New Google Analytics to WordPress

October 2020 Google updated Analytics to version 4. AND Of course they have moved things!!! Ugh
Login to your Gmail and then go to Google.com/analytics

  1. Sign in to your Analytics account.
  2. Click Admin.
  3. Select an account from the menu in the ACCOUNT column.
  4. Select a property from the menu in the PROPERTY column.
  5. Choose Data Stream Webpage
  6. Tagging Instructions Choose Globle Tag and Copy
  7. Go to your WordPress –> Plugins –> new search for insert header footer (by ) Install & Activate
  8. Go to Settings –> Insert Headers and Footers –> Scripts for Footer & paste the code from Google Analytics

    BUT a bunch of things are missing!!!!!! To force analytics to use version 3….
    1. Click Add Property
    2. Enter Property Name
    3. Enter Time Zone
    4. SELETCT CREATE A UNIVERSAL ANALYTICS PROPERTY
    5. Enter URL
    6. CHOOSE CREATE A UNIVERSAL ANALYTICS PROPERTY ONLY!!!!!
    Now your Audience & Acquisition & Behavior Folders are all back!! Yea!

The only updated source I could find was this…..thankfully!

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