Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.7.3

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

Page speed impact: 0.215 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=3f362df35a
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.981 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 2.032 s
Memory usage 4.23 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 1.063 s
Memory usage 4.23 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 3.82 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 0.462 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 1.617 s
Memory usage 6.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.365 s1.357 s+0.992 s3.51 MiB4.3 MiB+ 812.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.211 s0.354 s+0.143 s3.57 MiB4.32 MiB+ 762.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.931 s1.135 s+0.204 s6.06 MiB6.94 MiB+ 897.62 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.830 s0.530 s-0.300 s3.52 MiB4.23 MiB+ 723.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.246 s0.353 s+0.107 s3.5 MiB4.21 MiB+ 727.49 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.303 s0.635 s+0.332 s3.49 MiB4.21 MiB+ 735.69 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.233 s0.336 s+0.103 s3.5 MiB4.23 MiB+ 740.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.855 s1.261 s+0.406 s6.05 MiB6.92 MiB+ 893.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.362 s0.378 s+0.016 s3.5 MiB4.21 MiB+ 724.3 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.209 s0.360 s+0.151 s3.52 MiB4.23 MiB+ 723.64 KiB
/0.308 s0.524 s+0.216 s3.43 MiB3.82 MiB+ 397.2 KiB
Average 0.441 s0.657 s+0.215 s3.97 MiB4.69 MiB+ 739.79 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%33,31320,515172
JavaScript16.4%8,2971,25310
CSS7.6%3,8263817
SVG7.3%3,691290
JSON3.0%1,52902
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 50,675 21,808 293

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 21,884
Total complexity 4,309
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 824
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 1 lines

[06-Aug-2025 15:18:24 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