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Google Analytics plugin to track active/engaged time on page

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Riveted

Riveted is a Google Analytics plugin that tracks how much time users spend actively engaged on a page.

It has no dependencies and supports Universal Analytics, Classic Google Analytics, and Google Tag Manager.

All instructions and information can be found on the project page.

There's also a blog post with information on how to use the Google Analytics data that Riveted provides.

WordPress Plugin

Riveted is also available as a WordPress plugin. Note that some of the more recent Riveted options are not available in the WP plugin.

  1. Upload the wp-plugin/riveted directory into the /wp-content/plugins/ directory on your server.
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
  3. If you'd like to modify the default settings, go to the Riveted panel under Settings.

Google Tag Manager

If you'd like to integrate with Google Tag Manager, here are the dataLayer variable names:

  • Riveted Event Name = Riveted
  • Event Category = {{eventCategory}}
  • Event Action = {{eventAction}}
  • Event Label = {{eventLabel}}
  • Event Value = {{eventValue}}
  • Event Non-Interaction = {{eventNonInteraction}}
  • User Timing Event Name = RivetedTiming
  • Timing Variable = {{timingVar}}
  • Timing Value = {{timingValue}}

Other Integrations

You can install Riveted as a Drupal module.

Browser Support

Tested in latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. Internet Explorer 8-11. iOS and Android.

Contact

If you have any questions you can find me on Twitter at @robflaherty.

Changelog

0.6.1 (4/28/16): Added Universal Module Definition (UMD) support.

0.6.0 (6/12/15): Added reset method and option for custom GA tracker.

0.5.0 (4/14/15): Option for custom GA global name. Fixes problem with Yoast WP plugin.

0.4.0 (7/19/14): robflaherty#10

0.3.2 (6/26/14): Fixed Google Tag Manager label.

0.3.1 (6/4/14): Fixed IE8 bug.

0.3 (2/17/14): Added WordPress plugin.

0.2.1 (2/13/14): Fixed Non-Interaction option.

0.2 (2/13/14): Fixed GTM double firing.

0.1 (2/9/14): Initial release.

License

Licensed under the MIT license.