Analytics Head
This plugin adds tracking code for Google Analytics to your WordPress <head> section, so you can authorize your site in Google Webmaster Tools.
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·700 active installs·Updated 8 months agoAs of April 2026, Analytics Head is a WordPress tools plugin with 700 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 25K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Top alternative: Hostinger Tools.
5/51 reviews
700active installs
25K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011
Overview
This plugin adds tracking code for Google Analytics to your WordPress site. Unlike other plugins, code is added to the <head> section, so you can authorize your site in Google Webmaster Tools.
There are many Google Analytics plugins for WordPress. I used a few of those myself and it worked well. The trouble began when I willed to use Google Webmaster’s Tools.
It turned out that I can authenticate the ownership of the website using my Google Analytics account. Where’s the catch? Google Webmaster’s Tools expects that the code will be located at the <head> section and all the plugs have placed it at the very end of the page (apart from this case – very rightly).
Therefore, I created a plug-in called “Analytics Head”, which places tracking code…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
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Changelog
1.7.0
- Release date: 2025-07-21
- Added support for GA4 (Google Analytics 4)
- Retained support for UA (Universal Analytics) for compatibility purposes
- Code refactoring
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