I always loved WordPress for it’s ease to use, user friendly interface, ever growing library of add-ons. All these qualities have contributed through the years in making WordPress the latest CMS revolution for the masses, allowing anyone to set up his own little space on the net.
At first I used to copy and paste the analytics code into the footer. Kind of lame I must say. If you’re using a template with a auto-update feature be ready to copy and paste again your analytics code when the latest update comes out.
In order to avoid this are available two tools which might make life easier while working on Analytics and WordPress
Google Analytics for WordPress: it features Google Image tracking which means that traffic from Images would be considered as a proper source instead of just as a referrer. Quite of a bonus considering how much traffic might come from Image sometimes.
Google Analyticator: This one is good as well. The bonus comes with the chance to embed code directly into pages from wordpress front-end.
It’s not over yet… I’ll describe some nice trick to twek your analytics account and get even more data about your blog… stay tuned.