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How to Add Google Analytics

You can add Google Analytics without installing another plugin. Foxiz Core has a panel in the Foxiz dashboard that takes a GA4 Measurement ID or a Google Tag Manager container ID and prints the tracking code for you, so on most sites you do not need to install anything else. Its own text says as much: it "helps you quickly set up GA4 without any third-party plugins".

To use it:

  1. Go to Foxiz > GTM & GA4 in the WordPress menu. The same screen is the Extra Features > Analytics 4 tab inside the Foxiz dashboard, and it is titled Google Tag Manager & Analytics 4.

    The panel is part of the licensed dashboard, so GTM & GA4 only appears in the Foxiz menu once the site is activated. If you cannot find it, the site is not activated yet: follow How to Activate the Theme and the entry appears.

    The Google Tag Manager & Analytics 4 panel, with the Google Tag Manager Container ID and or Gtag Measurement ID fields above Add New Tag

  2. Fill in one of the two fields: Google Tag Manager Container ID, which looks like GTM-A1KEAZD, or or Gtag Measurement ID, which looks like G-KV4C5NT2Z1.

    Most sites only need the Measurement ID. You copy it from your Google Analytics account; it starts with G-.

  3. Click Add New Tag. The form is replaced by the saved ID and a Delete Tag ID button, which is how you change it later.

    The Google Tag Manager & Analytics 4 panel after saving: the Gtag Measurement ID and the Delete Tag ID button

Fill in both and Tag Manager wins; the panel says so and the code agrees, printing the container snippet and skipping gtag entirely. The tag goes into wp_head, with the Tag Manager noscript frame after the body opens, and an amp-analytics tag instead on AMP pages.

caution

Use this panel or an analytics plugin, not both. The panel warns that if you plan to use Site Kit or a Google Analytics plugin you should leave it empty, because two copies of the tag mean every visit is counted twice.

To get started, follow the steps below​

  1. Download and install Google Analytics Plugins: https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/
  2. Then follow the plugin's own setup to connect your Google Analytics account.

Take this route if you would rather manage analytics from a plugin. If you do, leave Foxiz > GTM & GA4 empty, so the tag is not printed twice.

Adding GA script code via a 3rd party plugin​

You can also add your GA script code and any other script code via the plugin below:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/header-and-footer-scripts/

That plugin is still the answer for arbitrary head and footer scripts, since the Foxiz panel takes an ID rather than a block of code. For the analytics tag by itself, the panel is enough.

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