Matomo Analytics - Ethical Stats. Powerful Insights. 1.0.4

Does "Matomo Analytics - Ethical Stats. Powerful Insights." work with WordPress 5.4 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
26Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 389.39 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 version5.4
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 80,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/matomo/
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Pages 17

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=matomo%2Fmatomo.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=fb17558bbe
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 5.945 s
Memory usage 12.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-get-started
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.532 s
Memory usage 6.24 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Summary

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Summary
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-summary
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.404 s
Memory usage 13.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Reporting

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Reporting
URL /wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/index.php?module=CoreHome&action=index&idSite=1&period=day&date=today
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-reporting
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.472 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Tag Manager

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Tag Manager
URL /wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/index.php?idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday&module=TagManager&action=manageContainers
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-tagmanager
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.092 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Settings

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.188 s
Memory usage 3.97 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Settings → Access

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Settings → Access
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-settings&tab=access
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.136 s
Memory usage 3.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Settings → Privacy & GDPR

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Settings → Privacy & GDPR
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-settings&tab=privacy
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.144 s
Memory usage 3.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Settings → Exclusions

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Settings → Exclusions
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-settings&tab=exlusions
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.172 s
Memory usage 5.32 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Settings → Geolocation

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Settings → Geolocation
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-settings&tab=geolocation
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.143 s
Memory usage 3.86 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Settings → Advanced

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Settings → Advanced
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-settings&tab=advanced
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.244 s
Memory usage 5.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Settings → Matomo Admin

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Settings → Matomo Admin
URL /wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/index.php?idSite=1&period=day&date=yesterday&module=CoreAdminHome&action=home
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-reporting&goto=matomo-admin
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.734 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Marketplace

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Marketplace
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-marketplace
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.163 s
Memory usage 3.89 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Diagnostics

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Diagnostics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-systemreport
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.601 s
Memory usage 6.05 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → Diagnostics → Troubleshooting

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → Diagnostics → Troubleshooting
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-systemreport&tab=troubleshooting
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.135 s
Memory usage 3.84 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Matomo Analytics → About

Page screenshot: Matomo Analytics → About
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=matomo-about
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.153 s
Memory usage 3.85 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 0.227 s
Memory usage 3.49 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.283 s0.255 s-0.028 s3.64 MiB4.59 MiB+ 972.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.212 s0.214 s+0.002 s3.66 MiB4.38 MiB+ 728.63 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.182 s1.631 s+0.449 s5.43 MiB6.01 MiB+ 593.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.544 s0.421 s-0.123 s3.5 MiB3.76 MiB+ 263.78 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.172 s0.143 s-0.029 s3.58 MiB3.84 MiB+ 263.78 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.223 s0.191 s-0.032 s3.48 MiB3.74 MiB+ 265.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.424 s0.171 s-0.253 s3.58 MiB3.92 MiB+ 342.31 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.036 s1.062 s+0.026 s5.42 MiB5.84 MiB+ 431.67 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.417 s0.237 s-0.180 s3.48 MiB3.74 MiB+ 263.78 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.247 s0.207 s-0.040 s3.59 MiB3.78 MiB+ 199.8 KiB
/0.264 s0.466 s+0.202 s3.43 MiB3.39 MiB- 41.59 KiB
Average 0.455 s0.454 s-0.001 s3.89 MiB4.27 MiB+ 389.39 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.

Database Tables 35

Options wp_options 9

Roles 4

ID Name
matomo_view_roleMatomo View
matomo_write_roleMatomo Write
matomo_admin_roleMatomo Admin
matomo_superuser_roleMatomo Super User

Capabilities 4

PHP Error Log 28 lines

[02-Apr-2020 06:47:33 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is not yet installed... installing now
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:33 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now create the database
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now trigger an update
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Changed global option version_history: ["1.0.4"]
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Changed global option core_version: 3.13.4
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Save settings
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now creating the config
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now syncing blogId 1
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo site is not known for blog... will create site
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo created site with ID 1 for blog
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now sync 1 users
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now creating a user forUserId 1 with matomo login user
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now installing the tracker
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now init the environment
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:34 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now init the front controller and install plugins etc
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:37 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now sync 1 users
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:37 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now trigger an update
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:37 UTC] Matomo: No settings changed yet
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:38 UTC] Matomo: Recording version and url
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:38 UTC] Matomo: Emptying some caches
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:38 UTC] Matomo: Matomo install finished
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:39 UTC] Matomo: No settings changed yet
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:50 UTC] Matomo: Apply tracking code changes:
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:50 UTC] Matomo: Finished tracking code: <!-- Matomo --><script  type="text/javascript">var _paq = window._paq || [];
_paq.push(['trackPageView']);_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);_paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', "\/\/127.0.0.1\/wp-content\/plugins\/matomo\/app\/matomo.php"]);_paq.push(['setSiteId', '1']);var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src="\/\/127.0.0.1\/wp-content\/uploads\/matomo\/matomo.js"; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);</script><!-- End Matomo Code -->
[02-Apr-2020 06:47:50 UTC] Matomo: Finished noscript code: <noscript><p><img src="//127.0.0.1/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript>
[02-Apr-2020 06:48:05 UTC] Matomo: Scheduled tasks uninstall all events
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Matomo Analytics - Ethical Stats. Powerful Insights. Admin Menus