How to Track User Clicks?

It doesn’t out of the box. you’d need to manually put in the utm_source e.g. in this line currently: https://github.com/WebberZone/contextual-related-posts/blob/master/includes/output-generator.php#L274

In the next version, I’ll create a function to get the permalink which can then be filtered to add custom utm_source etc.

Sorry – I’m not clear on this. Does this mean I can add that exact line of code and tracking will work? If so, what file? Or do I need to wait for a future update? Thanks

It’s the file above which you’d need to edit for the current version with the line above – that’s the github repo version but the same one that exists in your plugin folder.

Please backup before making changes.

Referring to this: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1033867?hl=en
You can add parameters as given there to ensure you get the special URLs

That line would need to change to something like this:

	$output .= '<a href="' . get_permalink( $result->ID ) . '?utm_source=crp'  . '" ' . $link_attributes . '>';

You should then in theory be able to check your stats to see which links have the crp referrers.

I haven’t personally used these features of GA. The next version won’t be very soon so if it is urgent, I suggest implementing this by editing the code.