Wordpress Piwik Setup Checklist
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 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 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: Checked Auto config: Checked User agent: PHP default () (all other settings at default)
- Click "Save Settings"
- Click "Tracking" tab and make sure "Add tracking code" is checked