Google Analytics Content Experiment Tracking Code - wordpress

i'm setting up my first content experiment, and having a single confussion, i tried to search for reference but couldn't find it.
I would like to know if the Content Experiment Code should replace only in single file ? or it Smart Enough to detect which page that need to execute the test ?
Because i'm using wordpress, i can directly place it to header.php under after the opening head tag, but if it only for a single page, i might have to run some if..else statement
Thanks for your feedback

You're supposed to add the content-experiment code snippet to the particular page you want to experiment with, and not the entire website.
From here,
Adding script code to your page
Make sure your original and variation pages have Google Analytics tracking code installed.
Then, paste this experiment code immediately after the opening head tag at the top of your original page.

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