Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.7.2

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 fatal errors
1PHP notices
No JavaScript exceptions
1Page failed to load
  • 1 500 Internal Server Error
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 735.33 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.245 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=9f2e18b0da
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.491 s
Memory usage 4.24 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 1.669 s
Memory usage 4.23 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

ExactMetrics

Page screenshot: ExactMetrics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 500
Load time 0.103 s
Memory usage N/A
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 0.335 s
Memory usage 3.82 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 0.495 s
Memory usage 4.3 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 1.929 s
Memory usage 6.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.375 s1.011 s+0.636 s3.51 MiB4.3 MiB+ 813.74 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.211 s0.374 s+0.163 s3.57 MiB4.32 MiB+ 764.13 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.865 s1.378 s+0.513 s6.06 MiB6.94 MiB+ 899.23 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.844 s0.519 s-0.325 s3.52 MiB4.23 MiB+ 724.75 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.242 s0.372 s+0.130 s3.5 MiB4.21 MiB+ 729.15 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.288 s0.684 s+0.396 s3.49 MiB4.21 MiB+ 737.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.210 s0.392 s+0.182 s3.5 MiB4.23 MiB+ 742.61 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.794 s1.401 s+0.607 s6.05 MiB6.92 MiB+ 894.77 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.337 s0.445 s+0.108 s3.5 MiB4.21 MiB+ 725.96 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.264 s0.422 s+0.158 s3.52 MiB4.23 MiB+ 725.3 KiB
/0.337 s0.465 s+0.128 s3.5 MiB3.82 MiB+ 331.62 KiB
Average 0.433 s0.678 s+0.245 s3.98 MiB4.69 MiB+ 735.33 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
PHP65.7%33,31020,515172
JavaScript16.4%8,2971,25310
CSS7.6%3,8263817
SVG7.3%3,691290
JSON3.0%1,52902
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 50,672 21,808 293

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 21,881
Total complexity 4,308
Median class complexity 9.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ExactMetrics_Rest_Routes
Most complex function ExactMetrics_Report::get_data()
Classes 126
Methods 823
Functions 205

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 10 lines

[06-Aug-2025 14:58:11 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
[06-Aug-2025 14:58:18 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined method ExactMetrics_License_Compat::is_agency() in /wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/includes/admin/admin-assets.php:199
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): ExactMetrics_Admin_Assets->admin_scripts()
#1 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#2 /wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#3 /wp-admin/admin-header.php(123): do_action()
#4 /wp-admin/admin.php(240): require_once('...')
#5 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/includes/admin/admin-assets.php on line 199
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) Admin Menus and Widgets