Top Posts in WordPress Using Google Analytics
We know we can display top posts in wordpress using wp postviews. Is it possible to display top posts using google analytics? Yes we can. Today let’s see how to display top posts in wordpress using google analytics.
Firstly register with google analytics and install the code snippet in your website. Then install the wordpress google analytics dashboard plugin. You can find the plugin here :
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard/ »
After it place the following code within the loop or in the sidebar.
<?php
// options
$showposts = 3; // how many posts/pages to display?
$days = 30; // how many days back to calculate?
// do not edit below this line
$thispost = 1;
$start = date('Y-m-d', (time() - (60 * 60 * 24 * $days)));
$end = date('Y-m-d');
$login = new GADWidgetData(get_option('gad_auth_token'), get_option('gad_account_id'));
$ga = new GALib('client', $login->auth_token, '', '', $login->account_id);
$pages = $ga->pages_for_date_period($start, $end);
echo "<ul>";
foreach($pages as $page) {
$url = $page['value'];
$title = $page['children']['value'];
// ignore these page titles
$ignore = array(
'(not set)',
'Page Title 1',
'Page Title 2'
);
if(!in_array($title, $ignore)){
// list any strings you would like to remove from the titles
$remove = array(
" | Company Name",
" « Company Name"
);
$newtitle = str_replace($remove, "", $title);
echo '<li><a href="' . $url . '" rel="nofollow">' . $newtitle . '</a></li>';
$thispost++;
}
if($thispost > $showposts) break;
}
echo "</ul>";
?>
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