Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.8.0

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

Page speed impact: 0.234 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=0e7433b097
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.509 s
Memory usage 4.26 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 2.204 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 1.512 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 0.466 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 0.936 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 2.890 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.php0.462 s0.839 s+0.377 s3.51 MiB4.33 MiB+ 841.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.239 s0.584 s+0.345 s3.57 MiB4.34 MiB+ 791.66 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.829 s1.774 s+0.945 s6.06 MiB6.97 MiB+ 926.77 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.679 s0.747 s+0.068 s3.52 MiB4.26 MiB+ 752.28 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.267 s0.414 s+0.147 s3.5 MiB4.24 MiB+ 756.68 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.325 s0.444 s+0.119 s3.49 MiB4.24 MiB+ 764.88 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.240 s0.399 s+0.159 s3.5 MiB4.26 MiB+ 770.14 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.466 s1.232 s-0.234 s6.05 MiB6.95 MiB+ 922.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.516 s0.747 s+0.231 s3.5 MiB4.24 MiB+ 753.49 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.270 s0.419 s+0.149 s3.52 MiB4.26 MiB+ 752.84 KiB
/0.327 s0.598 s+0.271 s3.5 MiB3.85 MiB+ 358.55 KiB
Average 0.511 s0.745 s+0.234 s3.98 MiB4.72 MiB+ 762.8 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
PHP65.5%33,52720,640176
JavaScript16.2%8,2971,25310
SVG7.5%3,8652126
CSS7.5%3,8263817
JSON3.3%1,67202
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 51,206 21,933 333

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 22,102
Total complexity 4,355
Median class complexity 9.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ExactMetrics_Rest_Routes
Most complex function ExactMetrics_Report::get_data()
Classes 130
Methods 836
Functions 206

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

[09-Sep-2025 15:50:33 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