Comments on: Track MediaWiki Statistics using Google Analytics

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:21:46 +0000

You’ll need to edit your skin. The post has the instructions for the default skin, which it seems you are using too.

By: Backpacking Wiki

Backpacking Wiki — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:34:47 +0000

Do you also know how to integrate the code before the end head tag? (that is, to paste code inside the head of a page)

By: Eddie Ma

Eddie Ma — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:51:47 +0000

I didn’t even think of doing this until now. I previously used Piwik but it didn’t work correctly — appending the updated Google Analytics code to the skin works correctly too, so this hint is still relevant four years later

By: Stefahn

Stefahn — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:47:04 +0000

This was exactly the information I was looking for.
Thanks a lot and have a nice day

By: Guy

Guy — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:54:27 +0000

I didn’t set up goal conversion for my wiki, so I can’t help you out on this one.

By: AlphaDogWiki

AlphaDogWiki — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:39:28 +0000

I have gotten google analytics to work with mediawiki, but I cannot seem to get goal conversion tracking set up and working. How did you guys do yours?

By: SkyLined

SkyLined — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:25:25 +0000

Here’s a way to include your scripts, including google analytics in every page, no matter what template is used:
http://skypher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Google_analytics

By: Lasar

Lasar — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:25:37 +0000

Adding the code to all templates (MediaWiki comes with a handful of them by default) is the way to go, I guess. It’s just not too elegant, so I was hoping for some sort of mechanism to automatically include it in all templates at once.

Thanks for the writeup!

By: Guy

Guy — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:52:06 +0000

Hi Sancho,

Please note that it may take up to 48 hours for the code to start working. When you view the HTML source-code of the site (in your browser) can you see the code snippet? Are you sure you copied the correct code snippet from Google? (you are provided by Google with your own unique code snippet).

By: Sancho

Sancho — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:36:44 +0000

What do you set the “Website URL” and “default page” settings to in the website profile settings for google analytics. I’ve inserted the script, and can see it in the served source, but when I attempt to have google analytics check the tracking status, it doesn’t detect the tracking code.