GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress vs Machete

✨ Connects Google Analytics to WordPress ✨ Easily add Google Analytics 4 to your web pages This plugin enables Google Analytics for your entire WordPress site. Lightweight and fast with plenty of great features. 🔥 Enable Google Analytics 4 Steps to enable Google Analytics 4: Follow this guide to create a GA4 account During account creation, you’ll get a tracking (measurement) ID Add your new tracking ID to the plugin setting, “GA Tracking ID” Select “GA4” for the plugin setting, “Tracking Method” Save changes and done. Wait 24-48 hours before viewing collected data in your GA account. 🔥 GA Tracking Options Here are the tracking methods available with this plugin: GA4 / Google Analytics 4 (default) Universal Analytics (deprecated) Legacy Tracking (deprecated) Note: GA4 is recommended. Google has deprecated/disabled all other tracking options. 🔥 GA Feature Support Supports Google Analytics 4 Supports Display Advertising Supports Enhanced Link Attribution Supports IP Anonymization Supports Force SSL Supports Google Optimize Supports Consent Signals Supports Tracker Objects (Universal Analytics) Supports User Opt-Out (Universal Analytics) Also supports tracking links and conversions via the Custom Code setting. Learn more about Google Analytics. 🔥 General Features Blazing fast performance Does one thing and does it well Drop-dead simple and easy to use Regularly updated and “future proof” Stays current with the latest tracking code Includes tracking code in header or footer Includes tracking code on all WordPress web pages Includes option to add your own custom markup Sleek plugin Settings page with toggling panels Option to disable tracking of admin-level users Option to enable page tracking in the Admin Area Works with or without Gutenberg Block Editor Easy to customize the tracking code More features available in the Pro version » This is a lightweight plugin that inserts the required GA tracking code. To view your site statistics, visit your Google Analytics account. 🔥 Pro Version GA Google Analytics Pro includes the same features as the free version, PLUS the following: Visitor Opt-Out Box (frontend UI) Configure multiple tracking codes Live Preview of all tracking codes Choose location of multiple tracking codes Supports Custom Code in header or footer Disable tracking of all logged-in users Disable Tracking for any Post IDs, User Roles, Post Types Disable Tracking for Search Results and Post Archives Display Opt-Out Box automatically or via shortcode Complete Inline Help/Documentation Priority plugin help and support 🚀 Learn more and get GA Pro » Privacy User Data: This plugin does not collect any user data. Even so, the tracking code added by this plugin is used by Google to collect all sorts of user data. You can learn more about Google Privacy here. Cookies: This plugin uses simple cookies for the visitor Opt-Out Box to remember user preference for opt-in or out of Google Analytics. Services: This plugin does not connect to any third-party locations or services, but it does enable Google to collect all sorts of data. GA Google Analytics is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author. Support development I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books: The Tao of WordPress Digging into WordPress .htaccess made easy WordPress Themes In Depth Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins: BBQ Pro – Blazing fast WordPress firewall Blackhole Pro – Automatically block bad bots Banhammer Pro – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys GA Google Analytics Pro – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics Head Meta Pro – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress REST Pro Tools – Awesome tools for managing the WP REST API Simple Ajax Chat Pro – Unlimited chat rooms USP Pro – Unlimited front-end forms Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

Machete is a simple suite of tools that solves common WordPress annoyances using as few resources as possible. Machete doesn’t cover every single use case, but there is a huge amount of sites that would require less plugins if they used Machete. All Machete tools have two things in common: they solve problems faced by many web developers and they do it using as few server resources as possible. So far, Machete includes the following tools: WordPress Optimization WordPress places a lot of code inside the tag just to keep backward compatibility or to enable optional features. You can disable most of it and save some time from each page request while making your installation safer. Cookies & GDPR Warning We know you hate cookie warning bars. Well, this is the least hateable cookie bar you’ll find. It is really light, doesn’t affect your PageSpeed score and plays well with static cache plugins. Analytics and custom code You don’t need a zillion plugins to perform easy tasks like inserting a verification meta tag (Google Search Console, Bing, Pinterest), a json-ld snippet or a custom stylesheet (Google Fonts, Print Styles, accessibility tweaks…). The Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager tracking codes are PageSpeed optimized, GPDR friendly. Maintenance mode The maintenance mode that ships with WordPress is just a basic lock-down that is activated whenever you do a major update. With machete Maintenance Mode you can hide your unfinished page from visitors and search engines, give your clients a secure temporary access and lock your site without affecting your SEO. Post & Page cloner Adds a “duplicate” link to post, page and most post types lists. Also adds “copy to new draft” function to the post editor. Social Sharing Buttons Social sharing done the Machete way. The icons are made as a custom webfont embedded in a minified CSS file that only weighs 5.8KB. The sharing actions use each platform’s native share URL. WooCommerce Utils WooCommerce was designed to work for every possible use case, but that often leads to unexpected behavior. These simple fixes can improve the WooCommerce user experience by making it behave as clients expect.