Metrics Query vs WP Google Analytics Events – No-Code Custom Event Tracking for Google Analytics

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.

“Analytics is about tracking the metrics that are critical to your business” – Lean Analytics Using Google Analytics GA4? Use our new plugin – Goal Tracker for Google Analytics GA4 ⚠️ WP Google Analytics Events is not compatible with Google Analytics GA4. Instead, You can use our new plugin for GA4 – Download Goal Tracker for Google Analytics GA4 With WP Google Analytics Events, you don’t have to write code to use Events in Google Analytics. The plugin allows you to fire events whenever someone interacts or views elements on your website. You can create a Google Analytics event when a visitor scrolls down and views your pricing table. Track video, banners, Call to Action buttons, email links, and more. If you really want to know what people are doing on your website, the default options are limited when it comes to in-page tracking in Google Analytics. Page tracking is not enough these days, and if you want to match measurable metrics for your KPIs, its necessary to use events. Tracking events is usually done by writing JavaScript code, and that is not the WordPress way. That’s why we created WP Google Analytics Events, so you don’t have to write elaborate code every time you want to learn something new about your visitors. Become a Pro WP Google Analytics Events Pro is the professional version of our plugin and adds more tracking capabilities: One-Click Link Tracking Placeholders to enrich your event data Track Self-Hosted Media audio and video YouTube and Vimeo support Plugin Management permissions for teams Access to our Pro support team Check out the Pro version Here are some of the things you can do with WP Google Analytics Events: Setting event-driven goals in Google Analytics Tracking in-page navigation Comparing call to action button performance Understanding what percentage of your visitors got to the end of an article Tracking contact form submissions Track Links We work along with Google Tag Manager and will allow you to do things it can’t do out of the box. Documentation What is event tracking? Basic Configuration How To Use WP Google Analytics Events Click Tracking Tab Scroll Tracking Google Tag Manager Support Advanced Mode Tracking Email and Telephone Links Tracking PDF Downloads