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Analytics & Wordpress

by stesnees
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Hi all
I always seem to have problems with Google analytics on my wordpress blogs, problem being I can never get the bl**dy thing to work!
I insert the code above the closing </head> tag as instructed but it very rarely picks up the tracking.
Am I doing something basically wrong? I notice there are a few plug ins for analytics and would appreciate feedback on any you have used recently.
Cheers
#analytics #google #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author williamrs
    I don't use WP + Analytics, but I think it can be because the way WP loads the pages. It's not just a single HTML page, but a combination of pages that are put together using PHP's include function...

    Maybe if you get a plugin to insert the GA code the issue will be solved.


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  • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
    Originally Posted by stesnees View Post

    I insert the code above the closing </head> tag


    errrrm - shouldn't it go just before the /body tag?
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    • Profile picture of the author Tony Marriott
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      errrrm - shouldn't it go just before the /body tag?
      absolutely correct

      Adding the tracking code (traditional) - Analytics Help

      Another option is Statcounter.com. It now uses a plugin for Wordpress and works very well.
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    • Profile picture of the author hashbury
      I have this issue with some of my wp blogs and for me it takes time for google to find the code. Sometimes up to a week.

      You could also check to make sure you dont have a cache plugin causing the problem even though the cache should be automatically cleared every so often.


      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      errrrm - shouldn't it go just before the /body tag?

      I think it used to be before the closing body tag but now they changed it to the closing head tag.
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      • Profile picture of the author Lloyd Buchinski
        Originally Posted by hashbury View Post

        I think it used to be before the closing body tag but now they changed it to the closing head tag.
        It is before the /head now, but it isn't important. I read on their blog about why they made the change. It was just because dial up users might leave the page before the code was loaded. That was if the page was heavy, and mine aren't so I didn't bother to change it.
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    • Profile picture of the author stesnees
      Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

      errrrm - shouldn't it go just before the /body tag?
      No, it has been changed now to before the </head> tag.
      Does my head in, works on some blogs and not on others.
      Thanks for the input all.
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      • Profile picture of the author hashbury
        Originally Posted by stesnees View Post

        No, it has been changed now to before the </head> tag.
        Does my head in, works on some blogs and not on others.
        Thanks for the input all.

        One other thing you could do is view the page source and see if it is showing up. If it shows up I would say its more of a google problem and if it doesnt show up its "probably" related to your template.
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  • Profile picture of the author MarketingChad
    Sometime some of the theme frameworks I've used have a spot for your Analytics ID.

    My goto plugin though is "Google Analytics" link: hxxp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/googleanalytics/

    It's literally the easiest plugin I've ever seen...just a spot for your analytics ID, that's it
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  • Profile picture of the author platinumarticlewriter
    It could be the problem with the particular template you're using.
    Try a different template and see if you still have the same problem.
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  • Profile picture of the author wasabi20
    Try adding before the </body> tag
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