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Downloadalytics is a free PHP script that lets you easily track file downloads as events in Google Analytics.

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Downloadalytics

A free PHP script for tracking file downloads in Google Analytics

If you're not PHP/Apache-savvy, Van Patten Media can install the script for you, for $200 per standard installation. Get in touch to learn more.

Installation

Downloadalytics requires some basic setup:

  1. Download the Server Side Google Analytics class, and make sure to update the path in download.php
  2. Set your Google Analytics property ID and domain name
  3. Replace references to your-site.com with the proper domain name (if your downloads are hosted on a subdomain, you should also update the reference to www in the script)
  4. Replace the mp3 filetype with the type you want to track.

At this point, you're ready to go! URLs will be formatted as http://your-site.com/download.php?url=http://your-site.com/path/to/download.mp3.

You can also optionally set up the included .htaccess rewrite directives, to clean up the URLs.

The .htaccess rewrite assumes a few WordPress-y things:

  • It assumes your files are stored in a wp-content/uploads folder
  • It assumes your files are in year and date subfolders (the WordPress default; e.g. your-site.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/file.mp3)

The .htaccess will rewrite URLs formatted as http://your-site.com/download/2014/01/file.mp3 to http://your-site.com/download.php?url=http://your-site.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/file.mp3. This is easy to modify with basic regex/rewrite experience.

MIT License

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