Extension:GTag

MediaWiki extensions manual

GTag Release status: stable
Implementation	User activity
Description	Add Google Analytics tracking to pages
Author(s)	Skizzerztalk
Latest version	1.3.0 (2023-07-14)
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.35+
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history
Parameters $wgGTagAnalyticsId $wgGTagAnonymizeIP $wgGTagEnableTCF $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.

$wgGTagEnableTCF (boolean, default false)

If true, support the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework used by many 3rd party cookie consent widgets. You will need to implement such a widget yourself into your wiki; the extension does not come with one.

$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.
• Extension:GoogleTagManager