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brobken
brobken

Reputation: 358

Including Google Analytics wordpress

I know there are many different ways you can include the Google Analytics script into a Wordpress website, but I won't use plugins for this.

So the way I would like to prefer is to code it into the theme's functions file, giving me two options left. (yes it's a child theme)

The outcome of the above ways will be different so with my little Wordpress experience, I was wondering what should be the safest and most secure way to embed it into a Wordpress site? Eventually I might consider also the difference in loading time, also the fastest way?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1538

Answers (4)

Sathishkumar Jayaraj
Sathishkumar Jayaraj

Reputation: 646

Google Analytics tracking code is asynchronous. It doesn't need to wait for the code to finish loading to continue rendering elements that come after it on the page. It's a good idea to get into the habit of placing the GTM container snippet in the head section because that's where asynchronously loading libraries should be placed.

Upvotes: 0

Nick
Nick

Reputation: 417

This code adds Analytics and excludes the traffic of connected users (useful to avoid registering your visits).

<?php
   if ( !is_user_logged_in() ) {
      function addAnalytics() {
         $analyticsTag = "<!-- Google Analytics -->
                          <script> Codice di traccimento </script>
                          <!-- Google Analytics -->";
         echo $analyticsTag;
      }
      add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'addAnalytics');
   }
?>

Upvotes: 2

George Dimitriadis
George Dimitriadis

Reputation: 1805

wp_enqueue_script with parameter $in_footer set to false, is the same as hardcoding the script into the html head (in fact, it would be included in the place where wp_head() is called, which should be inside the <head></head> tags).

wp_enqueue_script gives you the ability to add a dependency to the script you are adding, but for google analytics you don't need any, so from safety and security you are covered. From speed's point of view, I guess hardcoding it would be very slightly faster, but your header will look bigger, so it's up to you to trade readability and enqueue it or just add it as a script. The header usually is not a large file anyway, so most of the times I just copy-paste the code inside the head as it is.

Upvotes: 2

lostInTheTetons
lostInTheTetons

Reputation: 1222

If you have already created a child theme just copy over the header file and add your google analytics code before the closing tag. That is an easy option and that is what I always do for my WP sites.

Upvotes: 1

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