On PrimaryBlogger we like to track custom variables to monitor how our service is being used. Here’s some of the code we use to check if users and logged in, what their username is and what blogs they’re visiting.<\/p>\n
\n _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 1, 'logged_in', 'true', 1]);\n _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 2, 'user-name', 'user_login ; ?>', 1]);\n _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 3, 'blog-address', '', 1]);\n\n _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 1, 'logged_in', 'false', 1]);\n _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 3, 'blog-address', '', 1]);\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On PrimaryBlogger we like to track custom variables to monitor how our service is being used. Here’s some of the code we use to check if users and logged in, what their username is and what blogs they’re visiting. _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 1, 'logged_in', 'true', 1]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 2, 'user-name', 'user_login ; ?>', 1]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 3, 'blog-address', '', […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"categories":[26,27,51],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Useful WordPress Google Analytics Tracking Code - E<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Useful WordPress Google Analytics Tracking Code - E\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On PrimaryBlogger we like to track custom variables to monitor how our service is being used. Here’s some of the code we use to check if users and logged in, what their username is and what blogs they’re visiting. _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 1, 'logged_in', 'true', 1]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 2, 'user-name', 'user_login ; ?>', 1]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 3, 'blog-address', '', […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"E\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-23T13:17:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.ed.gs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/160H.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1365\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/\",\"name\":\"Useful WordPress Google Analytics Tracking Code - E\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-23T13:17:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-23T13:17:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#\/schema\/person\/d775615f2296ad0129fa3ea66346c628\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/\",\"name\":\"E\",\"description\":\"automation, consultancy, project management, web\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#\/schema\/person\/d775615f2296ad0129fa3ea66346c628\",\"name\":\"Ed\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4fe1dfaed09e6bdceb557d3008f5cc47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4fe1dfaed09e6bdceb557d3008f5cc47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ed\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/ed.gs\/author\/ed\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Useful WordPress Google Analytics Tracking Code - E","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Useful WordPress Google Analytics Tracking Code - E","og_description":"On PrimaryBlogger we like to track custom variables to monitor how our service is being used. Here’s some of the code we use to check if users and logged in, what their username is and what blogs they’re visiting. _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 1, 'logged_in', 'true', 1]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 2, 'user-name', 'user_login ; ?>', 1]); _gaq.push(['_setCustomVar', 3, 'blog-address', '', […]","og_url":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/","og_site_name":"E","article_published_time":"2012-08-23T13:17:57+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1365,"url":"https:\/\/static.ed.gs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/160H.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/","url":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/","name":"Useful WordPress Google Analytics Tracking Code - E","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-08-23T13:17:57+00:00","dateModified":"2012-08-23T13:17:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#\/schema\/person\/d775615f2296ad0129fa3ea66346c628"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ed.gs\/2012\/08\/23\/useful-wordpress-google-analytics-tracking-code\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/","name":"E","description":"automation, consultancy, project management, web","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#\/schema\/person\/d775615f2296ad0129fa3ea66346c628","name":"Ed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4fe1dfaed09e6bdceb557d3008f5cc47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4fe1dfaed09e6bdceb557d3008f5cc47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ed"},"url":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/author\/ed\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ed.gs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}