Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights 9.5.1

Does "Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights" 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: 725.25 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.288 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 2,000,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/
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Pages 5

Welcome to MonsterInsights ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Welcome to MonsterInsights ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php?page=monsterinsights-getting-started&monsterinsights-redirect=1#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=google-analytics-for-wordpress%2Fgoogleanalytics.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=444b546c12
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.275 s
Memory usage 4.23 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard → Insights

Page screenshot: Dashboard → Insights
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_reports#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_reports
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.345 s
Memory usage 4.22 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Insights

Page screenshot: Insights
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_settings#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.159 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 0.372 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

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.443 s0.622 s+0.179 s3.51 MiB4.3 MiB+ 811.57 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.213 s0.391 s+0.178 s3.57 MiB4.32 MiB+ 762.57 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.815 s2.448 s+1.633 s6.06 MiB6.88 MiB+ 840.12 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.566 s0.635 s+0.069 s3.52 MiB4.22 MiB+ 716.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.210 s0.349 s+0.139 s3.5 MiB4.21 MiB+ 720.52 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.374 s0.365 s-0.009 s3.49 MiB4.2 MiB+ 728.72 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.192 s0.319 s+0.127 s3.5 MiB4.22 MiB+ 733.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.639 s1.135 s+0.496 s6.05 MiB6.87 MiB+ 835.64 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.458 s0.544 s+0.086 s3.5 MiB4.2 MiB+ 717.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.190 s0.375 s+0.185 s3.52 MiB4.22 MiB+ 716.68 KiB
/0.299 s0.380 s+0.081 s3.43 MiB3.82 MiB+ 394.44 KiB
Average 0.400 s0.688 s+0.288 s3.97 MiB4.68 MiB+ 725.25 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
PHP67.2%32,74720,407169
JavaScript16.6%8,0751,26410
CSS7.6%3,7253817
SVG5.4%2,6503110
JSON3.1%1,51702
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 48,733 21,712 310

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 21,319
Total complexity 4,222
Median class complexity 9.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class MonsterInsights_Rest_Routes
Most complex function MonsterInsights_Report::get_data()
Classes 124
Methods 812
Functions 196

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
monsterinsights_notePosts

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "monsterinsights_reports_widget": {
            "title": "MonsterInsights",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[05-May-2025 16:56:42 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>google-analytics-for-wordpress</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 for WordPress by MonsterInsights Admin Menus and Widgets