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I've built Javascript widgets that have been installed on other websites.

How can I use google analytics on my widgets like I would use analytics on a web page to track the traffic?

FYI, the Javascript code for my widgets is created from PHP pages.

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It would likely be extremely unethical (and potentially illegal) to include tracking snippets in JS widgets that get installed on client sites. Unless they're iframe widgets, but I don't see anything about iframes in your post.

However, technically, there's no technical difference between implementing basic GA tracking on a site versus a JS widget. You just load the GA library, initialize it and send events. Any basic tracking manual would do.

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  • Thanks for your answer. However, I don't see what ethics has to do with my request. I just want to track who uses my widgets.
    – jennie788
    Nov 22, 2021 at 3:53
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    Forget about ethics, in many countries (e.g. all of the EU) this would not even be legal without permission by both the website owner and the individuals being tracked.
    – Eike Pierstorff
    Nov 22, 2021 at 13:31

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