Title: Reason for tracking server data?
Last modified: August 9, 2017

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# Reason for tracking server data?

 *  Resolved [whyui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whyui/)
 * (@whyui)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reason-for-tracking-server-data/)
 * Hey,
 * i can totally understand, why you’re starting to collect some data from the WordPress
   environment on which your plugin is active to anticipate compatibility issues
   etc., as long as it is anonymous data and is fullfilling the needs of optimizing
   your support and development chain. Can you explain me, why you’re taking this
   a step further by also tracking following data?
 * /* Found in ..admin/tracking/class-tracking-server-data.php */
 * protected function get_server_data() {
    $server_data = array(); // Validate if
   the server address is a valid IP-address. $ipaddress = filter_input( INPUT_SERVER,‘
   SERVER_ADDR’, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP ); if ( $ipaddress ) { $server_data[‘ip’] = 
   $ipaddress; $server_data[‘Hostname’] = gethostbyaddr( $ipaddress ); } $server_data[‘
   os’] = php_uname( ‘s r’ ); $server_data[‘PhpVersion’] = PHP_VERSION; $server_data[‘
   CurlVersion’] = $this->get_curl_info(); $server_data[‘PhpExtensions’] = $this-
   >get_php_extensions(); return $server_data; }
 * Kind regards,
 * whyui

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 *  [marcanor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcanor/)
 * (@marcanor)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reason-for-tracking-server-data/#post-9401883)
 * Hello,
    Since this feature is only available in the Premium version of the plugin,
   can you please contact us through the [Premium Support](https://kb.yoast.com/kb/support/#premium)?
   We’ll be happy to provide you with more information there.
 *  [Jerlyn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerparx/)
 * (@jerparx)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reason-for-tracking-server-data/#post-9438945)
 * Closed due to inactivity.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reason-for-tracking-server-data/#post-9438945)
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