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Install on WordPress

Add Datacenter to WordPress with our plugin. Upload it, press Connect, approve. WooCommerce sales and new accounts count with no code.

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Datacenter's WordPress plugin adds your tag to every page and counts sales and signups. You upload it once and press Connect. There is no code to paste and no key to copy.

Install the plugin

  1. Download the plugin. In Datacenter, open Set up your site and pick WordPress, then press Download the plugin. Or download it from datacenter.so/static/datacenter-wordpress.zip.
  2. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins, then Add New Plugin, then Upload Plugin.
  3. Choose the file, press Install Now, then Activate.
  4. Go to Settings, then Datacenter, and press Connect to Datacenter.
  5. Datacenter opens in a new tab. Sign in, or make a free account, then press Connect.

You land back in WordPress, which now says Connected with your site's name. If the site is not in your Datacenter account yet, Connect adds it with the same defaults as guided setup.

Your WordPress admin must use https to connect.

What it counts

WhatSent asWhen
Every page viewA visitOn every page, for every visitor
A WooCommerce orderPurchase, with the order total, currency and order numberOnce per order, on the order received page. A reload does not count it again. Failed and canceled orders are skipped
A new WordPress accountSignupOn the person's next page view. An admin adding a user does not count

The plugin never sends a name, an email address or a password. A Purchase from the order received page counts when the buyer sees that page. An order paid later, such as a bank transfer, counts when the order is placed.

To have these show as goals, see Custom events and goals. Datacenter adds Signup and Purchase goals on its own the first time they arrive, unless you turned that off.

Keep it current

Twice a day the plugin asks Datacenter for your site's tag. When you switch tracking mode or set up your own tracking address, the tag on your pages follows within about 12 hours. Nothing to do on your side.

Disconnect or remove

Go to Settings, then Datacenter, and press Disconnect. The tag comes off every page at once. Deleting the plugin removes everything it stored.

Paste the tag instead

If you would rather not add our plugin, paste the tag with any plugin that adds code to the head.

  1. In your WordPress admin, go to Plugins, then Add New Plugin.
  2. Search for WPCode. Click Install Now, then Activate.
  3. Go to Code Snippets, then Header & Footer.
  4. Paste your tag into the Header box and save. Your tag looks like this, with your own address:
HTML
<script defer data-site="yoursite.com" src="https://datacenter.so/s.js"></script>

Copy yours from Set up your site or your site's Settings. Pasted this way, WooCommerce sales and new accounts do not count on their own.

Check it works

Go back to Datacenter. On the last setup step, the tag tick turns green when Datacenter finds the tag on your home page. Then open your site in a new tab. Your first visit shows up in a minute or two.

Good to know

  • Use the plugin or a pasted tag, not both. If you pasted the tag before, remove it once you connect.
  • On WordPress.com, uploading plugins may need a paid plan.
  • If the check says the tag is missing, clear your cache plugin and any CDN cache, then check again.

Something missing or wrong? Email hello@datacenter.so.