Why does site kit add disabling code at the top?
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I’ve just re-installed Site Kit to this site and connected to both Analytics and Tag Manager. When I look at the source I see, right at the top under
<head>some code that to me seem to disable, instead of enable, google tag manager:<script type="text/javascript"> window["ga-disable-UA-myUAId"] = true; </script> <script type="text/javascript"> window["ga-disable-G-myGA4Id"] = true; </script>Many lines below I see the Tag Manager code snippet that I expected to see.
<!-- Google Tag Manager --> <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','myTagId');</script> <!-- End Google Tag Manager -->Have I misunderstood something, or have Site Kit actually disabled any Tag Manager functionality by the first part? I am a bit confused.
Best regards,
MikaelThe page I need help with: [log in to see the link]
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Hi @adamdunnage, thank so much for reaching out. I’ve provided the Site Health info using the form. I just thought I should share some more code from the top most part the page. It really looks like it is Site Kit adding these lines when you just read the code/comments:
<!-- Kodblock f?r fr?ns?gning av ”Google Analytics”, tillagt av Site Kit --> <script type="text/javascript"> window["ga-disable-UA-200756347-2"] = true; </script> <script type="text/javascript"> window["ga-disable-G-5N7ZF76M0K"] = true; </script> <!-- Avslut av kodblock f?r fr?ns?gning av ”Google Analytics”, tillagt av Site Kit -->My apologies for the Swedish language, but that is straight from the source, unedited by me, and probably due to the fact that the site language is Swedish. I assume the English comment read something like
Code block for disabling of “Google Analytics”, added by Site Kit
Hope this clarifies.
@adamdunnage very strange, I definitely still see that section. At the very top of the source. Please see screenshot at https://imgur.com/a/gVP6XKR
@adamdunnage, Your reply made me check with other browsers. And there the disabled snippet was no more. I went further and cleared all cached data in my Chrome browser and now the snippet is gone there as well. Thank you (without your comment it would have taken me quite some more time to figure this out).
I had the same problem, and it was driving me nuts. Glad I found this thread, which set me on the right track.
I think the real source of the problem is that, for logged in admin users, we don’t want to collect Analytics data, so Site Kit adds the “ga_disable” code. The code goes away if you’re not logged into the WordPress site.
Glad to hear it @fssbob!
You’ll find options to enable/disable tracking for logged in users or users who can write posts within Site Kit’s Google Analytics settings.
You’ll find the settings under “Site Kit > Settings > Connected Services > Analytics > Edit“, all from within your WordPress dashboard.
I think the real source of the problem is that, for logged in admin users, we don’t want to collect Analytics data, so Site Kit adds the “ga_disable” code. The code goes away if you’re not logged into the WordPress site.
Exactly. This is the reason this configuration is enabled by default. You’ll only be able to view code such as the below if logged in:
If I post a reply, will that drive this old thread to someplace where a higher authority will see it? I guess we’ll find out.
I am in the middle of a crash course on the inner workings of WordPress, SEO, Analytics etc etc. I’ve been a WP ‘end abuser’ ?? for years but this is the first time I’ve looked past the dashboard.
I was looking at the Source Code for one of my pages to see where the gtag.is snippet appears. Before I found that snipped – on line 2337!), I found this snippet near the top:
<!-- Google Analytics opt-out snippet added by Site Kit --> <script> window["ga-disable-UA-249098151-1"] = true; </script> <script> window["ga-disable-G-00JP2ZQGR5"] = true; </script> <!-- End Google Analytics opt-out snippet added by Site Kit -->Now, I THOUGHT I had configured something in Site Kit to tell Google to ignore when I visit my own site: I found my specific IP address and entered that into an “exclusion” panel somewhere in SiteKit (I think).
I thought that ‘ga-disable’ snippet was ONLY for my IP, but I Googled:
“Google Analytics opt-out snippet added by Site Kit”
…and the answer that came up is:
“The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (gtag. js, analytics. js) that is running on websites from sharing information with Google Analytics about visit activity.”
Which SEEMS to infer that this ‘opt-out’ snippet is superseding the gtag snippet 2300 lines down for ALL visits, NOT just MY own visits.
Further down that SERP, I found this thread, so rather than start a new one…
Assuming this reply makes it to somebody’s browser, can you tell me if the ‘opt-out’ snippet is doing JUST what I want it to (hiding my own visits) or did I just inadvertently tell Google not to index my site?
If the former, great. If the latter, then I still need help with the former.
Make sense?
Thanks,
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