Hard coded gtag

Resolved itbookham
(@itbookham)

6 months ago

A few years ago I hard coded a Google gtag in my WordPress website for Google analytics. I can see the tag in the website source code :

<link rel=”modulepreload” href=”https://domain/wp-includes/js/dist/script-modules/interactivity/index.min.js?ver=55aebb6e0a16726baffb” id=”@wordpress/interactivity-js-modulepreload”><script id=”google_gtagjs” src=”https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-RV4XXXXXXX” async></script>

<script id=”google_gtagjs-inline”>

window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}gtag(‘js’, new Date());gtag(‘config’, ‘G-RV4XXXXXXX’, {} );

</script>

I am unable to delete the tag in the source code as I cannot find where it is located. I have checked Theme File Editor, some of the PHP files, header/footer plugins, Customisation etc but to no avail.

I can see the tag in GTM. Is it good practice to delete the tag in GTM, and then follow the Cookieyes consent management platform using GTM (https://www.cookieyes.com/documentation/getting-started-with-google-tag-manager-and-cookieyes/)? Presumably the new tag will provide Analytics data and consent management and will not precipitate any duplication of data for Google Analytics?

Many thanks.

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Plugin Support Nick
(@nickcysupport)

6 months ago

Hi @itbookham,

If you previously added a hard-coded Google Analytics gtag to your WordPress site and also have a Google Analytics tag set up in Google Tag Manager (GTM), it is important to ensure that only one of these implementations is active. Running both will result in duplicate pageviews and inflated Analytics data.

If you prefer to manage Google Analytics through GTM, especially when using a consent management tool, you should remove or disable the hard-coded gtag. GTM and consent tools can only control tags that run through GTM, so a hard-coded script will continue to fire until it is removed from your site’s source code.

Once the hard-coded snippet is removed, the GTM version will operate on its own, and consent management will trigger it only after the user gives consent.

Plugin Support Nick
(@nickcysupport)

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Hi @itbookham,

As we did not receive any response or follow-up questions from you, we will assume you got this working to your requirements. If you still have any more questions for us, please open a new thread, because we will mark this one as resolved.

Thread Starter itbookham
(@itbookham)

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Hello Nick,

Thank you for reminding me. I did manage to track down and disable the code. It was a Google Analytics module in Rank Math that generated the code. Disabling the module removed it. Many thanks again. Mark

Plugin Support Nick
(@nickcysupport)

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hi @itbookham,

Great to hear that you were able to track down the source and disable the module. Thank you for sharing the details. This may help others who come across a similar situation.

If any other questions come up later, feel free to open a new thread.

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