Title: Help! Error message when activating google analytics
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Help! Error message when activating google analytics

 *  [chariotsarah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chariotsarah/)
 * (@chariotsarah)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-error-message-when-activating-google-analytics/)
 * Just starting with Google analytics for WordPress. When attempting to activate
   I get this error message:
    **Google Analytics is not active. You must select 
   which Analytics Profile to track before it can work.**
 * But when I click the link to do this I repeatedly get an error message.
    First
   I click “click here to authenticate with Google” Then “Grant Access” Then I get:**
   Unfortunately, an error occurred while connecting to Google, please try again:
   Re-authenticate with Google**
 * This continues every time I try.
 * I see there is an option to manually enter UA code – but I’m such a newbie non-
   tech type that I can’t figure out where that UA code can be found.
 * Any advice much appreciated!!

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 *  [Manifoldglory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manifoldglory/)
 * (@manifoldglory)
 * [14 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-error-message-when-activating-google-analytics/#post-2142523)
 * Hello, this whole process was quite frustrating as i had to upload the plugin,
   set up google e-mail, register my website on google, check my host settings, 
   read forum support and constantly click that authenticate button. After all the
   forum reading, i was able to gather all these suggestions until finally i thought“
   i give up! I’m just going to register for google analytics and copy/paste the
   code into the header” (search google to sign up for google analytics). And BAM!!!
   Before i could even get the code to paste, i went back to try the plugin again(
   it must be better using the plugin, right?) and that’s when it worked. There 
   was a drop box with my webpage listed, i selected and saved the settings. This
   step should be added to the installation screen. Hope you have the same success
   with it!
    [](http://manifoldglory.com)
 *  [nscece](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nscece/)
 * (@nscece)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-error-message-when-activating-google-analytics/#post-2142548)
 * Manifoldglory
 * What did you do to ‘check your hosting settings.’ I am experiencing the same 
   problem as Chariotsarah. Even when I eneter the UA code manually it does notthing
   on the Google Analytics side…just says that it is not tracking…quite confused
   by now ):

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 * Last reply from: [nscece](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nscece/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-error-message-when-activating-google-analytics/#post-2142548)
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