Simple Tracking Plugin Installation

Installation

To install or update the Simple Tracking plugin, run the following command from the root of your WordPress HTML directory:

curl -sSL https://git.nixc.us/colin/SimpleTracking/raw/branch/main/install.sh | bash

Enabling the Plugin

After running the install script, you need to activate the plugin. You can do this via the WordPress admin dashboard:

1. Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins.
3. Find Simple Tracking in the list and click Activate.

Alternatively, you can activate the plugin using WP-CLI:

wp plugin activate simple-tracking --allow-root

What install.sh Does

The install.sh script performs the following actions:

1. Defines the URL for downloading the simple-tracking.php file.
2. Creates the target directory (wp-content/plugins/simple-tracking) if it doesn't exist.
3. Downloads the simple-tracking.php file into the target directory.
4. Creates a blank tracking-code.php file if it doesn't already exist and instructs the user to add their tracking code to it.
5. Sets the correct permissions for the simple-tracking.php and tracking-code.php files.
6. Prints a message indicating that the Simple Tracking plugin has been installed or updated successfully.