# Installation (https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation)

The tracking code reports every visit to your website to Webmetic. You'll find it in the dashboard under [**Menu** > **Tracking code**](https://app.webmetic.de/?menu=tracking_code), with your account ID already filled in. If your website uses Google Tag Manager, start with [Google Tag Manager](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation/google-tag-manager).

![The tracking code in the dashboard with the Copy button](https://webmetic.de/docs/media/en/light/trackingcode-drawer.webp)

## Choose your platform [#choose-your-platform]

- [Google Tag Manager](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation/google-tag-manager): Recommended if your website already uses Tag Manager, because you add the Webmetic template without changing your website's code.
- [WordPress](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation/wordpress): Add the tracking code with the official Webmetic plugin.
- [Tracking code in the HTML](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation/alle-plattformen): Paste the code straight into your website's source code, on any platform.
- [Shopify](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation/shopify): Add the tracking code to the theme of your Shopify store.
- [Matomo Tag Manager](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation/matomo-tag-manager): Deliver the tracking code through your Matomo Tag Manager.
- [Sign-up and setup](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/registrierung-und-einrichtung): Without access to your website, hand the setup over to your IT team or agency in the assistant.

## What the dashboard offers [#what-the-dashboard-offers]

The **Tracking Code** window under [**Menu** > **Tracking code**](https://app.webmetic.de/?menu=tracking_code) offers two methods and two more sections:

- **HTML snippet**: the ready-made tracking code to copy, with the **Session recording** checkbox
- **Google Tag Manager**: your account ID with **Copy ID** and the **Open GTM template** link
- **Privacy notice**: a text to copy into your privacy policy
- **Verify installation**: **Quick check** and **Deep check** for the code you added

The window has no section of its own for WordPress, Shopify, or Matomo Tag Manager. The pages above show what you need there.

## After you add the code [#after-you-add-the-code]

Your website shows **Active** under [**Menu** > **Websites**](https://app.webmetic.de/?menu=websites) as soon as data with your account ID has arrived in the last 24 hours.

- [Check your installation](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation/pruefen): Check whether the code works, and fix any errors.
- [Special cases](https://webmetic.de/docs/en/installation/sonderfaelle): Use the code correctly with test systems, subdomains, and strict security policies.