Gtag.js being incorrectly inserted?

Hi there, thanks for getting in touch. If you’ve connected the Analytics module the and allowed the plugin to insert your snippet the correct gtag snippet will be inserted.

You can also connect the Google Tag Manager module if you wish, or manually insert your Google Tag Manager snippet. By doing so you may notice both an Analytics snippet and a Google Tag Manager snippet when checking your sites source code, this is normal.

Note that if you’re using a Universal Analytics property tag within Google Tag Manager you’ll need to go through the Analytics setup flow within Site Kit to view Analytics data in the Site Kit dashboards.

Let me know if you have any further queries on this and I’d be happy to assist.

Hi James,

Yes I did originally allow the GA module to insert the snippet, and I deactivated that function, but the snippet is still being inserted. Perhaps a caching issue, I’ll check.

Site Kit is connected to GTM.

I’ll revert soonest.

After clearing cache issue persists.

Sure, let us know if you run into any trouble and we’d be happy to investigate. I don’t see any analytics (UA-) reference on your site at present when checking the source code.

Edit: We must have responded at the same time. Are you encountering the Analytics snippet on your site? I can see only a Tag Manager snippet placement at present.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by James Osborne.

Hey @jamesosborne, that’s odd… Tag Assistant shows gtag.js and Tag Manager, but when I look in the source code for gtag.js I cannot find it.

Hi @noellesteegs . The Global Site Tag looks like the below:
https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=GA_MEASUREMENT_ID

You’ll find out more here.

From further inspection is also looks like your site is setup and configured correctly for both Analytics and Google Tag Manager. Let me know if you have any further questions on this

@jamesosborne Do I need to insert the GA code into Google Tag Manager?

@moroboro It’s not required, Site Kit can place all the required snippets for you. There is no need to manually insert any tracking code. If you run into any issues be sure to get in touch. You can create a new support topic here.

Hi,

I am getting the same warning as Noelle did. I installed GTM with Google Site Kit, then I activated a GA4 tag in GTM. In tag assistant, I can see that GTM is firing correctly, but I am also getting gtag.js Invalid or missing account ID error, but I have not installed gtag.js. I also have allowed GSK to activate GA, then I deactivated it. @jamesosborne can you please tell me a way to remove gtag.js error?

Thanks

Hi @berkercimen. If you’d like to create a new support topic sure as per forum guidelines, we’d be happy to investigate this for you.

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