… Is the “tracking code” part of Analytics. Whenever I change themes I have to re-add it (though there’s probably a plugin I should be using, I just want something super lightweight).

The problem is getting the JS snippet again once you’ve already installed the bug on a site and want to do it again. Here’s the knowledgebase article and here are the steps:

1. Log in to Google Analytics at http://www.google.com/analytics
2. From the Overview page, select the account that has the profile for the tracking code you’re looking for, as the code is profile-specific.
3. Select the profile from the accounts Overview page.
4. From that profile’s Actions column, click Edit
5. At the top right of the ‘Main Website Profile Information’ box, click Check Status
6. Your tracking code can be copied and pasted from the text box in the Instructions for adding tracking section

Really? A six-step process? Really!? Worse: All of those links are surprisingly hard to see on those pages. They’re in weird places, as is the code: “Check Status” is what you have to click to get it.

Really? There’s no “copy snippet for this site to clipboard” button!? Really!? I’m only managing three sites and it’s a huge time drain to Google that every time a design changes — no matter how seldom that is. The steps are not easy to find either, which is why I’m linking them here — future reference and higher PageRank.

It might just be time to install random plugins, but I don’t wanna. [whaaaa!]