It’s easy to add Website Tracking to your WordPress site. You can use the WordPress plugin (using the steps below) and install the JavaScript code.
Steps to start tracking in Factoreal
- Install the “WP-Matomo” plugin in your WordPress.
- Log in to your WordPress site as the administrator.
- In the left menu, Click on “Plugins” > “Add new” (if you can’t see the “Plugins” menu, then you can instead follow these steps to insert the Website Tracking code manually in your WordPress Theme files).
- Search for “Connect Factoreal” in the Keyword field in the “Add Plugins” page.
- click on “Install Now” next to the “WP-Matomo” plugin
- Now that the plugin is successfully installed, click on “Activate”.
- In the left menu, click “Settings” > “WP-Matomo”.
- In the “Factoreal Mode” dropdown, select the option “Self-hosted (HTTP API, default)”.
- In the “Website Analytics URL” text field, enter your Website Analytics URL, for example https://analytics.example.com.
- In the “Auth token” text field, enter your Factoreal authentication token.
- Confirm the “Auto config” checkbox is selected and click on “Save Changes”.
- You should see “WP-Matomo is successfully connected to Factoreal” message. If you do not see the message, make sure the values you provided in the previous steps are correct, and try again.
- Click on the “Enable Tracking” tab.
- In the “Add tracking code” dropdown, select “Enter manually” and add the copied tracking script.
- Click on “Save Changes” and a success message will appear.
Congratulations, you should now be successfully tracking visitors with Factoreal Analytics through your WordPress site! Happy Analytics.
Note: Please look at how to Enable User ID Tracking for WordPress website for better tracking.
