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Posted on April - 2 - 2010 in Blog Tips | 38

How to add Google Analytics to WordPress theme footer without touching the footer file.

Every blogger in the blogosphere is aware of the Google’s tracking service , Google Analytics. It is an essential tool to monitor the site traffic details and performance statistics. Anybody can setup an analytics account for free with their Google account. Users will be a given a unique js tracking snippet, which can be inserted to the website. When it comes to WordPress blogs, there are numerous plugins available for enabling analytics tracking on the blog.

But here we are going to see how to add the analytics script to the site template, ideally to the footer using your functions.php file.
The process is very simple, and only requisite is that the footer file should have the

 

hook enabled. Obviously all themes on web2feel has this enabled.

To get started, you need to open the functions.php file in your theme on any text editor. Then add the following php snippet to it.

	<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js" type="text/javascript"><!--mce:0--></script>
	<script type="text/javascript"><!--mce:1--></script>

Once added don’t forget to change the “UA-XXXXX-X” to your own unique tracking code.

# Remember : This process is template specific. If you added this to one template and later switch to another template, remember to add this script to its functions.php file also, to continue tracking.

  • zamangilani

    hi,
    how i can add this scarlet theme.because i dont scarlet theme footer has the requestie or not.

    please help me to add the google analytics to scarlet theme.

  • jinsona

    Yes, it works on all web2feel themes.

  • Adam

    hey jinsona.nice themes and spectacular designs.May i ask you to change the title of wordpress posts?Because you seem to have the same titles in all your posts [at least the very first four or five words].

  • http://www.nod32-key.com martin

    Yes, it works on all web2feel themes.

  • SPEEDbagal

    Thanks! it work like a charm :) now I have 2 tracking for web visit, StatPress & Google Analytics :)

    Cheers!

  • http://twitter.com/paheyoh Peyoh

    hi, what do you mean by changing the “UA-XXXXX-X” code into my own? can i just simply put any letters in there?

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    what? is code

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  • Pkr4win

    Hi, plese help me in this question..So, this piece of code where i have to paste? <?php wp_footer(); ?> In footer.php or in fuctions.php?

  • jinsona

    You dont have to paste this anywhere <?php wp_footer(); ?> . It is already there on the theme. The code you should use is the one below it.

  • http://www.stealpips-review-blog.com Dave W Earle

    Ok, so you don't have to edit footer.php, but you DO have to edit the functions.php file; how is this helpful? Might as well just edit the footer.php, putting the analytics code just before the closing body tag as instructed through your analytics account.

  • http://www.stealpips-review-blog.com Dave W Earle

    Insert the analytics code just before the closing body tag in the theme footer; this is indicated in your analytics account

  • http://www.stealpips-review-blog.com Dave W Earle

    The footer.php already has that line of code embedded into it; you can view the file from within your WordPress admin panel:

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    Thanks for sharing
    very useful tips

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    you need to sign up to google analytics using gmail account (email with gmail will do fine). then add your site's url and google analytics will generate a unique code for you. UA-XXXXX-X is the format of that unique code – replace that with your own to see the tracking.

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    Thanks for your help .Let me do it into my blog .

  • Rajat Jain

    Hi.. i hav tried add GA code.. but my function.php just contain this..
    <?php
    require_once(TEMPLATEPATH . '/controlpanel.php');
    ?>

    I m using TemSkin theme.. Please guide..

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    Oh, you are so right, my friend :) ))) If they don’t know what they are doing as far as SEO for their WP site, then they need to go onto doing other things, and leave the rest to those who DO know what they are doing.

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    short and useful.

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    It’s really good and cool :-)

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    Thanks for the tutorial.That’s the clearest explanation of the process I have found.
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    Ahh, this makes things very easy to do insert google analytics. But I would prefer GA for WP… I’m scared of messing up codes, had a black history on it. :D

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    I have created a bunch of word press blogs, I am willing to add this Google analytics to my blogs to keep track of number of visits and the keywords used for visiting the blog, Thanks for sharing the widget here,

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    This is not the right way to do it..

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