MediaWiki extensions manual

GTag Release status: stable
Implementation	User activity
Description	Add Google Analytics tracking to pages
Author(s)	Skizzerztalk
Latest version	1.2.0 (2020-10-12)
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.34+
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history
Parameters $wgGTagAnalyticsId $wgGTagAnonymizeIP $wgGTagHonorDNT $wgGTagTrackSensitivePages
Added rights gtag-exempt
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay

The GTag extension lets you insert the new Google Analytics tracking tag on your MediaWiki site ("gtag.js").

Download

This extension can be downloaded as a .tar.gz file, here (you must first register on mwusers.org in order to download the file).

You can also download the extension via Git from its GitHub repository, by calling the following:

git clone https://github.com/SkizNet/mediawiki-GTag/

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called GTag in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'GTag' );
  $wgGTagAnalyticsId = 'UA-xxxxxxxxx-x' or 'G-XXXXXXXX'; // replace this with your Google Analytics id
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration parameters

$wgGTagAnalyticsId (string)

Google Analytics id, required.

$wgGTagAnonymizeIP (boolean, default false)

If true, anonymize the IP address sent to Google Analytics.

$wgGTagHonorDNT (boolean, default true)

If true, honor "Do Not Track" requests from browsers. If false, ignore such requests.

$wgGTagTrackSensitivePages (boolean, default true)

If true, insert tracking code into sensitive pages such as Special:UserLogin and Special:Preferences. If false, no tracking code is added to these pages.

User rights

gtag-exempt

Users granted this right will not be tracked by Google Analytics. This can be useful to exempt staff groups from being tracked, to get a better idea of what your end users are doing on the wiki.

See also

• Extension:Google Analytics Integration - Provides similar features although it uses a different/older Google Analytics API to perform tracking. The GTag extension makes use of the newer Google Site Tag feature to perform tracking.

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: Canasta MyWikis This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.