Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights 9.9.0

Does "Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights" work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 753 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.188 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 2,000,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/
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Pages 6

Welcome to MonsterInsights ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Welcome to MonsterInsights ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php?page=monsterinsights-getting-started&monsterinsights-redirect=1#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=google-analytics-for-wordpress%2Fgoogleanalytics.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=11f8bb319d
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.362 s
Memory usage 4.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard → Insights

Page screenshot: Dashboard → Insights
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_reports#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_reports
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.256 s
Memory usage 4.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Insights

Page screenshot: Insights
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_settings#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.196 s
Memory usage 4.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.339 s
Memory usage 3.83 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.415 s
Memory usage 4.32 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.392 s
Memory usage 6.6 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.275 s0.890 s+0.615 s3.51 MiB4.32 MiB+ 832.47 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.183 s0.493 s+0.310 s3.57 MiB4.34 MiB+ 782.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.726 s1.169 s+0.443 s6.06 MiB6.95 MiB+ 910.66 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.700 s0.755 s+0.055 s3.52 MiB4.24 MiB+ 736.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.202 s0.355 s+0.153 s3.5 MiB4.22 MiB+ 740.52 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.260 s0.368 s+0.108 s3.49 MiB4.22 MiB+ 748.71 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.192 s0.310 s+0.118 s3.5 MiB4.24 MiB+ 753.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.570 s0.775 s+0.205 s6.05 MiB6.94 MiB+ 906.2 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.453 s0.527 s+0.074 s3.5 MiB4.22 MiB+ 737.33 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.378 s0.360 s-0.018 s3.52 MiB4.24 MiB+ 736.67 KiB
/0.309 s0.319 s+0.010 s3.44 MiB3.83 MiB+ 397.63 KiB
Average 0.386 s0.575 s+0.188 s3.97 MiB4.71 MiB+ 753 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
JavaScript
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP66.8%34,42021,003178
JavaScript16.1%8,2971,25310
CSS8.5%4,3715518
SVG5.6%2,8783136
JSON2.9%1,51102
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 51,496 22,314 346

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 22,995
Total complexity 4,570
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class MonsterInsights_Rest_Routes
Most complex function MonsterInsights_Report::get_data()
Classes 133
Methods 879
Functions 206

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 9

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
monsterinsights_notePosts

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
monsterinsights-popular-posts-widgetPopular Posts - MonsterInsights

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "monsterinsights_reports_widget": {
            "title": "MonsterInsights",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[30-Oct-2025 10:25:50 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>google-analytics-for-wordpress</code> domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the <code>init</code> action or later. Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights Admin Menus and Widgets