How to install Overtracking on your website

Add your website

1. In the app, click “New website”.
2. Enter the domain without https://, www or paths, for example mydomain.com. The form shows how it will be saved.
3. Click “Continue”: you get the tracking code of that website.

Each website has its own code. You can find it again at any time in Settings → General.

Tip: Paste the same code on your subdomains (for example shop.mydomain.com) and turn on “Subdomains” in Settings → General to see their pages with their name.

Paste the code in every page

Copy your code from the panel (Settings → General → Tracking code, with the “Copy” button) and paste it in the <head> of every page you want to measure, right before </head>. It looks like this:

<script>!function(w,d,s,u){var t=d.createElement(s);t.async=1;t.src=u;var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];f.parentNode.insertBefore(t,f);}(window,document,'script','https://cdn.overtracking.com/t/tYOUR_CODE/');</script>

It loads asynchronously, so it doesn’t slow down your page, and it doesn’t set cookies.

How to do it on the most common platforms:

HTML or your own template

1. Open the template or layout shared by all your pages (header.php, layout.html, _document…).
2. Paste the code right before the </head> tag.
3. Save and publish.

WordPress

1. Install a plugin to add code to the header, such as “WPCode” or “Insert Headers and Footers”.
2. Paste the code in the plugin’s “Header” box.
3. Save. If you use a cache plugin (WP Rocket, LiteSpeed…), clear the cache.

Tip: If you have a WooCommerce store, install our plugin instead: it adds the code and also measures orders, carts and coupons. See the WooCommerce guide in Integrations.

Shopify

1. Go to Online Store → Themes → … → Edit code.
2. Open layout/theme.liquid.
3. Paste the code right before </head> and save.

Google Tag Manager

1. Tags → New → Tag configuration → “Custom HTML”.
2. Paste the code.
3. Trigger: “All Pages”.
4. Save and publish the container (the tag doesn’t work until you publish).

Check that it works

1. Open your website in another tab (better in a private window).
2. In Overtracking, go to Real time: your visit appears within a few seconds.
3. When adding the website, the second step also turns green with the first visit.

If nothing shows up after a couple of minutes:

• Check in your page source (Ctrl+U) that the script appears, with your code, inside <head>.
• Clear the cache of your website, plugin or CDN and reload.
• Check that your own IP isn’t excluded in Settings → Exclusions.
• Test in a private window without browser extensions.