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[dwyerddd]

I am so confused over where to add following code

<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,’script’,’https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js&#8217;,’ga’);

ga(‘create’, ‘UA-75297221-3’, ‘auto’);
ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’);

</script>

Some say in functions.php which kills my site and others say in custom javascript of the theme. Can someone please help?

[dwyerddd]

I should ad that I put it into Child theme global javascript without <script> but cannot get it verified. Should I be able to see it on the home page in the source?

[Paul R]

Hi,

You can add this in your child theme’s functions.php file.

// Add scripts to wp_footer()
function child_theme_footer_script() {
?>
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-75297221-3', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');

</script>

<?php	
}
add_action( 'wp_footer', 'child_theme_footer_script' );

Hope that helps

[dwyerddd]

Hi Paul

No go. Please refer to attached files.

[Christopher]

Hi there,

You can install Analytics extension from X addons page and insert analytics code there.

Or you can update previous code in child theme’s functions.php to :

function third_party_tracking_code() { ?>

  <script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', 'UA-75297221-3', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');

</script>

<?php }

add_action( 'wp_head', 'third_party_tracking_code' );

Hope it helps.

[dwyerddd]

Thank you Christopher

[Friech]

We’re delighted to assist you with this.

Cheers!

[Shutsen]

Hi Themeco,

How come in the snippet below, the first php tag is a closing one (?>) and the second one an opening (<?php).. Where did the first closing one open, and where does the second opening one close?

Thanks for shining some light on this..

function third_party_tracking_code() { ?>

<script>
// Third party tracking code.
</script>

<?php }

add_action( ‘wp_footer’, ‘third_party_tracking_code’ );

[Christian]

It’s best practice not to close PHP. You need to close it when you insert an HTML though and then add an the opening <?php again to continue with the rest of the PHP code. For more details, please see http://php.net/manual/en/language.basic-syntax.phptags.php

Thanks.

[Shutsen]

Superinteresting. Thanks for clarifying that 🙂
So then I have no clue why analytics doesn’t start tracking.. After double triple checking my php code, my analytics tracking code, correct ftp upload etc, I have no clue why it’s not doing anything..

[Lely]

Hi There,

To help you better with this, please share your site URL and also the code you have added so we can double check for you. In case you do have caching plugin, please purge cache.

[Shutsen]

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[Shutsen]

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[Christopher]

Hi there,

Google analytics was added successfully to your site, please see the attachment.

Hope it helps.

[Shutsen]

It started analyzing yes! Thank you!

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