IP Anonymization GA

leonardo.mancini · February 5, 2020, 11:25am

Hello,
I am wondering how can I do the IP Anonymization for Google Analytics.
I would need to add this code to the script:

ga(‘set’, ‘anonymizeIp’, true);

…but the Plugin doesn’t allow me to edit the code.
Have you ever wondered how to reach this?
All the best,
Leonardo

ctgraham · February 6, 2020, 10:33pm

If you are comfortable modifying the javascript within the PHP code, you will find that here:

github.com

pkp/googleAnalytics/blob/8a19e8d81c89d99c55ac1a5dcc1732e63f4f91bd/GoogleAnalyticsPlugin.inc.php#L112-L120


		$googleAnalyticsCode = "
(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','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');

ga('create', '$googleAnalyticsSiteId', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
";

If you are able to work with PHP and GitHub, or know a developer who can, adding an option within the plugin to be able to add ga() commands like this would make for a good enhancement and pull request.

leonardo.mancini · February 7, 2020, 11:32am

Hi @ctgraham,

Thank you for this. I have a very basic confidence with PHP and especially with GitHub, but I can see if I can find somebody to help on this.
I also believe that an option for enabling IP Anonymization would be very useful.
All the best,
Leonardo