[general]
type = plugin
title = "Google Analytics for WordPress"
slug = "google-analytics-for-wordpress"
description = "The Google Analytics for WordPress plugin allows you to track your blog easily and with lots of metadata.

Check out the \[Google Analytics for WordPress video\]\[1\]:

Full list of features:

*   Simple installation through integration with Google Analytics API: authenticate, select the site you want to track and you're done.
*   This plugin uses the asynchronous Google Analytics tracking code, the fastest and most reliable tracking code Google Analytics offers.
*   Option to manually place the tracking code in another location.
*   Automatic Google Analytics site speed tracking.
*   Outbound link & downloads tracking. 
    *   Configurable options to track outbound links either as pageviews.
    *   Option to track just downloads as pageviews in Google Analytics.
*   Allows usage of custom variables in Google Analytics to track meta data on pages. Support for the following custom variables: 
    *   Author
    *   Single category and / or multiple categories
    *   Post type (especially useful if you use custom post types)
    *   Logged in users
    *   Publication Year
    *   Tags
*   Possibility to ignore any user level and up, so all editors and higher for instance.
*   Easily connect your Google AdSense and Google Analytics accounts.
*   Option to tag links with Google Analytics campaign tracking, with the option to use hashes (#).
*   Option anonymize IP's, for use in countries like Germany.
*   Full \[debug mode\]\[2\], including Firebug lite and ga_debug.js for debugging Google Analytics issues.
*   Allow local hosting of ga.js file.
*   Tracking of search engines not included in Google Analytics default tracking.
*   Tracking of login and registration forms.

Other interesting stuff:

*   Check out the other \[Wordpress plugins\]\[3\] by the same author.
*   Want to increase traffic to your WordPress blog? Check out the \[WordPress SEO\]\[4\] Guide!
*   Check out the authors \[WordPress Hosting\]\[5\] experience. Good hosting is hard to come by, but it doesn't have to be expensive, Joost tells you why!
*   If you've still not seen enough, or you'd rather listen than read, check out the \[WordPress Podcast\]\[6\], hosted by the author of this plugin and Frederick Townes, the creator of \[W3 Total Cache\]\[7\].

 \[1\]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnUXzbvXxSQ
 \[2\]: http://yoast.com/google-analytics-debug-mode/
 \[3\]: http://yoast.com/wordpress/
 \[4\]: http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-seo/
 \[5\]: http://yoast.com/articles/wordpress-hosting/
 \[6\]: http://wp-community.org/
 \[7\]: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/"
author = "<a href=&quot;http://yoast.com/&quot;>Joost de Valk</a>"
version = "4.2.2"
updated = "2011-10-12"
added = "2007-09-14"
requires = "2.8"
tested = "3.2.1"
[tags]
tags[] = "analytics"
tags[] = "google"
tags[] = "google analytics"
tags[] = "statistics"
tags[] = "stats"
tags[] = "tracking"
[category]
category_slug = "analytics"
category_name = "Analytics"
[assets]
link = "http://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/google-analytics-for-wordpress.4.2.2.zip"
icon = ""
[info]
featured = 1
homepage = "http://yoast.com/wordpress/google-analytics/#utm_source=wordpress&#038;utm_medium=plugin&#038;utm_campaign=google-analytics-for-wordpress&#038;utm_content=v420"
rating = "82"
votes = "822"
downloaded = "2503187"
price = "0.00"