diff --git a/core/Plugin/ActionDimension.php b/core/Plugin/ActionDimension.php
index adce8f3931b..f079d7da658 100644
--- a/core/Plugin/ActionDimension.php
+++ b/core/Plugin/ActionDimension.php
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 
 use Piwik\Common;
 use Piwik\Db;
+use Piwik\Tracker\Action;
 use Piwik\Tracker\Request;
 use Piwik\Plugin\Manager as PluginManager;
+use Piwik\Tracker\Visitor;
 
 /**
  * @api
@@ -139,4 +141,9 @@ public static function getDimensions(\Piwik\Plugin $plugin)
         return $instances;
     }
 
+    public function onNewAction(Request $request, Visitor $visitor, Action $action)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/Plugin/VisitDimension.php b/core/Plugin/VisitDimension.php
index eb99351062e..2c53c58d55d 100644
--- a/core/Plugin/VisitDimension.php
+++ b/core/Plugin/VisitDimension.php
@@ -48,18 +48,11 @@ public function hasImplementedEvent($method)
 
     public function install()
     {
-        if (empty($this->fieldName) || empty($this->fieldType)) {
-            return;
-        }
-
         try {
-            if ($this->hasImplementedEvent('onNewVisit')
-             || $this->hasImplementedEvent('onExistingVisit')
-             || $this->hasImplementedEvent('onConvertedVisit') ) {
+            if ($this->isHandlingLogVisit()) {
                 $sql = "ALTER TABLE `" . Common::prefixTable("log_visit") . "` ADD `$this->fieldName` $this->fieldType";
                 Db::exec($sql);
             }
-
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             if (!Db::get()->isErrNo($e, '1060')) {
                 throw $e;
@@ -67,11 +60,10 @@ public function install()
         }
 
         try {
-            if ($this->hasImplementedEvent('onRecordGoal')) {
+            if ($this->isHandlingLogConversion()) {
                 $sql = "ALTER TABLE `" . Common::prefixTable("log_conversion") . "` ADD `$this->fieldName` $this->fieldType";
                 Db::exec($sql);
             }
-
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             if (!Db::get()->isErrNo($e, '1060')) {
                 throw $e;
@@ -79,6 +71,26 @@ public function install()
         }
     }
 
+    private function isHandlingLogVisit()
+    {
+        if (empty($this->fieldName) || empty($this->fieldType)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->hasImplementedEvent('onNewVisit')
+            || $this->hasImplementedEvent('onExistingVisit')
+            || $this->hasImplementedEvent('onConvertedVisit');
+    }
+
+    private function isHandlingLogConversion()
+    {
+        if (empty($this->fieldName) || empty($this->fieldType)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->hasImplementedEvent('onRecordGoal');
+    }
+
     public function uninstall()
     {
         if (empty($this->fieldName) || empty($this->fieldType)) {
@@ -86,13 +98,10 @@ public function uninstall()
         }
 
         try {
-            if ($this->hasImplementedEvent('onNewVisit')
-                || $this->hasImplementedEvent('onExistingVisit')
-                || $this->hasImplementedEvent('onConvertedVisit') ) {
+            if ($this->isHandlingLogVisit()) {
                 $sql = "ALTER TABLE `" . Common::prefixTable("log_visit") . "` DROP COLUMN `$this->fieldName`";
                 Db::exec($sql);
             }
-
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             if (!Db::get()->isErrNo($e, '1091')) {
                 throw $e;
@@ -100,11 +109,10 @@ public function uninstall()
         }
 
         try {
-            if ($this->hasImplementedEvent('onRecordGoal')) {
+            if ($this->isHandlingLogConversion()) {
                 $sql = "ALTER TABLE `" . Common::prefixTable("log_conversion") . "` DROP COLUMN `$this->fieldName`";
                 Db::exec($sql);
             }
-
         } catch (\Exception $e) {
             if (!Db::get()->isErrNo($e, '1091')) {
                 throw $e;
diff --git a/core/Tracker/Action.php b/core/Tracker/Action.php
index 02067c21016..a3650a9ad4d 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/Action.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/Action.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static private function getAllActions(Request $request)
             /** @var \Piwik\Tracker\Action $instance */
             $instance = new $action($request);
 
-            if ($instance->shouldHandle($request)) {
+            if ($instance->shouldHandle()) {
                 $instances[] = $instance;
             }
         }
@@ -314,12 +314,10 @@ public function record(Visitor $visitor, $idReferrerActionUrl, $idReferrerAction
         $dimensions = ActionDimension::getAllDimensions();
 
         foreach ($dimensions as $dimension) {
-            if (method_exists($dimension, 'onNewAction')) {
-                $value = $dimension->onNewAction($this->request, $this, $visitor);
+            $value = $dimension->onNewAction($this->request, $visitor, $this);
 
-                if ($value !== false) {
-                    $visitAction[$dimension->getFieldName()] = $value;
-                }
+            if ($value !== false) {
+                $visitAction[$dimension->getFieldName()] = $value;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/core/Tracker/Visit.php b/core/Tracker/Visit.php
index be3f415b529..57b4ecac3c3 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/Visit.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/Visit.php
@@ -81,10 +81,9 @@ public function setRequest(Request $request)
     public function handle()
     {
         // the IP is needed by isExcluded() and GoalManager->recordGoals()
-        $ip = $this->request->getIp();
-        $this->visitorInfo['location_ip'] = $ip;
+        $this->visitorInfo['location_ip'] = $this->request->getIp();
 
-        $excluded = new VisitExcluded($this->request, $ip);
+        $excluded = new VisitExcluded($this->request, $this->visitorInfo['location_ip']);
         if ($excluded->isExcluded()) {
             return;
         }
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ public function handle()
                 } // When the row wasn't found in the logs, and this is a pageview or
                 // goal matching URL, we force a new visitor
                 else {
-                    $visitor->setIsVisitorKonwn(false);
+                    $visitor->setIsVisitorKnown(false);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -295,12 +294,15 @@ protected function handleNewVisit($visitor, $action, $visitIsConverted)
     {
         Common::printDebug("New Visit (IP = " . IP::N2P($this->getVisitorIp()) . ")");
 
-        $idVisitor = $this->getVisitorIdcookie($visitor);
-        $this->visitorInfo = $this->getNewVisitorInformation($idVisitor);
+        $this->visitorInfo = $this->getNewVisitorInformation($visitor);
 
         // Add Custom variable key,value to the visitor array
         $this->visitorInfo = array_merge($this->visitorInfo, $this->visitorCustomVariables);
 
+        foreach ($this->visitorInfo as $key => $value) {
+            $visitor->setVisitorColumn($key, $value);
+        }
+
         $dimensions = VisitDimension::getAllDimensions();
 
         $this->triggerHookOnDimensions($dimensions, 'onNewVisit', $visitor, $action);
@@ -485,10 +487,10 @@ protected function printVisitorInformation()
         Common::printDebug($debugVisitInfo);
     }
 
-    protected function getNewVisitorInformation($idVisitor)
+    protected function getNewVisitorInformation($visitor)
     {
         return array(
-            'idvisitor'   => $idVisitor,
+            'idvisitor'   => $this->getVisitorIdcookie($visitor),
             'config_id'   => $this->getSettingsObject()->getConfigId(),
             'location_ip' => $this->getVisitorIp(),
         );
@@ -509,6 +511,7 @@ protected function getExistingVisitFieldsToUpdate($visitor, $action, $visitIsCon
         // Might update the idvisitor when it was forced or overwritten for this visit
         if (strlen($this->visitorInfo['idvisitor']) == Tracker::LENGTH_BINARY_ID) {
             $valuesToUpdate['idvisitor'] = $this->visitorInfo['idvisitor'];
+            $visitor->setVisitorColumn('idvisitor', $this->visitorInfo['idvisitor']);
         }
 
         $dimensions = VisitDimension::getAllDimensions();
diff --git a/core/Tracker/Visitor.php b/core/Tracker/Visitor.php
index dbdcac29886..697697c6a52 100644
--- a/core/Tracker/Visitor.php
+++ b/core/Tracker/Visitor.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public function __construct(Request $request, $configId, $visitorInfo = array(),
      */
     public function recognize()
     {
-        $this->setIsVisitorKonwn(false);
+        $this->setIsVisitorKnown(false);
 
         $configId = $this->configId;
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public function recognize()
                 }
             }
 
-            $this->setIsVisitorKonwn(true);
+            $this->setIsVisitorKnown(true);
             Common::printDebug("The visitor is known (idvisitor = " . bin2hex($this->visitorInfo['idvisitor']) . ",
                     config_id = " . bin2hex($configId) . ",
                     idvisit = {$this->visitorInfo['idvisit']},
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ public function isVisitorKnown()
         return $this->visitorKnown === true;
     }
 
-    public function setIsVisitorKonwn($isVisitorKnown)
+    public function setIsVisitorKnown($isVisitorKnown)
     {
         return $this->visitorKnown = $isVisitorKnown;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/Actions/Columns/ServerTime.php b/plugins/Actions/Columns/ServerTime.php
index 802799bb25c..8ca5d52470f 100644
--- a/plugins/Actions/Columns/ServerTime.php
+++ b/plugins/Actions/Columns/ServerTime.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public function getName()
         return '';
     }
 
-    public function onNewAction(Request $request, Action $action, Visitor $visitor)
+    public function onNewAction(Request $request, Visitor $visitor, Action $action)
     {
         $timestamp = $request->getCurrentTimestamp();
 
diff --git a/plugins/Actions/Columns/TimeSpentRefAction.php b/plugins/Actions/Columns/TimeSpentRefAction.php
index 44a1094348e..ef79927eb4a 100644
--- a/plugins/Actions/Columns/TimeSpentRefAction.php
+++ b/plugins/Actions/Columns/TimeSpentRefAction.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 use Piwik\Plugin\ActionDimension;
 use Piwik\Tracker\Action;
 use Piwik\Tracker\Request;
-use Piwik\Tracker;
+use Piwik\Tracker\Visitor;
 
 class TimeSpentRefAction extends ActionDimension
 {
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function getName()
         return '';
     }
 
-    public function onNewAction(Request $request, Action $action, Tracker\Visitor $visitor)
+    public function onNewAction(Request $request, Visitor $visitor, Action $action)
     {
         $timeSpent = $visitor->getVisitorColumn('time_spent_ref_action');