I want to show google analytics on every page except I want to show it slightly different on the 404 template page.
I have 2 analytics codes. One of them is displayed on every page. The other is for displaying only on the 404 pages.
This is the php code I am working on that is inserted into the functions file. I can’t get it to work. So far all it does is execute the else statement. Please help.
if ( is_404() ) {
// Include the Google Analytics Tracking Code in 404
function google_analytics_tracking_code_404(){ ?>
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-23', 'mydomainname.com');
ga('send', 'pageview', '404/?url='+ document.location.pathname + document.location.search +'&ref=' + document.referrer);
</script>
<?php }
// include tracking code before the closing head tag
add_action('wp_head', 'google_analytics_tracking_code_404');
// OR include tracking code before the closing body tag
// add_action('wp_footer', 'google_analytics_tracking_code');
}
else {
// Include the Google Analytics Tracking Code
function google_analytics_tracking_code(){ ?>
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-23', 'mydomainname.com');
ga('send', 'pageview');
</script>
<?php }
// include tracking code before the closing head tag
add_action('wp_head', 'google_analytics_tracking_code');
// OR include tracking code before the closing body tag
// add_action('wp_footer', 'google_analytics_tracking_code');
}
The function is_404() need to call inside the hook of wp_head.