Title: Google Analytics & addthis_config values
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Google Analytics & addthis_config values

 *  [Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robdobson/)
 * (@robdobson)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-addthis_config-values/)
 * I want to set up share tracking in Google Analytics. I see the field on the Advanced
   tab for the ‘Google Analytics property ID’.
 * But I want to use the Google Analytics _trackSocial method.
 * If I just add my GA ID to that field will shares be tracked as normal events (
   Content > Events) or social events (Visitors > Social) in GA v5?
 * If the former can I use the ‘addthis_config values’ field further down on the
   Advanced tab to add the ‘data_ga_social’ value?
 * If so, do I simply add `data_ga_social:true` in there and fill in the property
   ID field above? Or do I add both values to this field? i.e.
 *     ```
       data_ga_property:'UA-xxxxxx-x',
       data_ga_social:true
       ```
   
 * Thanks in advance.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/addthis/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/addthis/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robdobson/)
 * (@robdobson)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-addthis_config-values/#post-2356132)
 * Support here seems to be lacking. Has anyone else had any experience using Google
   Analytics tracking in the AddThis plugin and can shed any light on the questions
   above? Thanks.
 *  [citlembik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/citlembik/)
 * (@citlembik)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-addthis_config-values/#post-2356150)
 * support not avaible 🙂
 *  [davydov-denis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davydov-denis/)
 * (@davydov-denis)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics-addthis_config-values/#post-2356218)
 * I manually load a script file with
 *     ```
       var addthis_config = {
               ui_click: true,
               data_ga_property: 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X',
               data_ga_social : true
            };
       ```
   
 * that seems to work and show in Google Analytics. I was experimenting with ‘addthis_config
   values’ field with no luck.

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