Metrics Query vs GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress

✨ 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! 🙂

This Google Analytics for WordPress plugin enables you to track your site using the latest Google Analytics tracking code and allows you to view key Google Analytics stats in your WordPress install. In addition to a set of general Google Analytics stats, in-depth Page reports and in-depth Post reports allow further segmentation of your analytics data, providing performance details for each post or page from your website. The Google Analytics tracking code is fully customizable through options and hooks, allowing advanced data collection like custom dimensions and events. Credits This plugin forked from Google Analytics Dashboard for WP Created by Alin Marcu and forked by Yehuda Hassine Google Analytics Real-Time Stats Google Analytics reports, in real-time, in your dashboard screen: Real-time number of visitors Real-time acquisition channels Real-time traffic sources details Google Analytics Reports The Google Analytics reports you need, on your dashboard, in your All Posts and All Pages screens, and on site’s frontend: Sessions, organic searches, page views, bounce rate analytics stats Locations, pages, referrers, keywords, 404 errors analytics stats Traffic channels, social networks, traffic mediums, search engines analytics stats Device categories, browsers, operating systems, screen resolutions, mobile brands analytics stats In addition, you can control who can view specific Google Analytics reports by setting permissions based on user roles. Google Analytics Tracking Installs the latest Google Analytics tracking code and allows full code customization: Universal Google Analytics (analytics.js) tracking code Global Site Tag (gtag.js) tracking code Enhanced link attribution Remarketing, demographics and interests tracking Page Speed sampling rate control User sampling rate control Cross domain tracking Exclude user roles from tracking Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) support for Google Analytics Ecommerce support for Google Analytics User privacy oriented features: IP address anonymization option to follow Do Not Track (DNT) sent by browsers support for user tracking opt-out Google Analytics Dashboard for WP enables you to easily track events like: Downloads Emails Outbound links Affiliate links Fragment identifiers Telephone Page Scrolling Depth Custom event categories, actions and labels using annotated HTML elements With Google Analytics Dashboard for WP you can use custom dimensions to track: Authors Publication year Publication month Categories Tags User engagement Actions and filters are available for further Google Analytics tracking code customization. Google Tag Manager Tracking As an alternative to Google Analytics tracking code, you can use Google Tag Manager for tracking: Google Tag Manager code Data Layer variables: authors, publication year, publication month, categories, tags, user type Exclude user roles from tracking Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) support for Google Tag Manager Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) features Google Tag Manager basic tracking Google Analytics basic tracking Automatically removes amp/ from Google Analytics tracking page URL Scrolling depth tracking Custom dimensions tracking User sampling rate control Form submit tracking File downloads tracking Affiliate links tracking Hashmarks, outbound links, telephones and e-mails tracking Custom event categories, actions and labels using annotated HTML elements Google Analytics Dashboard for WP on Multisite This plugin is fully compatible with multisite network installs, allowing three setup modes: Mode 1: network activated using multiple Google Analytics accounts Mode 2: network activated using a single Google Analytics account Mode 3: network deactivated using multiple Google Analytics accounts Localization You can translate Metrics Query on translate.wordpress.org.