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Setup Piwik for WordPress Site

[ ]Setup Website with Piwik

• Go to "http://stats.gaslightmedia.com/" and log in
• Click on "All Websites" at top right
• Click on "+ Add a new website" at the bottom right of the list
• Enter the following

NAME:          Name of site
URLS:          Base URL of the site (i.e. "http://www.gaslightmedia.com")
TIME ZONE:     Normally New York or Detroit unless in a different time zone
ECOMMERCE:     Normally we will select "Ecommerce enabled"

• Click the red "Save" button on the left
• Click on your name in the top bar
• Click the "API" menu option on the left
• Under "User authentication" there is a "token_auth". Copy this for use in the WP-Piwik setup for WordPress

[ ]Piwik Install on WordPress Site

• Select "Plugins" admin menu option
• Click "Add New" at top then enter "WP-Piwik" into Search window on right
• Find WP-Piwik plugin (WP-Matomo (WP-Piwik) by Andre Brakling) in list and click "Install Now"
• Select "Plugins" admin menu option
• Find "WP-Piwik" plugin and click "Activate"
• Select "Settings" admin menu option then select "WP-Piwik" below that.
• Select "Piwik Settings" tab at the top.
• Enter the following

Piwik URL (REST API):    http://stats.gaslightmedia.com/
Auth token:              Enter "token_auth" code from Piwik (currenly 91f93bf5d1d7720e88bb42d11c482343)
Enable Cache:            NOT Checked - If checked causes missing data for "Yesterday" in dashboard and Piwik reports
Auto config:             Checked
User agent:              PHP default ()
(all other settings at default)

• Click "Save Settings"
• Click "Tracking" tab

Add tracking code        Check

• Click "Save Settings"
• Click "Statistics" tab

WP-Piwik display name    Optionally change as desired
Home Dashboard           "Show overview (yesterday)" 
Home Dashboard           Check "Chart"
Piwik display to:        Check "Editor"

• Click "Save Settings"
• Hover over "Dashboard" at top of admin menu then click "WP-Piwik" option to make sure it's displaying. Will take a day to see stats.
• Click "Expert Settings"

 Disable SSL peer verification Check