Tracking Outbound Links With Global Site Tag (gtag.js) – Google Analytics

Add this script to your footer.php before the closing </body>

<script>
// Function that tracks a click on an outbound link in Analytics.
// @refer https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/7478520?hl=en
var trackOutboundLink = function(url) {
  gtag('event', 'click', {
    'event_category': 'outbound',
    'event_label': url,
    'transport_type': 'beacon'
  });
}
 
function onclickCallback(e) { // @refer https://stackoverflow.com/a/8496919/8255629
  var e = window.e || e;
  if ( (e.target.tagName !== 'A') || (e.target.host == window.location.host) ) return;
  trackOutboundLink(e.target); // GA event tracker
}
if (document.addEventListener)
  document.addEventListener('click', onclickCallback, false);
else
  document.attachEvent('onclick', onclickCallback);
</script>

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