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      Integrate your measurement with WooCommerce, setup Google Analytics 4, Google Ads remarketing or conversion tracking maximizing capabilities.

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      Do you want to contribute with a bugfix or a new feature? Visit the GTM4WP’s GitHub page!

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Site search usage on your WordPress site

Use the following data layer variables to access data about the term the user was searching for on your site. Usually it is not needed to use this to track internal site search in Google Analytics as it can be tracked easily by adding the s parameter in Enhanced Measurement settings under Site Search.

  • siteSearchTerm
  • siteSearchFrom
  • siteSearchResults

siteSearchTerm

You may want to use this data layer variable to track certain micro conversions or remarketing conditions based on the search term entered by the user.

siteSearchFrom

Includes the source page of the search. For example if you include a search box in one of your sidebar widgets, this data layer variable will include the URL of the page where the user entered the search term.

siteSearchResults

This variable will include the number of results on the search results page. You may want to use this to track empty result pages along with search terms so that you can see what information users are looking for that can not be found on your site.

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  • Home
  • Features
    • Basic features of GTM4WP

      You can use many post or page attribute in you Google Tag Manager setup even for custom post types and taxonomies.

      Basic data

      Page / post attributes

      Site search

      User data

      Multisite data

      3rd party data

      Browser attributes

      Device attributes

      Operating system attributes

      Weather conditions

  • Setup
    • Setup advanced GTM4WP features

      Integrate your measurement with WooCommerce, setup Google Analytics 4, Google Ads remarketing or conversion tracking maximizing capabilities.

      WooCommerce related

      Google Analytics 4

      Google Ads – Dynamic Remarketing

      Google Ads – Conversion tracking

      Google Ads – Enhanced Conversions

      Other setup articles

      Exclude WordPress admins

      Embedded media players

  • Developers
    • Information for developers and WP managers

      There are several tools in GTM4WP to support your special needs and to adjust plugin behavior to your website or WooCommerce shop.

      Do you want to contribute with a bugfix or a new feature? Visit the GTM4WP’s GitHub page!

      For Developers

      Actions and filters

      WP themes + Proper ecommerce tracking

      For WP managers

      Setup GTM Environments

      Hard code GTM parameters

  • Blog
  • GDPR
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