Google Analytics Code appearing twice

  • Resolved danieltamy

    (@danieltamy)


    11 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    For a few months now I’ve noticed that my bounce rate has fallen dramatically and didn’t know why. I didn’t discover any other issues in Google Analytics. However, after reading a little bit more about this and looking at the source code of my website I think I have the Google Analytics code appearing twice. The problem is that I don’t know why.

    I have the following active plugins on my website:
    Akismet, BWP Google XML Sitemaps, Google Analytics for WordPress, Jetpack by WordPress.com, nrelate Related Content, Sharebar, Smooth Slider, WordPress SEO, Wysija Newsletters

    Except the obvious one (Google Analytics for WordPress) I don’t remember any of the other asking me for this code and I don’t think I have ever inserted this manually on the page either. Any ideas how I can find out what’s happening? My website is augmentedtomorrow.com

    Thanks,
    Daniel

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  • You do have it installed 2 times but it is impossible to know why.

    I would open header.php under Appearance > Editor and see if it is manually entered there to start with it.

    Thread Starter danieltamy

    (@danieltamy)

    Thank you Aaron. Just had a look in the header.php It was there as well. I have removed it and it now appears once but I have another mention above the main code.

    There is this code at some point in the header:

    <script type="text/javascript">
	window.google_analytics_uacct = "UA-28075990-1";
</script>

    and then there is this code slightly lower down the page:

    <script type="text/javascript">//<![CDATA[
			// Google Analytics for WordPress by Yoast v4.2.8 | https://yoast.com/wordpress/google-analytics/
			var _gaq = _gaq || [];
			_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-28075990-1']);
							_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
			(function () {
				var ga = document.createElement('script');
				ga.type = 'text/javascript';
				ga.async = true;
				ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'https://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
				var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
				s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
			})();
			//]]></script>

    Is it ok to have it like this?
    Thanks again.

    You can remove the top one or leave it. Doesn’t matter.

    Thread Starter danieltamy

    (@danieltamy)

    Isn’t this related to my Google AdSense account and to its integration with Google Analytics? I read about it here https://www.labnol.org/internet/enable-analytics-for-google-adsense/6029/

    I don’t know for sure so I would just leave it. Wont hurt.

    Typically when I see those all it does is define the account number that it uses throughout the site.

    Thread Starter danieltamy

    (@danieltamy)

    Thank you Aaron. Really appreciate your help.

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