x. PHP 7.4+ (PHP 8.1+ for Joomla 6). Joomla 3.x is not supported (end-of-life August 2023).