Google Analytics 2.3.8

Does Google Analytics work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
4JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 35.76 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version5.5.1
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/googleanalytics/
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Pages 5

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=googleanalytics%2Fgoogleanalytics.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=ff0d14a635
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.584 s
Memory usage 2.74 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: jQuery(...).live is not a function\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s:208:65)\n    at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n    at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n    at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n    at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Google Analytics

Page screenshot: Google Analytics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.327 s
Memory usage 2.71 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: jQuery(...).live is not a function\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics:168:65)\n    at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n    at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n    at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n    at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Google Analytics → Settings

Page screenshot: Google Analytics → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics%2Fsettings
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics/settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.311 s
Memory usage 2.78 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: jQuery(...).live is not a function\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics%2Fsettings:168:65)\n    at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n    at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n    at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n    at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
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 0.356 s
Memory usage 2.59 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 0.408 s
Memory usage 2.8 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: jQuery(...).live is not a function\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/index.php:220:65)\n    at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n    at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n    at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n    at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.599 s0.428 s-0.171 s2.75 MiB2.8 MiB+ 51.94 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.266 s0.249 s-0.017 s2.8 MiB2.83 MiB+ 38.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.944 s2.201 s+0.257 s4.54 MiB4.59 MiB+ 42.52 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.592 s0.412 s-0.180 s2.63 MiB2.67 MiB+ 37.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.239 s0.188 s-0.051 s2.64 MiB2.65 MiB+ 5.21 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.249 s0.209 s-0.040 s2.6 MiB2.64 MiB+ 37.41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.262 s0.219 s-0.043 s2.64 MiB2.68 MiB+ 38.31 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.721 s1.544 s-0.177 s4.53 MiB4.57 MiB+ 34.1 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.393 s0.322 s-0.071 s2.61 MiB2.65 MiB+ 38.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.264 s0.256 s-0.008 s2.65 MiB2.68 MiB+ 37.26 KiB
/0.387 s0.299 s-0.088 s2.56 MiB2.59 MiB+ 32.99 KiB
Average 0.629 s0.575 s-0.054 s3 MiB3.03 MiB+ 35.76 KiB

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 15

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "ga_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Google Analytics Dashboard",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide ShareThis Dashboard for Google Analytics Admin Menus