Google Analytics Script Code Changed by Plugin

(@timothydalton)

Greetings developers,

first of all thank you for this great plugin.

When inserting our google analytics code block to the script blocking section..

<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-116736819-1"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());

  gtag('config', 'UA-116736819-1');
</script>

The plugin automatically changes it to:

<!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
<a href="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-116736819-1">https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-116736819-1</a>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());

And thereby replaces the first script tag with an a href. I guess this is the reason why no events are fired to Google Analytics, can this be the case?

What am I missing here? Thank you for your help.

//Tim

This topic was modified 8 years ago by TimothyDalton.

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antiquecollecting
(@antiquecollecting)

8 years ago

I have the same problem – this change means that a link is created at the bottom of the page as opposed to loading in the source code.

Alicia
(@sexydawnt)

8 years ago

Same problem here. Also, someone else on their support forum asked that same question on May 7, but the dev hasn’t helped her yet.
Alicia
(@sexydawnt)

8 years ago
However, when I just use this:
<script async src=”https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-XXXXXXXX-1″></script>, it seems to work. Still testing to see if it is actually blocking cookies at that point

UPDATE: Nope – it still tracks the cookies – plus it’s still tracking the cookies from Amazon, even though it didn’t throw an error.
- This reply was modified 8 years ago by Alicia.
cweyant
(@cweyant)

8 years ago

I am having this same problem as well. Still no answer?