Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.5.3

Does "Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)" work with WordPress 6.8.1 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: 722.96 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.186 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.1
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 5

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=2b533fbba1
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.377 s
Memory usage 4.23 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 1.816 s
Memory usage 4.22 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 1.406 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 0.393 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 0.509 s
Memory usage 4.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.350 s0.552 s+0.202 s3.51 MiB4.29 MiB+ 803.33 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.204 s0.392 s+0.188 s3.57 MiB4.31 MiB+ 754.45 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.813 s1.526 s+0.713 s6.06 MiB6.88 MiB+ 839.17 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.763 s0.884 s+0.121 s3.52 MiB4.22 MiB+ 715.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.227 s0.367 s+0.140 s3.5 MiB4.2 MiB+ 719.63 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.289 s0.393 s+0.104 s3.49 MiB4.2 MiB+ 727.82 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.190 s0.328 s+0.138 s3.5 MiB4.22 MiB+ 733.09 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.620 s0.848 s+0.228 s6.05 MiB6.87 MiB+ 834.7 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.486 s0.574 s+0.088 s3.5 MiB4.2 MiB+ 716.44 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.285 s0.386 s+0.101 s3.52 MiB4.22 MiB+ 715.78 KiB
/0.312 s0.339 s+0.027 s3.43 MiB3.82 MiB+ 392.9 KiB
Average 0.413 s0.599 s+0.186 s3.97 MiB4.68 MiB+ 722.96 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
PHP64.7%32,49420,322170
JavaScript17.0%8,5461,28310
CSS7.6%3,8343817
SVG7.5%3,787298
JSON3.1%1,58102
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 50,261 21,645 299

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 21,066
Total complexity 4,154
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 197

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 8

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
exactmetrics_notePosts

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[14-May-2025 16:26:17 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