Which type of site to choose for analytics plugin?

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  hptstudy · Member · Jan 4, 2017 at 2:09 pm

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  Hello,
  Can someone please help – I’ve been reading about wordpress.org v wordpress.com …which should I be using if I want to be able to add a simple google analytics plugin to the completed site?And does this need to be a paid for plan?

  I have signed up for google analytics and have the tracking code. Which is the best tutorial for how to add analytics to my site?

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  themagicrobot · Member · Jan 4, 2017 at 2:24 pm

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  Here at WordPress.com the only way you can integrate Google Analytics is with a Business plan which will cost you circa $300 per year.

  https://wordpress.com/pricing/

  The only other option if Google analytics is critical to you is to look at a self-hosted site using WordPress.org. There are costs for doing that too, but it shouldn’t be as expensive as a Business plan upgrade.

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  hptstudy · Member · Jan 4, 2017 at 2:29 pm

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  Thank you.
  What does it meant to be self-hosted vs. using a wordpress.com plan?

  With wordpress.com there is no other way to add google analytics with your own code using a different plan?

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  supernovia · Staff · Jan 4, 2017 at 9:55 pm

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  @hptstudy if it helps, here’s the difference between self-hosting and having us manage WordPress for you:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  This may also help:
  https://get.wp.com