Title: Google Analytics Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Google Analytics * [Tascha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tascha/) * (@tascha) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics/) * Is it save to add the analytics code into the footer or does it have to be in the head-tags do properly work? * I found a new plugin but judging from the comments it’s not working properly at the moment. * How would I go about adding it properly to my current website? * (which is down because my host didn’t start the DB this morning 0_o) * Many thanks in advance 🙂 Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * [chaaban](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaaban/) * (@chaaban) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics/#post-282523) * Google says that you have to add it in the head . * Add it in your header template before the * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics/#post-282524) * Put in the header template as it says, it should work fine. * Thread Starter [Tascha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tascha/) * (@tascha) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics/#post-282526) * The thing is I don’t have head-tags in my header.php 0_o * can I just add the in there without causing any damage? * [estjohn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/estjohn/) * (@estjohn) * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/google-analytics/#post-282527) * the way you have it is fine.. `