Why are tags stripped out on one site, but not another?

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  garycoon · Member · Sep 20, 2013 at 4:49 pm

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  Hi,

  I have read the explanation about why certain HTML (like <script>) won’t work on WordPress at http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/. Sort of makes sense.

  What I can’t figure out is how come my Google Analytics tracking code works OK on site A below, but the <script> tags are stripped out on site B below.

  I’m guessing the sites are different somehow, but I can’t figure out if it is something I can change to enable the HTML on site B.

  Is it the difference between the self-hosted version available at WordPress.org (A) and the fully hosted WordPress.com (B)? Any suggestions?

  I would really like to use the industry standard Google Analytics to track visitors to site B. Thanks.

  Gary Coon

  A.) http://elsonlawfirm.com/team/

  <script>

  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
  })(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’);

  ga(‘create’, ‘UA-40550753-1’, ‘elsonlawfirm.com’);
  ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’);

  </script>

  B.) http://garycoon.wordpress.com/test/
  <script>

  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i[‘GoogleAnalyticsObject’]=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
  })(window,document,’script’,’//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js’,’ga’);

  ga(‘create’, ‘UA-44209913-1’, ‘wordpress.com’);
  ga(‘send’, ‘pageview’);

  </script>

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  jackiedana · Member · Sep 20, 2013 at 10:49 pm

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  Is it the difference between the self-hosted version available at WordPress.org (A) and the fully hosted WordPress.com (B)? Any suggestions?

  The reason why it is not working on site B is that we do not allow embedded code of that nature on WordPress.com for security reasons. Please see:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

  We do have our own site stats on WordPress.com that may be useful:

  Jetpack Stats

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  garycoon · Member · Sep 20, 2013 at 11:19 pm

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  Thanks, saw the code explanation already, so not surprised. I did notice some stats and will take another look at them.

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  jackiedana · Member · Sep 21, 2013 at 4:28 am

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  You’re welcome. Please let me know if you have any other questions.