Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 9.0.2

Does "Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)" work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP notices
12Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 828.83 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.232 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.1
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=0543b6eccb
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.732 s
Memory usage 4.56 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 1.612 s
Memory usage 4.56 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 1.452 s
Memory usage 4.56 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 0.262 s
Memory usage 4.34 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 0.688 s
Memory usage 4.7 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 1.236 s
Memory usage 7.03 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.485 s1.273 s+0.788 s3.78 MiB4.7 MiB+ 942.49 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.362 s0.563 s+0.201 s3.78 MiB4.67 MiB+ 913.03 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.867 s1.199 s+0.332 s6.31 MiB7.28 MiB+ 1000.23 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.719 s0.815 s+0.096 s3.74 MiB4.57 MiB+ 855.63 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.344 s0.539 s+0.195 s3.71 MiB4.53 MiB+ 841.16 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.525 s0.538 s+0.013 s3.7 MiB4.53 MiB+ 849.36 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.352 s0.600 s+0.248 s3.72 MiB4.55 MiB+ 854.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.698 s0.929 s+0.231 s6.3 MiB7.28 MiB+ 1006.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.339 s0.607 s+0.268 s3.71 MiB4.53 MiB+ 837.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.329 s0.623 s+0.294 s3.73 MiB4.56 MiB+ 842.62 KiB
/0.300 s0.190 s-0.110 s4.11 MiB4.28 MiB+ 173.16 KiB
Average 0.484 s0.716 s+0.232 s4.24 MiB5.04 MiB+ 828.83 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.

JavaScript
PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
JavaScript63.1%93,0555,46823
PHP25.9%38,13023,729205
CSS5.9%8,7348823
SVG3.5%5,1692148
JSON1.3%1,85303
Markdown0.3%43203
Total 147,373 29,287 405

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 26,696
Total complexity 5,381
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 158
Methods 1,182
Functions 214

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 15

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 16 lines

[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 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
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics: Running migration 1.0.0-cache-table: Create custom cache table for improved performance
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Creating cache table
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table created successfully
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Checking for old cache data to clean up
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: No old cache data found to clean up
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table migration completed
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics: Migration 1.0.0-cache-table completed successfully in 0.04 seconds
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics: Running migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache: Remove per-user cache metadata (switched to site-wide cache)
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [info]: Starting per-user cache cleanup
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Removed 0 per-user cache tracking entries from user meta
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Per-user cache cleanup completed
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] ExactMetrics: Migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache completed successfully in 0.00 seconds
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:46 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function WP_Scripts::add was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. The script with the handle "wp-date" was enqueued with dependencies that are not registered: moment. 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 6.9.1.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:50 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function WP_Scripts::add was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. The script with the handle "wp-date" was enqueued with dependencies that are not registered: moment. 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 6.9.1.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[10-Feb-2026 15:39:52 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function WP_Scripts::add was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. The script with the handle "wp-date" was enqueued with dependencies that are not registered: moment. 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 6.9.1.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) Admin Menus and Widgets