Adding Google Analytics Tracking Code

Google Analytics is important to track how users visit your site and what they do on your site, follow these steps to implement this onto your WordPress site:

1. Create a Google tracking code by following this guide – https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008080?hl=en
2. Once you have your <script> code from Google, login to your admin WordPress account.
3. Hover over ‘Appearance’ and select ‘Customize’.
4. Select the option ‘Additional Scripts’.
5. This will open a setting with three text areas where you may post JavaScript code to. (You may learn more about this over here.)
6. Paste in your Google tracking code into the ‘Header Scripts’. Be sure to include the entire code with the <script> tags.
7. Select ‘Publish’ to save your changes.

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