didn’t you read the instructions from google? it says there you should paste the codes before </body> of your theme! should be in the footer.php
I’ve just added google analytics code. If you are not a coder or developer this can be a bit of a challenge.
Yes it needs to go in </body> of footer.php – but where/how to find this!
I went into my siteadmin and browsed the files. In my case plesk control panel provided by my web host. Using file manager I browsed to
httpdocs / wp-content / themes / mytheme
footer.php is a file in this folder.
(you may find httpdocs in your root folder or in your wordpress folder).
I selected ‘edit file’ . Footer.php is a short file and </body> is near the bottom of the page. I paste the code from google in, hit save, went back to google and clicked ‘check status’ and hey presto my google analystics is working 🙂
Hope this helps any other ‘non-technies’ looking for an answer
Rachel
@rachel@kathys – that is a very complicated and long winded way of doing it…
Just go into wp-admin of your wordpress site, go to appearance. Then click “editor” under the appearance menu, select the footer.php and add the code there. Click update and you’re done!
I like the plugin called Google Analyticator – It is pretty simple to install and use and even displays basic stats on your dashboard. Look in the plugin directory for Google Analyticator
