Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.9.0

Does "Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)" work with WordPress 6.8.3 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: 777.18 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.218 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.3
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=2c4e0d30fb
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.565 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 2.122 s
Memory usage 4.27 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 1.424 s
Memory usage 4.27 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 0.518 s
Memory usage 3.85 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 0.515 s
Memory usage 4.34 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 1.980 s
Memory usage 6.62 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.347 s0.956 s+0.609 s3.51 MiB4.34 MiB+ 850.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.208 s0.466 s+0.258 s3.57 MiB4.35 MiB+ 800.65 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.864 s1.209 s+0.345 s6.06 MiB6.98 MiB+ 935.76 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.776 s0.931 s+0.155 s3.52 MiB4.27 MiB+ 761.27 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.253 s0.381 s+0.128 s3.5 MiB4.25 MiB+ 765.67 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.292 s0.513 s+0.221 s3.49 MiB4.25 MiB+ 773.87 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.190 s0.327 s+0.137 s3.5 MiB4.27 MiB+ 779.13 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.753 s0.888 s+0.135 s6.05 MiB6.96 MiB+ 931.29 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.276 s0.706 s+0.430 s3.5 MiB4.25 MiB+ 762.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.461 s0.405 s-0.056 s3.52 MiB4.27 MiB+ 761.83 KiB
/0.314 s0.350 s+0.036 s3.43 MiB3.85 MiB+ 426.77 KiB
Average 0.430 s0.648 s+0.218 s3.97 MiB4.73 MiB+ 777.18 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
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP64.8%34,15220,911179
JavaScript15.7%8,2971,25310
CSS8.2%4,3475518
SVG8.0%4,2182127
JSON3.2%1,67702
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 52,710 22,221 338

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 22,727
Total complexity 4,500
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ExactMetrics_Rest_Routes
Most complex function ExactMetrics_Report::get_data()
Classes 133
Methods 872
Functions 207

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

[30-Oct-2025 10:56:27 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