Google Analytics Plugins
There are a ton of plugins available that allow code snippets to be added to your site from within the admin panel. Many third party sites provide code to be copied/pasted into your webiste to add some functionality. Statistics services are just one example of this and Google Analytics is no exception.
Aside from these general code insertion plugins there are plenty more plugins that will allow you to add the code specifically for Google Analytics to your site from the admin panel. Some have more customization options than others but they pretty much all do the same thing. Here’s a quick (far from exhaustive) list.
One Google Analytics plugin seemed to stick out from the rest and I’m going to give it a try. The idea is that by downloading and storing a local, cached copy of the analytics script page load time is reduced. Faster loading pages is definitely a plus. Any tracking script can slow a site down. The danger with this plugin, I suppose, is that Google could make changes that would render this plugin obsolete. Any of the above, non-local, plugins above could quickly replace this one if necessary.
The admin page for this plugin is detailed but the only required item is the Analytics account ID, which can be found in the code that Google provides when you set up a site to be tracked.
One other plugin that I have found convenient is the
Google Analytics and Feedburner Reports plugin for WordPress from tantannoodles. It simply adds some basic reports for these two specific services right into the WordPress admin area. Perfect for instant gratification.
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