WooCommerce Conversion Tracking Guide

WooCommerce Conversion Tracking: Complete Guide (2024)

Do you want to set up WooCommerce conversion tracking in Google Analytics so that you can effectively track how your eCommerce business and website are performing?

Once you enable WooCommerce conversion tracking and set it up in Google Analytics, you’ll be able to access better data about your store and make great decisions about how to optimize and improve it. That’ll ultimately increase your revenue!

However, setting up conversion tracking on an eCommerce website can be a bit confusing, especially if you haven’t done it before and you aren’t a Google Analytics expert.

That’s why we’ve created this guide to help you set up conversion tracking quickly, easily, and pain-free. Read on to find out how to set up WooCommerce conversion tracking in Google Analytics and WordPress.

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WooCommerce Conversion Tracking Video Walkthrough

Table of Contents

What is WooCommerce Conversion Tracking?

WooCommerce conversion tracking is a way to track what your website visitors are doing on your eCommerce store. By setting up conversion tracking on your WooCommerce website, you can track:

  • Add to Cart Clicks
  • Remove from Cart Clicks
  • Overall Conversion Rate
  • Abandoned Checkouts
  • Total Purchases
  • Items Purchased
  • Top Traffic Sources Resulting in Purchases
  • Average Order Value
  • Google Ads (formerly Google AdWords) Conversions
  • And even more conversion events

In a nutshell, enabling conversion tracking in your WooCommerce store allows you to effectively analyze the shopping behavior of your customers so you can make changes and decisions that lead to growing your business.

Once you enable WooCommerce conversion tracking in WordPress and Google Analytics, you’ll be able to find all the information you need to optimize your store.

Ecommerce Purchases Report in Google Analytics 4

How to Set Up WooCommerce Conversion Tracking

The best way to enable conversion tracking on your WooCommerce store is to use the MonsterInsights WordPress plugin. It helps you add Google Analytics eCommerce tracking to WooCommerce without editing code or hiring a developer. It handles installing your tracking code and any other conversion tracking codes for you.

MonsterInsights eCommerce Report - GA4

With our eCommerce addon, store owners can easily turn on eCommerce tracking in Google Analytics in just a couple clicks, without any further setup. It’s so simple!

Plus, you’ll get extra easy conversion event tracking, like form submissions, video clicks, affiliate link clicks, and much more.

You can even track customer behavior with our User Journey addon!

So for this tutorial, we’ll be using MonsterInsights, the best WooCommerce conversion tracking plugin. Let’s dive in!

Step 1: Install MonsterInsights

To get started, head to the Pricing page and get started with MonsterInsights at the Pro level.

When you’re all signed up, you’ll be able to download the ZIP file of the plugin from your account area.

download monsterinsights

Next, click the Add New plugin button in your WordPress admin, install the MonsterInsights zip file, and activate the plugin.

activate monsterinsights

Step 2: Connect Google Analytics with MonsterInsights

Now, connect Google Analytics with your website. Not only does this provide you with tons of different conversion tracking, but it also installs your Google Analytics code on your site automatically.

Allow MonsterInsights to Access Your Google Analytics Data

For more MonsterInsights setup instructions, refer to our guide on how to add Google Analytics to WordPress.

Step 3: Install MonsterInsights eCommerce Addon

Next, you’ll also have to install the MonsterInsights eCommerce addon.

To do that, go to Insights and then click Addons. Now scroll down to eCommerce and click the Install button.

That’s it! You’re now tracking purchase events and a whole lot more.

Install the MonsterInsights eCommerce Addon

Step 4 (Optional): Add PPC Ads Conversion Tracking Information

If you’re running ad campaigns with Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, or Meta (Facebook) you’ll also want to install the PPC Ads Tracking addon, then navigate to Insights » Settings » Conversions to turn on PPC ads tacking and fill in your conversion information:

MI PPC Ads Tracking Settings

For full instructions on connecting PPC Ads to your eCommerce website, check out How to Set Up eCommerce Google Ads Conversion Tracking.

We also recommend using the User Journey addon with WooCommerce! For more information, read eCommerce Customer Journey Analytics: WordPress Guide.

That’s it! MonsterInsights is set up to track your WooCommerce conversions.

Now, let’s take a look at how to find your eCommerce reports.

Find WooCommerce Conversion Tracking Data in WordPress

After you’re done with the Google Analytics integration, you can now view your eCommerce reports within your WordPress dashboard.

To get an overview of your WooCommerce conversion tracking data, just go to Insights » Reports » eCommerce in WordPress.

You’ll see an overview at the top:

MonsterInsights eCommerce Report - GA4

Then, you’ll find a product performance report:

MonsterInsights Top Products Report

As you scroll down the page, you’ll see your store’s top conversion sources. These are traffic sources that send customers who completed successful purchases to your website.

Top Conversion Sources report in MonsterInsights

Finally, you’ll be able to see the total added and removed from cart events, the percentage of new customers, and the percentage of abandoned checkouts.

GA4 Ecommerce Metrics

If you want to see more detail, you can click the View Report button at the end of the products and conversion sources reports. Clicking on the button will take you to your Google Analytics 4 property, where you can explore your reports.

This provides a great overview of the health of your online shop all right in your WordPress dashboard.

If you use coupon codes in your store, the MonsterInsights Coupons report is where you can find data about which coupons were used:

MonsterInsights Coupons Report

You’ll also definitely want to check out the funnel report to see where users are dropping out of your funnel:

MonsterInsights eCommerce Funnel Report

If you set up other conversion tracking, such as form submission tracking, custom dimensions, and more, you can view many of those reports in the other MonsterInsights report tabs.

Get a full tour of MonsterInsights in Your Ultimate Guide to MonsterInsights Dashboard Reports.

WooCommerce Data in Google Analytics 4

To view your eCommerce overview report in Google Analytics, navigate to Monetization » Overview. Here you can see your revenue trend by day, purchases by day, purchases by item name, purchases by item list, and more.

Monetization Overview

For a more in-depth look at items purchased, navigate to Monetization » Ecommerce purchases.

Ecommerce Purchases Report in Google Analytics 4

To view Google Analytics eCommerce sales (purchases) and revenue data organized by channel, navigate to Acquisition » Traffic acquisition:

Traffic acquisition report in GA4

Then, scroll to the right in the table to find Conversions and Total revenue. Click the All Events drop-down arrow under Conversions and select purchase:

Purchase Events by Channel Report in GA4

Now, the table shows total purchases and revenue by traffic channel.

Purchases and Revenue by Channel in GA4

That’s it!

You’ve successfully enabled WooCommerce conversion tracking by turning on eCommerce tracking in Google Analytics.

Start WooCommerce Conversion Tracking Today!

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