why template google_analytics_async not support google v4?

[xiantang]

my using theme is use google_analytics_async template. i want add google analytics to my blog, but it not work.
https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/blob/3d5dbdcb1a11b059fc2f93ed6fadb9009bf72673/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/google_analytics_async.html
i find the result is the google_analytics_async not support v4 code..

#8287

[gwuah]

workaround - https://gist.github.com/zjeaton/42246742cdaf2fb46400d04c2eba9a8a

[chalin]

GA4 support is now available (though via _internal/google_analytics.html). For details, see https://gohugo.io/templates/internal/#use-the-google-analytics-template.

It seems that this issue can be closed.

[jmooring]

Addressed by #8287

[kirillbobyrev]

@jmooring why does that patch address this issue? IIUC author is asking for Google Analytics 4 support in _async version, not the regular one. Unless I am mistaken, linked PR does not deal with loading GA4 asynchronously.

[jmooring]

@kirillbobyrev I've reopened this issue. I do not use GA, and would appreciate clarification.

Our documentation states:

Note: The async template is not suitable for Google Analytics 4.

And it looks the regular template loads the gtag script aysnchronously.

So I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that the async template was no longer relevant.

[kirillbobyrev]

@jmooring oh, actually, I think you are right, sorry, I think I didn't read the code carefully enough.

The problem for me was that PageSpeed for mobile shows that the Google Analytics loading takes a long time and affects performance, so I thought that is because it isn't loaded asynchronously. But, looking closer, it isn't, so I was wrong, apologies for incorrect comment.

I think, before looking at the code closely enough, I was very confused by the documentation and the template naming, i.e. I had an impression that async loading in general is not supported by Hugo templates for GA4, whereas it seems that the _async template does not support GA4 simply because the regular one implements async loading in the first place.

I think you can close this issue, thanks for pointing me to the right code!

[jmooring]

@kirillbobyrev No problem. Thanks for the clarification.

I think the documentation could use a little love:
gohugoio/hugoDocs#2061

And I think we need to deprecate the async template:
#10899

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