marklchaves/cme-ga4yt

Google Analytics for YouTube Tracking

cme-ga4yt

A WordPress Plugin for YouTube Tracking using Google Analytics

Supports logged-in user ID tracking.

Play around with the live demo.

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Install

1. Download the latest release (zip file) from GitHub.
2. Log in to your WordPress site as an admin.
3. Navigate to Plugins > Add New.
4. Click Upload Plugin.
5. Select the zip file downloaded in step 1.
6. Click Install Now.
7. Click Activate.

Next: Write your filter hook for your user ID custom dimension index.

PHP Filter Hook

Add a call to the cme_user_id_custom_dimension_index filter hook to your child theme’s functions.php file. Change the custom dimension index to match the user ID custom dimension index in your Google Analytics property.

add_filter( 'cme_user_id_custom_dimension_index', function($custom_dimension_index) {
	return '5'; // Change this to match your CD index number that's set in GA.
} );

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Screen Captures

Google Analytics Realtime YouTube Video Events Report

Google Analytics Custom Report Showing YouTube Video Events by User ID

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Credits

The JavaScript source for tracking YouTube events was originally written by LunaMetrics. The code was forked from the Bounteous repo.

cme-ga4yt's Issues

Upgrade to gtag.js

Upgrade plugin to use gtag.js instead of analytics.js.