Just as the title says: this post is about adding Google Analytics to your WordPress Site. With no further ado, here is how you do it.
1.) First, visit your Google Analytics account to give Google some information about your site. Once you login, click the add a new profile link like the one below:
2.) Fill in the required information as seen in the image below.
3.) When you click continue, Google will give you a snippet of code to add to your WordPress template. Copy that code and login to your WordPress admin.
4.) Once logged in, click on Editor listed under the Appearance tab:
5.) In your theme editor, select the Footer (footer.php) file or possibly the end.php file (depending on your template), from the right hand column:
6.) From here, take the code you got from Google and add it just above the </body> tag as shown below:
7.) click Update File and you’re done.
You can now track your site traffic with Google.
