Hello @mayank2021 and thanks for your question. Removing the Site Kit plugin from your site will also remove any Site Kit placed snippets for Google services. However, there is the option to simply stop Site Kit from placing these whilst still having your Site Kit connected to all the services you wish to if the code is placed for these by another means.
So you could place these code snippets using the Jetpack plugin as you mentioned and simply stop Site Kit from placing it’s own snippets. You can then still connect to those within Site Kit so see stats in the Site Kit dashboard.
To stop Site Kit from placing snippets you can go to Site Kit > Settings > Connected Services and edit the service you wish to change this setting. Then you just need to unselect the place snippet options as seen in this screenshot for a connected Analytics module.
Hope this helps to answer your question.
Thanks@adamdunnage for your quick response.
simply stop Site Kit from placing these whilst still having your Site Kit connected
does it means that Google site kit places codes daily? or will it pull back the codes placed?
Isn’t it that it placed the codes at the time plugin was activated & settings were done?
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mayank2021.
@mayank2021 no problem at all! Site Kit will only place code snippets if the option is selected to place those snippets.
If you switch these options off then the Site Kit snippets will be removed from your site for that service. The only way they will be added again is if you switched the option back on.
Now I have installed JETPACK and found that basic Site stats are coming automatically without any activation. So am I right in concluding that WordPress.com stats(coming thru jetpack) have nothing to do with Google analytics or snippets of Site kit plugin. They have their own data collection system & even if the Google site kit plugin is totally removed (to keep my site fast), it will have no effect & basic google stats will keep coming. The only effect will be that I would not be able to check GOOGLE ANALYTICS SITE (as my site would be disconnected from Google analytics).
Am I right? Earlier I used to think that jetpack will need Google analytics snippets & codes.
@mayank2021 thanks for the follow on questions.
So am I right in concluding that WordPress.com stats(coming thru jetpack) have nothing to do with Google analytics or snippets of Site kit plugin.
Yes this is correct, WordPress and Jetpack stats are completely separate to those of Site Kit.
even if the Google site kit plugin is totally removed (to keep my site fast), it will have no effect & basic google stats will keep coming. The only effect will be that I would not be able to check GOOGLE ANALYTICS SITE (as my site would be disconnected from Google analytics).
With Site Kit removed from your site you will be unable to view any of your Google Services and stats through the plugin but if you have code snippets placed via other means such as another plugin like Jetpack or manually then those stats will still be tracked and can be viewed either from your main accounts such as https://analytics.google.com/.
For questions on how Jetpack works you will need to reach out to their support where they will be able to assist you further.
Thanks a lot for the clarity, dear @adamdunnage.
@mayank2021 you are welcome.
