Wordpress Piwik Setup Checklist
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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 Default tracking Tracking Filter: Administrator, Editor
- Click "Save Settings"
- Click "Statistics" tab
Dashboard Overview Yesterday Dashboard Graph Check Piwik display to: Administrator, 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
