Soil plugin Google Analytics module uses obsolete Universal Analytics loader

montchr · August 1, 2023, 4:25pm

I had GA configured via the Soil module since my site launched prior to the sunsetting of Universal Analytics this past June. But no data has been collected since then, because Soil was never patched accordingly.

github.com

roots/soil/blob/e8e15c29f01414f86610445be8f7274b8b9a73b8/resources/views/google-analytics.php

<?php // phpcs:disable ?>
<script>
  <?php if ($should_load) : ?>
    window.ga=function(){ga.q.push(arguments)};ga.q=[];ga.l=+new Date;
  <?php else : ?>
    (function(s,o,i,l){s.ga=function(){s.ga.q.push(arguments);if(o['log'])o.log(i+l.call(arguments))}
    s.ga.q=[];s.ga.l=+new Date;}(window,console,'Google Analytics: ',[].slice))
  <?php endif; ?>
  ga('create','<?= $google_analytics_id; ?>','auto');
  <?php if ($optimize_id) : ?>ga('require','<?= $optimize_id; ?>');<?php endif; ?>
  <?php if ($anonymize_ip) : ?>ga('set','anonymizeIp',true);<?php endif; ?>
  ga('set','transport','beacon');ga('send','pageview');
</script>
<?php if ($should_load) : ?>
  <script src="https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js" async defer></script>
<?php endif; ?>

Should be something like this:

<!-- Google tag (gtag.js) -->
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id={{ $gaid }}"></script>
<script>
  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];
  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}
  gtag('js', new Date());

  gtag('config', '{{ $gaid }}');
</script>

I would have reported this as a bug but the issue tracker is disabled…

dalepgrant · August 11, 2023, 1:41am

Looks like this is in motion; a draft PR is up for it here: 👽 Update the Google Analytics module to GA4 by Log1x · Pull Request #289 · roots/soil · GitHub

system · September 12, 2023, 4:26pm

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