Trying to get Wordpress Analytics to work

[robert.cfi]

Hi, I have loaded a couple of Analytic plugins for my wordpress

One - Ultimate Google analytics
Two - the plugin that adds blog stats under the dashboard

Neither are giving any data and I know I have people going to the pages - I even had a comment added and have no data on any of the plugin analytics

Should i just add my Google analytic .JS code to the pages or try and use these plugins?

[robert.cfi]

btw im on 2.8.4

[morestar]

I would add the code yourself. I think the plugin is for people that aren't too familiar with coding. If you are then do it yourself...IMO.

[WebFadds]

Hi -

We usually like to add the Analytics code directly into the theme template in the footer file. That way you know it's in proper position, and you have one less plugin to fuss about. You should then check in Analytics to see if it reports "receiving data">

Scott -
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[mp3r4]

Can you see stats in your GA account? When did you install the tracking code/plugin? GA doesn't show stats in real time.

[kylegetson]

all wordpress plugins are loaded on every page load (both front end and back end). if you know enough to put the code in your footer template file, I would say thats alot less overhead.

[robert.cfi]

you guys are great!

Im tracking data! Thanks so much!

[kettlewell]

Should i just add my Google analytic .JS code to the pages or try and use these plugins?

I would install the GA code directly in the footer. Some themes have more than one footer, so make sure to find all the </body> tags and insert it just above there.

The plugins don't seem to always get it right, and from a performance perspective, you gain a slight advantage by not using a plugin and inserting the JS code in the footer anyhow.

You can go into your Google Analytics and click the edit button for the domain you are working on. From there, click the 'check status' link on the page.

Hope that helps you out.

Matt

[zbikenut]

This was a huge help to me. I forget to add the code as I am building pages and it becomes totally incomplete information. I will add my Analytics right before the /body code. really coool thanks

[morestar]

I don't know why I've always been adding the code to the end of my documents, even after the </html>. Maybe it's because I read somewhere that the page should load before the code is executed.