Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.11.0

Does "Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)" work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP notices
12Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 791.52 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.120 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 300,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/
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Pages 6

Welcome to ExactMetrics ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Welcome to ExactMetrics ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php?page=exactmetrics-getting-started&exactmetrics-redirect=1#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp%2Fgadwp.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=a61689994b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.339 s
Memory usage 4.49 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard → ExactMetrics

Page screenshot: Dashboard → ExactMetrics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_reports#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_reports
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.308 s
Memory usage 4.49 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

ExactMetrics

Page screenshot: ExactMetrics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_settings#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=exactmetrics_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.105 s
Memory usage 4.49 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 0.451 s
Memory usage 4.51 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 0.437 s
Memory usage 4.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.331 s
Memory usage 6.96 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.405 s0.694 s+0.289 s3.77 MiB4.63 MiB+ 876.22 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.343 s0.403 s+0.060 s3.78 MiB4.61 MiB+ 849 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.820 s1.294 s+0.474 s6.3 MiB7.22 MiB+ 938.77 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.622 s0.649 s+0.027 s3.74 MiB4.51 MiB+ 791.88 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.306 s0.403 s+0.097 s3.71 MiB4.47 MiB+ 777.05 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.485 s0.437 s-0.048 s3.7 MiB4.47 MiB+ 785.24 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.312 s0.376 s+0.064 s3.71 MiB4.48 MiB+ 790.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.806 s0.880 s+0.074 s6.29 MiB7.2 MiB+ 932.26 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.322 s0.517 s+0.195 s3.71 MiB4.47 MiB+ 773.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.307 s0.412 s+0.105 s3.73 MiB4.49 MiB+ 773.14 KiB
/0.261 s0.240 s-0.021 s4.1 MiB4.51 MiB+ 419.44 KiB
Average 0.454 s0.573 s+0.120 s4.23 MiB5 MiB+ 791.52 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
PHP64.8%35,88422,199190
JavaScript15.9%8,7851,31811
SVG7.9%4,3532132
CSS7.9%4,3515518
JSON2.9%1,60602
Markdown0.8%43203
Total 55,411 23,574 356

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 24,455
Total complexity 4,850
Median class complexity 12.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ExactMetrics_Rest_Routes
Most complex function ExactMetrics_Rest_Routes::get_overview_bundle()
Classes 143
Methods 969
Functions 211

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 1

Options wp_options 14

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
exactmetrics_notePosts

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
exactmetrics-popular-posts-widgetPopular Posts - ExactMetrics

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "exactmetrics_reports_widget": {
            "title": "ExactMetrics",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 13 lines

[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp</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 6131
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics: Running migration 1.0.0-cache-table: Create custom cache table for improved performance
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Creating cache table
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table created successfully
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Checking for old cache data to clean up
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: No old cache data found to clean up
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table migration completed
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics: Migration 1.0.0-cache-table completed successfully in 0.03 seconds
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics: Running migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache: Remove per-user cache metadata (switched to site-wide cache)
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [info]: Starting per-user cache cleanup
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Removed 0 per-user cache tracking entries from user meta
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Per-user cache cleanup completed
[17-Dec-2025 17:12:33 UTC] ExactMetrics: Migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache completed successfully in 0.00 seconds
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) Admin Menus and Widgets