Title: [Plugin: Google Analytics for WordPress] Tracking code in header?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Google Analytics for WordPress] Tracking code in header?

 *  Resolved [DennisMadsen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dennismadsen/)
 * (@dennismadsen)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-analytics-for-wordpress-tracking-code-in-header/)
 * I’m using the Google Analytics for WordPress on my WordPress. By default it place
   the tracking code in the html header. As far as I remember, should the Google
   Analytics code be located on the bottom of the site?

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 *  [Joost de Valk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joostdevalk/)
 * (@joostdevalk)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-analytics-for-wordpress-tracking-code-in-header/#post-1660758)
 * No it shouldn’t. Because the script is asynchronous it’s best to load it in the
   header; it both loads the page faster and provides more reliable tracking.

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 * Last reply from: [Joost de Valk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joostdevalk/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-google-analytics-for-wordpress-tracking-code-in-header/#post-1660758)
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