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    (@n0tion)


    Hello,
    I consider my self a word press newbie, though I’m certainly not inexperienced with reading or writing code. I can make simple Java programs, bash scripts, SQL queries, as well as handle HTML and CSS. But for some peculiar reason I can’t get my Google Analytics tracking code to function properly. I’ve searched previous post on this, from years past(there are quite a few). And I can guarantee I pasted the tracking code (unaltered) within my themes header.php file, right before the ending </head> tag. It seems simple enough. But every time I refresh my Google Analytics Property/.js tracking info, I see the same message: “Status: Tracking Not Installed”. I would appreciate any guidance on how to further troubleshoot this fairly simple problem. I’ve tried quite a few a things:

    • pasting it between the <?php wp_head(); ?> and </head> tags
    • pasting it after <body <?php body_class(); ?>>
    • pasting it between the file’s <head> and <body> tags.

    But nothing works. Thanks in advance

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  • me too.
    my site: http://sofathinhphat.net/

    Please give more details. What is your url?

    Thread Starter n0tion

    (@n0tion)

    I’m using the Twenty Twelve theme. Here is a look a the header.php
    This is my URL

    <?php?><!DOCTYPE html>
    <!--[if IE 7]>
    <html class="ie ie7" <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
    <![endif]-->
    <!--[if IE 8]>
    <html class="ie ie8" <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
    <![endif]-->
    <!--[if !(IE 7) | !(IE 8)  ]><!-->
    <html <?php language_attributes(); ?>>
    <!--<![endif]-->
    <head>
    <meta charset="<?php bloginfo( 'charset' ); ?>" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title><?php wp_title( '|', true, 'right' ); ?></title>
    <link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" />
    <link rel="pingback" href="<?php bloginfo( 'pingback_url' ); ?>" />
    <?php // Loads HTML5 JavaScript file to add support for HTML5 elements in older IE versions. ?>
    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
    <script src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/js/html5.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <![endif]-->
    <?php wp_head(); ?>
    
    <script>
     // This is where my Google Analytics tracking code is
    </script>
    
    </head>
    
    <body <?php body_class(); ?>>
    
    <div id="page" class="hfeed site">
    	<header id="masthead" class="site-header" role="banner">
    		<hgroup>
    			<h1 class="site-title"><a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_bloginfo( 'name', 'display' ) ); ?>" rel="home"><?php bloginfo( 'name' ); ?></a></h1>
    			<h2 class="site-description"><?php bloginfo( 'description' ); ?></h2>
    		</hgroup>
    
    		<nav id="site-navigation" class="main-navigation" role="navigation">
    			<h3 class="menu-toggle"><?php _e( 'Menu', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></h3>
    			<a class="assistive-text" href="#content" title="<?php esc_attr_e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Skip to content', 'twentytwelve' ); ?></a>
    			<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'primary', 'menu_class' => 'nav-menu' ) ); ?>
    		</nav><!-- #site-navigation -->
    
    		<?php if ( get_header_image() ) : ?>
    		<a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>"><img src="<?php header_image(); ?>" class="header-image" width="<?php echo get_custom_header()->width; ?>" height="<?php echo get_custom_header()->height; ?>" alt="" /></a>
    		<?php endif; ?>
    	</header><!-- #masthead -->
    
    	<div id="main" class="wrapper">

    Look in Reporting sections, does your GA track your visits?
    I saw your code is installed properly. I think you need to be patient, it can take a couple of days for analytics to get started.

    Hi n0tion,

    Installing the tracking code on your WP site can sometimes be a hit and miss, you are actually doing the right thing – but it maybe that there are other scripts that are interefering with the GA code to work properly. Once work around I have found for my clients is to use the Joost Google anayltics plugin, this particularly installs the code for you just by linking to your google account and it will download the code for you instantly. You can download the plugin here: http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/

    And there is an article on tuts plus that you goes through the installation process should you need it – you can get that here: http://business.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-install-google-analytics-on-wordpress–fsw-39175

    Hope this helps – let me know how you get on.

    Zak

    Thread Starter n0tion

    (@n0tion)

    Thank you nguoinhotuoi and zak_cagaros,

    I woke up this morning to see my Google Analytics Reporting/Audience data. I was definitely being a bit inpatient, I had seen a couple of tuts where the tracking info would be updated after a few seconds. So I made the mistake of assuming mine would refresh also instantly.

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