Latest plugin update REMOVED all custom variable data

  • Resolved vich11

    (@vich11)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    So I did some plugin upgrades on October 30th, including the Yoast Google Analytics plugin. Today I happened to check my custom variables in GA, which I don’t do very often, and they ALL went to ZERO – as of October 30th.

    So I checked the plugin settings in my WP dashboard and everything was completely different. I no longer see ANY custom variable settings, which I was using to track different aspects of traffic.

    Just wonderful. Update a plugin and completely remove a feature that users depended on. Fortunately I made a backup of the previous version and will be reverting to that – and never updating this plugin, apparently.

    https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/

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  • ishanbansal

    (@ishanbansal)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    I found out just today about this problem.. totally sucks. The developers should have atleast given a heads-up that this would happen.

    Could you share the previous version of the plugin, please.

    Joost de Valk

    (@joostdevalk)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    We’ve warned amply about this in our posts etc. Google deprecated custom variables, we didn’t want to, they did this.

    Joost de Valk

    (@joostdevalk)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    We’ve warned amply about this in our posts etc. Google deprecated custom variables, we didn’t want to, they did this.

    ishanbansal

    (@ishanbansal)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Yoast – I am not sure which posts mentioned that this functionality would be removed; I hoped to see such an announcement under dashboard of plugin. Also, I was surprised to see that these features are mentioned under the premium version of the plugin:

    Option to track views per author
    Option to track views per post type

    I understand that you might be using a different way out to implement it in premium version (probably content grouping), but from a user’s perspective it does feels like a free feature was made paid.

    Thread Starter vich11

    (@vich11)

    11 years, 5 months ago

    I don’t read a blog for what might happen when I update a plugin, I read the Changelog for that plugin and I saw nothing mentioned about this. I just found that another of my sites has had no custom variable data recorded since the end of October. The PREVIOUS version of the plugin still records this data.

    Here is what the Changelog for the plugin stated for the update that stopped tracking data (NO mention that custom variable data would no longer be tracked):

    5.1
    Release Date: October 30th, 2014

    Bugfixes:

    Fixes a possible JavaScript conflict within the tracking code.
    Makes sure translations are loaded correctly.
    Enhancements:

    Improved UX for help texts in form.
    Added “Google Analytics by Yoast Premium” to the extensions page.
    Makes sure the user returns to the original settings tab after saving.
    Added a filter wp_nav_menu to enable tracking outbound links from the menu.
    Added a filter wp_list_bookmarks to enable tracking for blogroll widgets.

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