Google Analytics Not Working After Opt-in?

My Google Analytics account also says my website “is missing valid tracking code” and “No valid tracking code found for property.” Is there something else I need to do other than adding my Google Analytics ID for that domain?

Hi,

do you use the cookie banner as opt-in or only as notification.
Please show me your current settings for analytics and the cookie banner.

Have you checked the code of your website for the analytics code?

kind regards
Pascal

I use it as opt-in.

I checked with Chrome Developer Tools and it says “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT” https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=UA-119536778-1

My website is https://ditchthepain.ca

I don’t think I can attach screen shots…

Google Analytics Mode: Global Site Tag

Advanced Tracking Settings”
Anonymize IP: Checked
Link Tracking: Enable Outbound Link Tracking
Enhanced Link Attribution: Checked
Domain to track: Auto Mode, no custom code

Cookie Notice:
Compliance Type: Opt-in
Position: Floating Right
Layout: Block
Enable Policy Link: Checked

Other Tracking Codes: None currently
Compliance Type: Checked

ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT means most times, that the Google Analytics Code was blocked by an AdBlocker Extension.

If you are using a Caching-System together with the opt-in methode, it could be possible, that your cache does not deliver the new files after an successful opt-in.

I do have WP Super Cache plugin. My webhost insisted I use a caching plugin on my websites because a couple of my sites were using up a lot of bandwidth. I’m looking into it, although I don’t know what all of the settings mean. Is there something you know of that I can do to prevent it from interfering?

Currently not, you can disable the whole cache as a quick check if that could bring the GA code to your website.

I thought I had it working. I disabled a hidden cache plugin that my webhost installed with the WordPress installation and played around with the settings of the cache plugin I have. I see my activity in Google Analytics now.

But my problem now is that it showed me as active in Google Analytics before I chose to accept or deny cookies, and it shows me as being active even after I denied cookies. It’s not supposed to do that, is it?

After some more testing, what seems to be happening right now is:

1. Google Analytics was tracking before Accept or Deny option was chosen.

2. When I denied cookies, there was a delay of several minutes before Google Analytics caught up and stopped tracking. (Although it’s possible maybe I was inactive long enough that it no longer saw me as active.)

3. When I changed my mind, click on the box and Accepted Cookies, staying on that page, nothing happened. Google Analytics didn’t see me as active.

4. When I then went to a different page on the website, Google Analytics started tracking me again.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 10 months ago by mmmartie.