Looking for a good GA plugin for Wordpress blog
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We're looking to install a plugin for our Wordpress blog, to be able to receive analytical data right in our wordpress dashboard. Can anyone suggest a good one that is working well for them? We are looking for one that is either free, or fairly inexpensive.
Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress appears to be a front-runner for us, has anyone had any experience with this plugin?
Thanks so much!
Amiee
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Thank you MattAntonino - I will definitely check out Google Analyticator. This is exactly what we're looking for, a tool to display the analytical data in the WordPress dashboard!
Thanks for your insights!
Amiee
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Thanks so much Patrick!
We are tracking the blog in GA, we have that all set up, and it's also setup in Webmaster tools - however, we were looking to get some basic reports to display in WordPress itself, so basically, pulling the data from GA and having it appear in the WordPress dashboard.
We're primarily an e-commerce site, but we do offer a blog full of travel inspiration and tips, it's a secondary marketing tool for us, but we're trying to find ways to best measure the success or shortcomings of our posts. By adding the reports directly to the dashboard would give us a quick overview to go on for these metrics.
Thanks again for the advice, I'll look into the Yoast plugin!
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As far as seeing analytical data right in Wordpress, I prefer Google Analyticator.
If you're only looking to claim them, however, I usually prefer to do it in the child theme header file so it stays with me no matter which plugins I use.
To be honest, I'd build a better dashboard in Cyfe or Geckoboard and then bring ALL my data into that - not directly into the WP... but that's just a choice of workflow.
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Hi there
Yoast has a great plugin, but you don't need one - you can read more here in How to Install Google Analytics in WordPress for Beginners. Also, you're going to want to install Webmaster Tools (now Search Console); here's how you do that.
Hope this helps! Good luck!
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