Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.4.0

Does "Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)" work with WordPress 6.7.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 721.56 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.228 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.7.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 400,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/
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Pages 6

Welcome to ExactMetrics ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Welcome to ExactMetrics ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php?page=exactmetrics-getting-started&exactmetrics-redirect=1#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp%2Fgadwp.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=573ce4c9f8
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.455 s
Memory usage 4.2 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard → ExactMetrics

Page screenshot: Dashboard → ExactMetrics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_reports#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_reports
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.416 s
Memory usage 4.2 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

ExactMetrics

Page screenshot: ExactMetrics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_settings#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.965 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.470 s
Memory usage 3.8 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 0.446 s
Memory usage 4.27 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 1.705 s
Memory usage 6.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.310 s1.008 s+0.698 s3.48 MiB4.27 MiB+ 807.51 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.175 s0.346 s+0.171 s3.54 MiB4.29 MiB+ 760.65 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.725 s1.068 s+0.343 s5.93 MiB6.72 MiB+ 812.38 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.504 s0.418 s-0.086 s3.5 MiB4.2 MiB+ 719.04 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.190 s0.541 s+0.351 s3.47 MiB4.18 MiB+ 723.44 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.241 s0.379 s+0.138 s3.46 MiB4.18 MiB+ 731.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.173 s0.298 s+0.125 s3.48 MiB4.2 MiB+ 736.9 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.543 s0.781 s+0.238 s5.92 MiB6.71 MiB+ 809 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.273 s0.349 s+0.076 s3.48 MiB4.18 MiB+ 720.25 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.184 s0.503 s+0.319 s3.5 MiB4.2 MiB+ 719.59 KiB
/0.280 s0.417 s+0.137 s3.41 MiB3.8 MiB+ 396.81 KiB
Average 0.327 s0.555 s+0.228 s3.92 MiB4.63 MiB+ 721.56 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP65.4%32,48720,312170
JavaScript16.3%8,1061,26510
SVG7.6%3,787298
CSS7.4%3,7013817
JSON3.2%1,58102
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 49,681 21,617 299

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 21,062
Total complexity 4,151
Median class complexity 9.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ExactMetrics_Rest_Routes
Most complex function ExactMetrics_Report::get_data()
Classes 124
Methods 805
Functions 196

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
exactmetrics_notePosts

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
exactmetrics-popular-posts-widgetPopular Posts - ExactMetrics

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "exactmetrics_reports_widget": {
            "title": "ExactMetrics",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[24-Mar-2025 16:27:20 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Optional parameter $name declared before required parameter $url is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/includes/admin/class-exactmetrics-am-deactivation-survey.php on line 58
[24-Mar-2025 16:27:20 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Optional parameter $plugin declared before required parameter $url is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/includes/admin/class-exactmetrics-am-deactivation-survey.php on line 58
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) Admin Menus and Widgets