magento / magento/community-features
Google Analytics code being placed in body instead of head
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Description
### Preconditions
1. Magento version 2.1.5
2. Google Analytics Account
### Steps to reproduce
1. Enable Google Analytics in Magento by going to Stores->Configuration->Sales->Google API
2. Add your Google Account Number and Save
### Expected result
1. The Google Analytics code should be output neat the top the the tag on the page
### Actual result
1. The Google Analytics code is output near the top of the tag
Reference: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/
**Original Report**: https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/8837 by @mombrea
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Research direction
Start by tracing Magento's Google Analytics configuration and the generated page markup, then compare where the tracking code is inserted relative to the head and body. Done means the configured Google Analytics code appears near the top of the page head, with coverage for the corrected placement if the existing test structure supports it.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- html
- Domain
- analytics
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100