Matomo Analytics - Ethical Stats. Powerful Insights. 4.0.2

Does "Matomo Analytics - Ethical Stats. Powerful Insights." work with WordPress 5.5.3 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
23Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 336.35 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 version5.5.3
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=0acf7c5adf
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 16.526 s
Memory usage 10.81 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 1.218 s
Memory usage 9.16 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 2.745 s
Memory usage 11.17 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 3.031 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 2.555 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 0.549 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 0.170 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 0.172 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 0.198 s
Memory usage 5.11 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 0.191 s
Memory usage 2.79 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 0.234 s
Memory usage 5.09 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 0.837 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 0.206 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 1.431 s
Memory usage 14.11 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 0.181 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 0.196 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 0.244 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.php0.410 s0.599 s+0.189 s2.76 MiB3.58 MiB+ 847.41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.285 s0.296 s+0.011 s2.8 MiB3.35 MiB+ 565.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php2.603 s1.821 s-0.782 s4.55 MiB5.21 MiB+ 678.52 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.522 s0.422 s-0.100 s2.63 MiB2.74 MiB+ 115.05 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.223 s0.179 s-0.044 s2.65 MiB2.76 MiB+ 115.05 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.246 s0.326 s+0.080 s2.61 MiB2.72 MiB+ 116.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.253 s0.290 s+0.037 s2.65 MiB2.92 MiB+ 278.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.485 s1.370 s-0.115 s4.53 MiB5.13 MiB+ 609.89 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.305 s0.367 s+0.062 s2.61 MiB2.72 MiB+ 115.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.258 s0.259 s+0.001 s2.65 MiB2.82 MiB+ 179.69 KiB
/0.436 s0.273 s-0.163 s2.56 MiB2.64 MiB+ 79.02 KiB
Average 0.639 s0.564 s-0.075 s3 MiB3.33 MiB+ 336.35 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 46

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 23 lines

[03-Dec-2020 23:32:17 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is not yet installed... installing now
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:17 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now create the database
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now trigger an update
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Changed global option version_history: ["4.0.2"]
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Changed global option core_version: 4.0.4-b1
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Save settings
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now creating the config
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now syncing blogId 1
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo site is not known for blog... will create site
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo created site with ID 1 for blog
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now sync 1 users
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now creating a user forUserId 1 with matomo login user
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo is now installing the tracker
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now init the environment
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:24 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now init the front controller and install plugins etc
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:29 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now sync 1 users
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:29 UTC] Matomo: Matomo will now trigger an update
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:29 UTC] Matomo: No settings changed yet
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:33 UTC] Matomo: Recording version and url
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:33 UTC] Matomo: Emptying some caches
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:33 UTC] Matomo: Matomo install finished
[03-Dec-2020 23:32:34 UTC] Matomo: No settings changed yet
[03-Dec-2020 23:33:04 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