- Login To Your WordPress Account
- Go To your dashboard > Plugins
- A list of both active and inactive Plugins displays
- Look for Plugin labeled Google Analytics
- Activate the link in case it is deactive
Sign in to Google Analytics
- Log in to Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/analytics
- Click on Add Website Profile. A form displays
- Select Add a Profile for a New Domain
- Enter the URL of your site or blog
- Select your country and time zone. Click Finish
- Analytics provides you with a code block – a swatch of HTML – to add to your site’s pages
If You Already have Google Analytics Account
- From the overview page, select the account that has the profile for the tracking code you’re looking for, as the code is profile-specific.
- Select the profile from the accounts Overview page
- From that profile’s Actions column, click Edit
- At the top right of the ‘Main Website Profile Information’ box, click Check Status
- Your tracking code can be copied and pasted from the text box in the Instructions for adding tracking section
Adding The Tracking Code to your WordPress blog
- Now go back to your WordPress dashboard
- Select the plugin Google Analytics
- The text form will be displayed asking for your Google Analytics UID
- Copy paste the UID from Google Analytics Tracking code
- Leave the additional fields as it is (if you are not looking for additional tracking codes)
- Scroll and click on Save Changes
Check Your Work
- To ensure that you have successfully added the Google Analytics Code Block to your Blogger blog, go back to http://google.com/analytics/
- Under status column you can see either Tracking Installed (you were successful) or Tracking Not Installed (something is amiss)
- If it says not installed try again
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Cool!
I am a frequent visitor of your site and would just like to say thank you! I have even been encouraged to start my own blog so please check it out. Brady Beamish