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Need to track downloads from my site -- how? - sfsinger - 2016-10-28 I need to track downloads of a particular file posted on my site. I have the google analytics plugin, but it doesn't track the downloads. Help! I need to get this up and running quickly. RE: Need to track downloads from my site -- how? - Bigin - 2016-10-28 You can never know for sure that the user has downloaded a file without any issues. Maybe you will need to force the file download with PHP using header(), something like this: Code: ... And what you can do is to implement an additional step that must be executed after the file is successfully downloaded then you can track that step. RE: Need to track downloads from my site -- how? - Carlos - 2016-10-28 Perhaps with the Hitcount and Download Interceptor plugins... RE: Need to track downloads from my site -- how? - sfsinger - 2016-10-28 (2016-10-28, 03:18:27)Thanks, but I don\t need to know about successful downloads, just attempts. Bigin Wrote: You can never know for sure that the user has downloaded a file without any issues. RE: Need to track downloads from my site -- how? - Bigin - 2016-10-28 More infos How to Track Downloads in Google Analytics: http://www.blastam.com/blog/how-to-track-downloads-in-google-analytics I didn't know the plugins that Carlos mentioned before, but if you are familiar with PHP see here the second Answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12295604/php-simple-download-script Or you can try this script: https://github.com/iNamik/PHP-Download-Tracker RE: Need to track downloads from my site -- how? - datiswous - 2016-10-28 http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/piwik-integration/920/ http://get-simple.info/extend/plugin/google-universal-analytics/749/ I didn't test those |