Mini-plugin to add an additional Google Analytics tracking code to web stories

web-stories-auto-analytics.php

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Web Stories Additional GA Tracking
 * Description: Mini-plugin to add an additional Google Analytics tracking code to web stories
 * Plugin URI: https://wp.stories.google/
 * Author: Pascal Birchler, Google
 * Author URI: https://opensource.google.com/
 * Version: 0.0.1
 * License: Apache License 2.0
 * License URI: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 */

 // SEE https://amp.dev/documentation/components/amp-pixel/
add_action(
	'web_stories_print_analytics',
	static function () {
		// TODO: REPLACE WITH YOUR OWN GOOGLE ANALYTICS MEASUREMENT ID.
	        $tracking_id = 'G-12345';
		?>
		<amp-story-auto-analytics gtag-id="<?php echo esc_attr( $tracking_id ); ?>"></amp-story-auto-analytics>
		<?php
	}
);

@swissspidy I've started seeing issues with this little plugin on sites running site kit. here is an example of where I'm seeing it: https://kitchenconfidante.com/web-stories/coconut-ube-rolls

@mikezielonka Define "issues"? I see an amp-story-auto-analytics tag with UA-16723097-3 and a regular one by SK with UA-16723097-2. Plus an amp-pixel by Jetpack. No AMP validation issues.

Note that amp-story-auto-analytics and the regular amp-analytics by SK track slightly different things.

Depending on the issues you're seeing, I'd recommend opening a topic in our support forums or check out the GA help center. The comments section here is not the most ideal place.

@swissspidy I figured I'd start here in case anyone else is running into he issue.

Most of my creator and blogger customers have to track web stories separate from their main UA and GA4 properties for their ad networks. Something changed, which is causing both accounts to fire on web stories when in the past they didnt.

the link to the dot org post is here.

In case someone stumbles upon this and would like to disable Site Kit's analytics output on stories (so that you can add a separate one using this plugin here), you can do so using the following filter:

add_filter( 'googlesitekit_analytics-4_tag_amp_blocked', static function( $blocked ) { if ( is_singular( 'web-story' ) ) { return true; } return $blocked; } );