Install PostHog

Once your PostHog instance is up and running, the next step is to get PostHog installed.

Tip: Even if you have multiple customer-facing products e.g. a marketing website + iOS app + web app, it works best to have them share the same project to track the user across their journey. Learn more

Installation

JavaScript snippet Recommended

This is the simplest way to get PostHog up and running on your website, and only takes a few minutes to set-up.

Add to your website & app

Paste this snippet within the <head> tags of your website - ideally just inside the closing </head> tag - on all pages that you wish to track.

HTML

<script>
    !function(t,e){var o,n,p,r;e.__SV||(window.posthog=e,e._i=[],e.init=function(i,s,a){function g(t,e){var o=e.split(".");2==o.length&&(t=t[o[0]],e=o[1]),t[e]=function(){t.push([e].concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments,0)))}}(p=t.createElement("script")).type="text/javascript",p.async=!0,p.src=s.api_host+"/static/array.js",(r=t.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]).parentNode.insertBefore(p,r);var u=e;for(void 0!==a?u=e[a]=[]:a="posthog",u.people=u.people||[],u.toString=function(t){var e="posthog";return"posthog"!==a&&(e+="."+a),t||(e+=" (stub)"),e},u.people.toString=function(){return u.toString(1)+".people (stub)"},o="capture identify alias people.set people.set_once set_config register register_once unregister opt_out_capturing has_opted_out_capturing opt_in_capturing reset isFeatureEnabled onFeatureFlags".split(" "),n=0;n<o.length;n++)g(u,o[n]);e._i.push([i,s,a])},e.__SV=1)}(document,window.posthog||[]);
    posthog.init('<ph_project_api_key>', {api_host: '<ph_instance_address>'})
</script>

Be sure to replace <ph_project_api_key> and <ph_instance_address> with your project's values. (You can find the snippet pre-filled with this data in the PostHog app under Project / Settings. (Quick links if you use PostHog Cloud US or PostHog Cloud EU)

What this code does

After adding the snippet to your website, it will automatically start to:

Capture $pageview events when a user visits a page
Track when users click on links or buttons
Record videos of user sessions that you can play back (if you've enabled the Session recordings feature, which we highly recommend!)

Installation

JavaScript snippet Recommended

Add to your website & app

What this code does

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