diff --git a/config.yaml b/config.yaml
index 3ceec3ce..2237d61d 100644
--- a/config.yaml
+++ b/config.yaml
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ params:
   navColor: blue
   search: false
   plausible:
-    dataDomain: null
-    javaScript: "https://views.scientific-python.org/js/script.js"
+    script: null
diff --git a/doc/content/user_guide/features.md b/doc/content/user_guide/features.md
index 18f0aea1..ae663c3d 100644
--- a/doc/content/user_guide/features.md
+++ b/doc/content/user_guide/features.md
@@ -74,13 +74,15 @@ To enable Plausible analytics, add to your `config.yaml`:
 ```yaml
 params:
   plausible:
-    dataDomain: your-domain.org
-    javaScript: https://your.plausible.io/javascript/path.js
+    script: https://your.plausible.io/js/pa-XXXXXXXX.js
 ```
 
-By default, `javaScript` points to the server at
-`https://views.scientific-python.org`. Contact the Scientific
-Python team to have your analytics hosted there.
+The script URL is specific to your site; find it in the Plausible dashboard
+under **Site settings → Site installation**. Contact the Scientific Python
+team to have your analytics hosted at `https://views.scientific-python.org`.
+
+The older `dataDomain` / `javaScript` options still work but are deprecated
+and will be removed in a future release.
 
 ## Icons
 
diff --git a/layouts/partials/analytics.html b/layouts/partials/analytics.html
index f93f6fa9..51af0508 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/analytics.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/analytics.html
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
-{{ if .Site.Params.plausible.dataDomain }}
-<script defer data-domain="{{ .Site.Params.plausible.dataDomain }}" src="{{ .Site.Params.plausible.javaScript }}"></script>
+{{ with .Site.Params.plausible }}
+{{ if .script }}
+<script async src="{{ .script }}"></script>
+<script>
+  window.plausible=window.plausible||function(){(plausible.q=plausible.q||[]).push(arguments)},plausible.init=plausible.init||function(i){plausible.o=i||{}};
+  plausible.init()
+</script>
+{{ else if .dataDomain }}
+{{ warnf "plausible.dataDomain is deprecated; set plausible.script to your site's script URL instead (see https://plausible.io/docs/script-update-guide)" }}
+<script defer data-domain="{{ .dataDomain }}" src="{{ .javaScript }}"></script>
+{{ end }}
 {{ end }}