102. Getting Started for HandL UTM Grabber V3
How to Use HandL UTM Grabber / Tracker
How to add custom parameters
How to Enable GDPR
How to Set Cookie Duration
How to Append UTM
First / Last Touch Attribute
How to Track Organic Traffic
There is no UTM collected?
How to use?
1-WP’s Native Short Codes 2-Input Field Wrapper 3-Hassle Free Implementation (No Short code)
Native WP Shortcodes
One great feature of the plugin is the UTM variables are saved in client’s browser and even thoug...
Input Field Wrapper
There are some places you are not able to use WP’s native shortcodes. One example is when you use...
Hassle Free Implementation (No shortcode)
Upon ativation of this plugin, it will fill the elements named “utm_source, utm_medium, utm_term,...
How to add custom parameters?
Adding a Custom Parameter
Overview The Custom Parameters feature allows you to track additional URL parameters beyond the ...
How to Add a fbclid as a custom parameter to track and collect?
Video Tutorial
How to add a 'affid' as a custom parameter to track and collect?
Video Tutorial please click right to the video below and open link in new tab
Track and capture fbclid, _fbc and _fbp
Add fbclid, _fbc and _fbp as custom parameters under UTM menu ad they will be tracked and capt...
Track and capture gclid, wbraid and gbraid
GCLID is already being tracked by default, so no action is required for that. Add WBRAID and GBR...
How to Enable GDPR?
How to Set Cookie Duration?
How to Append UTM?
Appending UTM Globally
1.Click UTM, check the "Append UTM" box in the HandL Options tab and save changes NOTE: This m...
Appending UTMs to the buttons using class name attributes (Selectively)
If you have a button or link that you would like to append all the collected UTMs to. Use the cla...
Appending UTMs to the Iframe src
You can append all the UTMs to your target website URL within iframe. This is actually very helpf...
Appending UTMs using Shortcode
If none of the other propsed solutions here How to Append UTM? worked, you can always pull the UT...
Append UTMs upon DOM change
Here is an example of snippet you can use to append UTMs upon a DOM change. This requires advance...
Selecting specific parameters for append utm
In some rare instances, you might want to specify certain parameters to append and exclude the re...
Skip Appending UTMs on Some Links
The no-utm class is used to exclude specific links or elements from having UTM parameters appende...
First / Last Touch Attribute
First Touch
1.Paste the link in the campaign url builder and fill the required fields. 2.Copy the link bel...
Last Touch
1.Change values in the url and refresh the page. New values will be seen in the fields. The...
'First & Last Touch Attribute' documentation video tutorial
Overview The HandL UTM Grabber plugin tracks various UTM parameters and other relevant data to h...
How to Track Organic Traffic?
There is no UTM collected
HandL UTM Grabber works well with cache enabled websites. In most of the cases, you do not need t...
WP Engine is my webhost
If you are on WP Engine, you need to contact WP Engine support and let them know that you want to...
I have WP Rocket installed
**HandL UTM Grabber works well with cache enabled websites. In most of the cases, you do not need...
Common Troubleshooting Tips
Check whether request is returned from cache Visit your website making sure UTMs are appended to...
I am with FlyWheel
If you are on FlyWheel, you need to contact FlyWheel support and let them know that you want to w...
I have SiteGround (SG) installed
I'm hosting with Pair
I'm hosting with Pantheon
I'm using CloudFlare (CF)
Make sure the caching level is set as "Standard" shown in the image below
I'm using HummingBird WP plugin
Make sure "Cache URL queries" turned off end exclude the following COOKIES and all the custom ...
Kinsta is my webhost
If you are on Kinsta, you need to contact Kinsta support and let them know that you want to white...
I use WP Super Cache
There is known caching issues with WP Super Cache plugin. We'll update this document as we have m...
I'm using W3 Total Cache
Please do the following changes in the plugin Go to Performance > Rejected cookies and copy/p...
I'm on CloudFront
Please do the following changes in v Create a new policy in CloudFront and attach it to your dis...
I'm using LiteSpeed caching plugin
If you are using the LiteSpeed caching plugin, you should do the following settings in your WP to...
I've NitroPack plugin
1) Ignored parameters Make sure "Include the default ignored parameters" is disabled. 2) Excl...
I'm hosted on CloudWays
You should exclude cookies from varnish cache via the Cloudways platform. Navigate to Applicatio...
I'm using WP Fastest Cache
Exclude COOKIES In order for HandL UTM Grabber to work more efficiently, you may want to whiteli...
I'm using Wordfence
Wordfence has a feature called Live Traffic that serves an extra blank pageview to every new(?) v...
I've WP Optimize
Add these thhree lines of code under Cookies which, if present, will prevent caching (one per lin...
How to track Paid Ads?
Facebook Ads Tracking
In order to track your ads on Facebook Ads, make sure you included UTMs to your final destination...
Google Ads Tracking
In order to track UTMs from your Google Ads, make sure you created tracking templates at the camp...
LinkedIn Ads Tracking
Steps to Append UTM Parameters to LinkedIn Ads landing page Identify the base URL of the landing...
Setting domain name
For registering the cookies, we use the main domain for better accessbility. In some servers, the...
What does new IOS 14 release (privacy) change in terms of tracking?
What is the new privacy change? Starting from IOS 14, Apple asks users for their permission to a...
Predefined parameters
Sometimes, you don't use the regular utm parameters as is (e.g. utm_campaign), and you need to us...
UTMs disappear in URL, does the plugin still track?
Short answer is "absolutely yes"... HandL UTM Grabber is a cookie based tracker. As soon as pros...
Generating dynamic content based on UTM parameters
There are three different ways of accmomplishing this... Using shortcode method. You can place ...
Differentiate whether Paid / Organic / Direct / Referral
As of v3.0.36, there is a new cookie named traffic_source. Even if you do not use any query argu...
What is the difference between all the handl params?
[handl_original_ref] - original referral - first touch! [handl_landing_page] - landing page - fi...
Can't activate the license - Not Found
If you encounter an error like this: And have WPCodeBox 2 installed, please try disabling that...
Facebook Conversion API (FB CAPI)
As of HandL UTM Grabber v3.1, we have started supporting the Facebook Conversion API on the follo...
Tracking conversion start time, end time, and duration
Using our custom version, you can track the start time, end time, and duration of your conversion...
No License Key Field Appears in WP Admin > Plugins
When you click "License" and no license field appears, or if you see the console log print a "jav...
Define Your Own Custom Logic
Introduction The "Define Your Own" feature in HandL UTM Grabber v3 allows you to create custom l...
Enforce Consent From 3rd Party (e.g. GTM)
Overview The "Enforce Consent From 3rd Party" feature allows HandL UTM Grabber to respect consen...
Full Tracking Mode
Overview The Full Tracking Mode is a powerful feature of the HandL UTM Grabber plugin that allow...
Auto-Populate Source/Medium Documentation
Overview The Auto-Populate Source/Medium feature automatically sets utm_source and utm_medium pa...
Implementing Custom Consent Management with HandL UTM Grabber Plugin
To integrate your custom consent management system with the HandL UTM Grabber plugin, follow thes...
Enable Session Cookies
Overview The Enable Session Cookies feature allows you to control how long cookies persist in us...
Disable Server Side Tracking
The "Disable Server Side Tracking" feature allows users to disable server-side tracking if they b...
Phone Tracking (to boost Call Rail etc)
Overview The Phone Tracking feature allows you to track all phone number clicks (tel: links) on ...