Source: https://measuremy.site/guides/add-analytics-to-hugo
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# How to add analytics to your Hugo site
This adds measuremy.site, cookieless website analytics, to a Hugo site. It is one script tag of under 1 KB: no cookies, no npm package, no consent banner for the tracker. The free plan covers 5,000 pageviews a month.
## The quickest way: ask your coding agent
Paste this into Claude Code, Cursor or Codex
`Add measuremy.site analytics to this project: connect the measuremy.site MCP server at https://a.measuremy.site/mcp (it signs in with OAuth, no key), then tell me how to sign in. Details: measuremy.site/llms.txt`
The agent connects to measuremy.site, you sign in through your browser, and it adds the tag below to the right file for you. To do it by hand, follow the steps.
## 1. Get your site key
[Create a free account](https://measuremy.site/login) and add your domain. The **Setup** tab shows your snippet with your site key filled in. The key is public and can only record visits, so it is safe in your source code.
## 2. Add the script tag
Add the tag to the partial that renders ``, often `layouts/partials/head.html`. If it comes from a theme, don't edit the theme: copy the file to the same path under your site's own `layouts/` folder, because Hugo uses your project's files before the theme's. Many themes also offer an empty hook such as `layouts/partials/extend_head.html` or `head/custom.html` for exactly this.
```
{{/* layouts/partials/head.html */}}
```
To keep it out of local previews, wrap it in `{{ if hugo.IsProduction }}` and `{{ end }}`. Visits from `localhost` aren't counted either way.
## 3. Check it works
Publish the change, then open your live site. The first visit from your own domain verifies it and the visit shows up on the dashboard within seconds. Visits from `localhost` aren't counted, so test on the deployed site.
## 4. Track signups and other conversions
Hugo sites are static, so the simplest way is the HTML attribute on the element: ``. For a form handled by a third-party service, add `data-measuremysite-event="contact_submit"` to the `