I just insert the code into my theme manually, takes about 10 seconds.
You don't need to do it on every page. Just go to your admin area, click on Presentation => Edit Theme => Footer => paste the code just above the </body> tag and save.
All done.
You can create filters in analytics to block ips, you don't need a plugin for that :eek7:I use OraTransplant » Ultimate Google Analytics plugin for WordPress sure you can just put it in your footer but I like my stats to be as accurate as possible and don't like to have myself included in the stats.
Guess it depends on how OCD you are.
You can create filters in analytics to block ips, you don't need a plugin for that :eek7: