Title: Google Analytics
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Google Analytics

 *  [beakwi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beakwi/)
 * (@beakwi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-49/)
 * Where shall I paste a HTML code for Google Anatlytics? Instruction says to
    paste
   it onto every page you want to track immediately before the closing </head> tag,
   but I can’t see this tag. All mine pages start with <script>. Sorry if question
   seems silly, I’m just starting.

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 *  [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/)
 * (@duck_boy)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-49/#post-2420513)
 * You should have a file called ‘header.php’ – insert the code in there, inside
   the `<script>` tags, just before the `</head>` tag.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-49/#post-2420517)
 * You can use this plugin [Google Analytics](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/googleanalytics/)
   and add your UA no in plugin
 *  Thread Starter [beakwi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beakwi/)
 * (@beakwi)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-49/#post-2420528)
 * Do I really need special plugin? It seems to be easier just to paste the code?
 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-49/#post-2420530)
 * >  Do I really need special plugin?
 * It’s up to you really. I used to paste the code in all the time. But a year down
   the road I would switch themes, and forget.
 * Also, depending on the theme you are using, you would want to make a child theme
   rather than edit your theme directly. If the only thing you are changing is the
   analytics code, making a child theme might be a bit of a pain unless you plan
   to make further edits.
 * [http://vudu.me/child](http://vudu.me/child) has some info about child themes,
   and their importance, since you are just starting out
 * I just go with a plugin now. [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/)
   is my favourite, as I trust the developer.
 *  [David Gard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/duck_boy/)
 * (@duck_boy)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-49/#post-2420533)
 * > Also, depending on the theme you are using, you would want to make a child 
   > theme rather than edit your theme directly.
 * This is a good point – since I use a custom theme I always assume that others
   do to.
 * I don’t have a plugin for it, but I did add a metabox for it to the ‘Settings-
   > General’ page – I just find that it’s easier to keep track of it that way.

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