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You can install Magento 2 Google Tag Manager by Magefan, using the composer or archive installation method.

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  1. Installation via composer (recommended)
  2. Installation using archive or FTP

Note: if you want to install the Google Tag Manager Plus or Extra please navigate to your Magefan Account > My Downloads > Install via Composer to get the composer installation instructions.

  1. Open command line.
  2. Using command "cd" navigate to your Magento 2 root directory.
  3. Run CLI commands:
composer require magefan/module-google-tag-manager
# Authentication required (repo.magento.com)
# Get your Magento Marketplace authentication keys or use these: 
# Username: 7c018006799466c681ad507e27904677
# Password: 289077c86e811661a8f7751828485d3a
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Note: if you don't want your website to be down during deployment, try these zero downtime deployment commands for Magento 2.

Installation using archive or FTP

  1. Download Google Tag Manager Extension ZIP-Archive from magefan.com website (not GitHub or other sources).
  2. Extract files.
  3. Copy app and lib folders from the archive to your Magento 2 folder.
    Install Magento 2 Extension Using FTP
  4. In a command line, using "cd", navigate to your Magento 2 root directory.
  5. Run CLI commands:
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

Once you install the Google Tag Manager Extension, go to the user guide to set it up and track valuable data.