Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.7.1

Does "Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)" work with WordPress 6.8.2 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: 771.61 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 version6.8.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 300,000+
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=6631ceac7a
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.649 s
Memory usage 4.27 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 1.628 s
Memory usage 4.26 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 1.070 s
Memory usage 4.26 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 0.566 s
Memory usage 3.86 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 0.483 s
Memory usage 4.33 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 1.577 s
Memory usage 6.61 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.347 s0.747 s+0.400 s3.51 MiB4.33 MiB+ 842.7 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.212 s0.626 s+0.414 s3.57 MiB4.35 MiB+ 793.81 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.799 s1.327 s+0.528 s6.06 MiB6.97 MiB+ 929.09 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.627 s0.526 s-0.101 s3.52 MiB4.26 MiB+ 754.59 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.223 s0.652 s+0.429 s3.5 MiB4.24 MiB+ 758.99 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.350 s0.415 s+0.065 s3.49 MiB4.24 MiB+ 767.19 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.204 s0.344 s+0.140 s3.5 MiB4.26 MiB+ 772.45 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.628 s0.850 s+0.222 s6.05 MiB6.95 MiB+ 924.61 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.336 s0.444 s+0.108 s3.5 MiB4.24 MiB+ 755.8 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.216 s0.374 s+0.158 s3.52 MiB4.26 MiB+ 755.15 KiB
/0.319 s0.464 s+0.145 s3.43 MiB3.86 MiB+ 433.28 KiB
Average 0.387 s0.615 s+0.228 s3.97 MiB4.72 MiB+ 771.61 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
PHP65.2%33,20620,560175
JavaScript16.3%8,2831,24710
SVG7.5%3,8313102
CSS7.5%3,8263817
JSON3.4%1,72602
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 50,891 21,848 308

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 21,774
Total complexity 4,288
Median class complexity 9.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ExactMetrics_Rest_Routes
Most complex function ExactMetrics_Report::get_data()
Classes 129
Methods 834
Functions 200

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 1 lines

[22-Jul-2025 23:18:04 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp</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 Dashboard for WP (GADWP) Admin Menus and Widgets