Users andrew and AndreasZhou are experiencing issues adding an analytics script to the header of their Discourse communities. They both mention seeing “No Items” under the Themes tab and are unsure how to proceed. osioke suggests using a theme component to include the analytics code in the head part of the theme and provides links to guides on creating theme components and setting up Google Analytics and Plausible. osioke further advises that a theme needs to be installed before components can be added, and provides a link to a guide on installing themes.
Hi,
I am trying to add analytics script to the header.
Forum is installed without any additional themes. On themes tab it shows “No Items”, on Components tab it shows “Default”.
I tried in “Default” components edit “CSS/HTML” and add script to “head” section, but it does not reflect that code on the forum…
Any thoughts?
Hello Andrew! Welcome here 
Are you trying to add Google Analytics or Plausible? If it is a different Analytics provider, you can use a theme component to include the Analytics code in the head part of your theme.
For info on theme components and how to create them, see here: Beginner's guide to using Discourse Themes as a primer.
If you are looking to add GA or Plausible, we have some topics on those already, see here: Setup Google Tag Manager for Analytics - howto / admins - Discourse Meta and Push custom events to Google Tag Manager and Analytics - howto / admins - Discourse Meta and Add Plausible Analytics or Fathom tracking to Discourse.
To start off with a theme, you need to install it, have you tried doing that? Check out Installing a theme or theme component for info on how to do that.
