Noor Alam

<p><a href="https://wphowto.net/simple-universal-google-analytics-plugin-for-wordpress-822" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Google Analytics</a> plugin makes Google Analytics tracking easier. If you want to activate universal tracking for your website, all you need to do is enter your tracking ID in the plugin settings.</p>
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<h4>What is Universal Google Analytics?</h4>
<p>Universal Analytics is the new and upgraded operating standard for Google Analytics. It provides a better data collection and organization system in your Google analytics account to help you understand how users interact with your content. If you are already using Google Analytics, you can follow two steps in your account to upgrade from classic analytics to universal analytics.</p>
<h4>Benefits of Universal Google Analytics</h4>
<ul>
<li>Connect multiple devices and sessions to the same user</li>
<li>More accurate user count</li>
<li>Analyze the signed-in experience of a user</li>
<li>Access to cross device reports</li>
<li>Custom dimensions and metrics to collect data specific to your business</li>
<li>Automatically detect the most popular search engines and attributes organic search traffic to these sources</li>
<li>Control how long sessions and campaigns last by setting a timeout for it</li>
<li>Choose which domains will be left out from your referral traffic sources</li>
<li>Exclude certain search terms from being identified in your account when a user find your website using it</li>
<li>Get access to all the features of classic analytics and new features of universal analytics </li>
</ul>
<p>For documentation please visit the <a href="https://wphowto.net/simple-universal-google-analytics-plugin-for-wordpress-822" rel="nofollow ugc">Universal Google Analytics</a> plugin page.</p>


Simple Universal Google Analytics

I got tired of editing the header.php of my child themes or adding Google's tracking script via an enqueue_script in my functions.php, but until I found this plugin, I hadn't been able to find one that simply added the Google Analytics code to my pages without piling on a lot of features that I didn't want or need.
I was about to write my own plugin, and did a search to see if there were any I missed since I last looked that would do what I wanted. I was fortunate to find the Simple Universal Google Analytics plugin. The developer has designed exactly the plugin I was looking for, and to date, he's done an admirable job of keeping it current. He's even thrown in the functionality to not track users who are logged in at the admin and editor levels, making the tracking stats more accurately reflect actual user traffic.
The plugin does exactly what it's supposed to do, and does so while using very little in the way of resources. I ran it with the P3 Plugin Performance Profiler, and it barely registered, showing it is very efficient.
Thanks for a great plugin!



Simple and Effective

Enable Universal Google Analytics tracking option on your WordPress site. Add tracking code to every page with WordPress Google Analytics plugin.

Jeff Starr

<blockquote>
<p>✨ Connects Google Analytics to WordPress<br />
  ✨ Easily add Google Analytics 4 to your web pages</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This plugin enables Google Analytics for your entire WordPress site. Lightweight and fast with plenty of great features.</p>
<h3>Enable Google Analytics 4</h3>
<p>Steps to enable Google Analytics 4:</p>
<ol>
<li>Follow <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9304153" rel="nofollow ugc">this guide</a> to create a GA4 account</li>
<li>During account creation, you’ll get a tracking (measurement) ID</li>
<li>Add your new tracking ID to the plugin setting, “GA Tracking ID”</li>
<li>Select “GA4” for the plugin setting, “Tracking Method”</li>
</ol>
<p>Save changes and done. Wait 24-48 hours before viewing collected data in your GA account.</p>
<h3>GA Tracking Options</h3>
<p>Here are the tracking methods available with this plugin:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/10089681" rel="nofollow ugc">GA4</a> / Google Analytics 4 (default)</li>
<li><a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/11583528" rel="nofollow ugc">Universal Analytics</a> (deprecated)</li>
<li>Legacy Tracking (deprecated)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Note:</strong> GA4 is recommended. Google has deprecated/disabled all other tracking options.</p>
<h3>GA Feature Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>Supports <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/9304153" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Analytics 4</a></li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2444872" rel="nofollow ugc">Display Advertising</a></li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7377126" rel="nofollow ugc">Enhanced Link Attribution</a></li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052" rel="nofollow ugc">IP Anonymization</a></li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6385009" rel="nofollow ugc">Force SSL</a></li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/12979939" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Optimize</a></li>
<li>Supports <a href="https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/14275483" rel="nofollow ugc">Consent Signals</a></li>
<li>Supports Tracker Objects (Universal Analytics)</li>
<li>Supports User Opt-Out (Universal Analytics)</li>
</ul>
<p>Also supports tracking links and conversions via the Custom Code setting. Learn more about <a href="https://www.google.com/analytics/" rel="nofollow ugc">Google Analytics</a>.</p>
<h3>General Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Blazing fast performance</li>
<li>Does one thing and does it well</li>
<li>Drop-dead simple and easy to use</li>
<li>Regularly updated and “future proof”</li>
<li>Stays current with the latest tracking code</li>
<li>Includes tracking code in header or footer</li>
<li>Includes tracking code on all WordPress web pages</li>
<li>Includes option to add your own custom markup</li>
<li>Sleek plugin Settings page with toggling panels</li>
<li>Option to disable tracking of admin-level users</li>
<li>Option to enable page tracking in the Admin Area</li>
<li>Works with or without Gutenberg Block Editor</li>
<li>Easy to customize the tracking code</li>
<li>More features available in the <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Pro version »</a></li>
</ul>
<p>This is a lightweight plugin that inserts the required GA tracking code. To view your site statistics, visit your Google Analytics account.</p>
<h3>Pro Version</h3>
<p><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">GA Google Analytics Pro</a> includes the same features as the free version, PLUS the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Visitor Opt-Out Box (frontend UI)</li>
<li>Configure multiple tracking codes</li>
<li>Live Preview of all tracking codes</li>
<li>Choose location of multiple tracking codes</li>
<li>Supports Custom Code in header or footer</li>
<li>Disable tracking of all logged-in users</li>
<li>Disable Tracking for any Post IDs, User Roles, Post Types</li>
<li>Disable Tracking for Search Results and Post Archives</li>
<li>Display Opt-Out Box automatically or via shortcode</li>
<li>Complete Inline Help/Documentation</li>
<li>Priority plugin help and support</li>
</ul>
<p>Learn more and get <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">GA Pro »</a></p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p><strong>User Data:</strong> This plugin does not collect any user data. Even so, the tracking code added by this plugin is used by Google to collect all sorts of user data. You can learn more about Google Privacy <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Cookies:</strong> This plugin uses simple cookies for the visitor Opt-Out Box to remember user preference for opt-in or out of Google Analytics.</p>
<p><strong>Services:</strong> This plugin does not connect to any third-party locations or services, but it does enable Google to collect all sorts of data.</p>
<p>GA Google Analytics is developed and maintained by <a href="https://x.com/perishable" rel="nofollow ugc">Jeff Starr</a>, 15-year <a href="https://plugin-planet.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress developer</a> and <a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">book author</a>.</p>
<h3>Support development</h3>
<p>I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can <a href="https://monzillamedia.com/donate.html" rel="nofollow ugc">make a donation</a> or purchase one of my books:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">The Tao of WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://digwp.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Digging into WordPress</a></li>
<li><a href="https://htaccessbook.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">.htaccess made easy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wp-tao.com/wordpress-themes-book/" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress Themes In Depth</a></li>
<li><a href="https://books.perishablepress.com/downloads/wizards-collection-sql-recipes-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">Wizard’s SQL Recipes for WordPress</a></li>
</ul>
<p>And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/bbq-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">BBQ Pro</a> – Blazing fast WordPress firewall</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/blackhole-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Blackhole Pro</a> – Automatically block bad bots</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/banhammer-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Banhammer Pro</a> – Monitor traffic and ban the bad guys</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/ga-google-analytics-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">GA Google Analytics Pro</a> – Connect WordPress to Google Analytics</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/head-meta-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Head Meta Pro</a> – Ultimate Meta Tags for WordPress</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/simple-ajax-chat-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Ajax Chat Pro</a> – Unlimited chat rooms</li>
<li><a href="https://plugin-planet.com/usp-pro/" rel="nofollow ugc">USP Pro</a> – Unlimited front-end forms</li>
</ul>
<p>Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂</p>


GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress

Adds Google Analytics 4 tracking code to your WordPress site. Supports many tracking features.

Simple Universal Google Analytics vs GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress