Can You Have Multiple Facebook Pixels on a Website?

Optimizing a website is critical for anyone looking to grow their online audience. And certain practices can help boost performance while staying within the limits of protecting consumer privacy. One of the best ways to do this is by using pixels. Most social media websites offer pixels via their business or ads manager. Below we’ll answer a common question: Can you have multiple Facebook pixels on a website?

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Two Facebook Pixels on One Website

There are a handful of reasons why a social media or marketing manager may want to install more than one pixel. For example, if a site wants to track two separate audiences or products they want to track, installing multiple pixels is a great way to break apart analytics and custom audiences.

Additionally, some clients like to have a separate tag to see insights in a separate Facebook ads account.

There are a lot of benefits to installing multiple tags. And better yet, it’s free and easy to do.

If you want to look into data tracking for other social platforms, read our article explaining how to use a LinkedIn tracking pixel. Or you can continue learning about how Facebook tracks offline conversions.

STEP 1 Enter Pixel Settings

1. Enter your Facebook Ad Manager account and enter “Business Tools.”
2. Next, click the dropdown for “Data Sources” and press the option for “Pixels.”

STEP 2 Create Pixel Code

1. In the top right corner, press “Add.”
2. Enter a name for it s that it’s distinct from the initial FB pixel. Then save the pixel.

STEP 3 Paste Code Into Your Tag Manager

1. Copy the entire code and go into your tag manager, whether it’s Google Tag Manager or another service.
2. Next, create a new tag using the “Custom HTML” and paste your pixel into the Custom HTML entry. Before uploading the pixel, click the option “All Pages” so the pixels appear across the website. (Unless you only want the pixel on a specific page.)
3. Modify the code to include the distinct pixel ID given to it in the FB ad manager.

STEP 4 Set Up Separate Tack Calls

Although the new pixel is activated, a further step is required to send separate data to the FB Manager. To ensure the data is sent to two places:

1. Create a new tag and name it differently than your base tag.
2. Once in, press “Save.”