Frequently Asked Questions:

FAQ: Where does my Statcounter code go?

If you’re using Statcounter to track your hits, this is where you insert the tracking code:

In your WP Admin area, go to “Design” (”Presentation” in old versions of WP) –> “Theme Editor” and open up the file called “Header (header.php).” Insert the code right AFTER this line:

<body class="<?php sandbox_body_class() ?>">

Then save your changes.

Related post:  Adding Google Analytics tracking code to your blog

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23 Responses to “FAQ: Where does my Statcounter code go?”

  1. On May 2nd, 2008 at 6:29 pm Pam Campbell said:

    <body class=”"oncontextmenu=”return false” ondragstart=”return false” onselectstart=”return false”>

    sc_project=3666946;
    sc_invisible=1;
    sc_partition=44;
    sc_security=”0f37ab26″;

    Like this??

  2. On May 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 am Jared said:

    Pam Campbell » that doesn’t look like the right code to me. are you sure that’s what the statcounter website told you to paste in?

    it may be that i’m not seeing it right, because sometimes when you paste html into comments, you lose some of it…

  3. On August 1st, 2008 at 7:38 pm Seth Palmer said:

    I deleted the stuff under the <body …etc. part thinking that it was my statcounter html bcs. sitemeter is all screwy…anyway, I screwed up my website by taking 2 lines out that were under this part…any idea what that was? I think I need to put it back in…

  4. On August 25th, 2008 at 1:11 pm Dan said:

    Can you use Google Analytics and Statcounter at the same time?

  5. On August 25th, 2008 at 1:34 pm Jared said:

    @Dan: I don’t see why not… But I don’t see why… :)

  6. On August 27th, 2008 at 8:36 pm Lauren said:

    Hi, ive entered:

    var sc_project=3985174;
    var sc_invisible=0;
    var sc_partition=48;
    var sc_click_stat=1;
    var sc_security=”3a06fb15″;


    Exactly where it said to put it (I hope), and my statcounter is at the top LHS of my site, I’d really like it down the bottom, in the ‘header’ section – any ideas how to move it?

  7. On August 28th, 2008 at 6:39 am Jared said:

    @Lauren: try pasting it into the footer.php file, right before the </body> tag

  8. On August 28th, 2008 at 3:19 pm Lauren said:

    Thank you!! That looks a lot better.

  9. On October 17th, 2008 at 10:35 am Sarah Lane said:

    I think that is the same code that I just removed to disable the right click… So now where should I put it? Thx!

  10. On October 17th, 2008 at 11:41 am Jared said:

    @Sarah Lane: yeah, if you read carefully, you’re supposed to paste the statcounter code right after that chunk, whereas for the disable right-click you are actually editing that line.

  11. On October 22nd, 2008 at 11:40 am amanda said:

    If I’m using google analytics, do I also need to use Statcounter or do I only use Statcounter if I’m not using goggle analytics? Just making sure before I do something I shouldn’t (or don’t something I should).

  12. On October 22nd, 2008 at 5:30 pm Jared said:

    @amanda: you really only need one or the other.

  13. On October 30th, 2008 at 12:24 pm Jamie said:

    I just put the code for Statcounter after
    <body class=”">
    and before
    oncontextmenu=”return false” ondragstart=”return false” onselectstart=”return false”>
    On my blog site I am getting:
    oncontextmenu=”return false” ondragstart=”return false” onselectstart=”return false”>
    on the top left corner. How do I get that off my page?

  14. On October 30th, 2008 at 2:30 pm Aris said:

    The same thing that happened to Jamie, happened to me:

    I just put the code for Statcounter after

    and before
    oncontextmenu=”return false” ondragstart=”return false” onselectstart=”return false”>
    On my blog site I am getting:
    oncontextmenu=”return false” ondragstart=”return false” onselectstart=”return false”>
    on the top left corner. How do I get that off my page?

  15. On October 31st, 2008 at 7:27 am Jared said:

    @Aris & Jamie:

    you put the statcounter code completely on a new line after the body tag, not in the middle of the tag. you’ll need to reset the body tag to how it was.

  16. On October 31st, 2008 at 1:34 pm Jamie said:

    Thanks! I took the directions quite literally. Sorry, I’m new to this.

  17. On November 1st, 2008 at 8:15 am Aris said:

    Hi Jared,
    I did again and it is still on top of the page.
    What can I do now?

    Thanks

  18. On November 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 am Jared said:

    @Aris: sent you an email.

  19. On May 27th, 2009 at 7:13 am Chris said:

    Ok, Now I’m having the same problem as Jamie and Aris. I thought I would reset the body and for fear of resetting the entire website I deleted most everything on the reset page except for the word ‘Body’ within the reset part and now I’ve messed up my reset link. Any help would greatly be appreciated.

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