Add Google Analytics To A WordPress Site

Paste the following code into your functions.php file replacing the UA-xxxxxxxx-x code with your Google Analytics code. function googleanalytics(){ ?> <script type=”text/javascript”> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-xxxxxxxx-x’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var […]

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How to list a specific number of posts from 1 category in WordPress

You can place the following code in one of your theme’s template files to list a particular amount of posts from one of your site’s catagories. <h2>Last 5 Tutorials</h2> <?php query_posts(‘category_name=tutorials&showposts=5’); ?> <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <h2><a href=”<?php the_permalink(); ?>”><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2> <?php the_excerpt(); ?> <?php endwhile; ?> Tested with WordPress 3.3

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