Matomo Analytics - Ethical Stats. Powerful Insights. 1.3.0

Does "Matomo Analytics - Ethical Stats. Powerful Insights." work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? 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: 323.75 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 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=87dbe97910
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 4.296 s
Memory usage 10.6 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 1.160 s
Memory usage 9.04 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 1.566 s
Memory usage 11.47 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 2.722 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 1.814 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 0.400 s
Memory usage 3.05 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 0.143 s
Memory usage 2.79 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 0.148 s
Memory usage 2.79 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 0.155 s
Memory usage 3.93 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 0.153 s
Memory usage 2.78 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 0.336 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 0.643 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 0.187 s
Memory usage 2.82 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 0.572 s
Memory usage 4.49 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 0.147 s
Memory usage 2.76 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 0.148 s
Memory usage 2.77 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 0.222 s
Memory usage 2.66 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.434 s0.414 s-0.020 s2.75 MiB3.58 MiB+ 846.97 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.222 s0.220 s-0.002 s2.8 MiB3.35 MiB+ 565.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.466 s2.167 s+0.701 s4.54 MiB5.2 MiB+ 669.28 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.578 s0.390 s-0.188 s2.63 MiB2.74 MiB+ 114.77 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.173 s0.145 s-0.028 s2.64 MiB2.76 MiB+ 114.77 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.200 s0.179 s-0.021 s2.6 MiB2.72 MiB+ 116.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.180 s0.182 s+0.002 s2.64 MiB2.92 MiB+ 279.37 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.286 s1.494 s+0.208 s4.53 MiB5 MiB+ 480.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.379 s0.521 s+0.142 s2.61 MiB2.72 MiB+ 114.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.217 s0.213 s-0.004 s2.65 MiB2.82 MiB+ 179.41 KiB
/0.834 s0.199 s-0.635 s2.56 MiB2.64 MiB+ 79.12 KiB
Average 0.543 s0.557 s+0.014 s3 MiB3.31 MiB+ 323.75 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 43

Options wp_options 10

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-Sep-2020 10:43:44 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is not yet installed... installing now
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:44 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now create the database
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now trigger an update
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Changed global option version_history: ["1.3.0"]
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Changed global option core_version: 3.14.0
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Save settings
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now creating the config
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now syncing blogId 1
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo site is not known for blog... will create site
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo created site with ID 1 for blog
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now sync 1 users
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now creating a user forUserId 1 with matomo login user
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now installing the tracker
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now init the environment
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:45 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now init the front controller and install plugins etc
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:47 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now sync 1 users
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:47 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now trigger an update
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:47 UTC] Matomo: No settings changed yet
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:48 UTC] Matomo: Recording version and url
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:48 UTC] Matomo: Emptying some caches
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:48 UTC] Matomo: Matomo install finished
[02-Sep-2020 10:43:49 UTC] Matomo: No settings changed yet
[02-Sep-2020 10:44:00 UTC] Matomo: Apply tracking code changes:
[02-Sep-2020 10:44:00 UTC] Matomo: Finished tracking code: <!-- Matomo --><script  type="text/javascript">var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || [];
_paq.push(['trackPageView']);_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);_paq.push(['alwaysUseSendBeacon']);_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.src="\/\/127.0.0.1\/wp-content\/uploads\/matomo\/matomo.js"; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);</script><!-- End Matomo Code -->
[02-Sep-2020 10:44:00 UTC] Matomo: Finished noscript code: <noscript><p><img referrerpolicy="no-referrer-when-downgrade" src="//127.0.0.1/wp-content/plugins/matomo/app/matomo.php?idsite=1&amp;rec=1" style="border:0;" alt="" /></p></noscript>
[02-Sep-2020 10:44:16 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