Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 9.0.1

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

Page speed impact: 0.252 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=16be29d7e3
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.725 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 1.443 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 1.586 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 0.237 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 0.644 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 1.307 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.php0.382 s0.888 s+0.506 s3.78 MiB4.7 MiB+ 941.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.360 s0.517 s+0.157 s3.78 MiB4.67 MiB+ 912.52 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.869 s1.506 s+0.637 s6.31 MiB7.28 MiB+ 999.73 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.676 s0.934 s+0.258 s3.74 MiB4.57 MiB+ 855.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.325 s0.686 s+0.361 s3.71 MiB4.53 MiB+ 835.34 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.510 s0.533 s+0.023 s3.7 MiB4.53 MiB+ 848.86 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.433 s0.501 s+0.068 s3.72 MiB4.55 MiB+ 854.45 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.720 s0.929 s+0.209 s6.3 MiB7.28 MiB+ 1006.34 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.321 s0.620 s+0.299 s3.71 MiB4.53 MiB+ 837.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.332 s0.500 s+0.168 s3.74 MiB4.55 MiB+ 836.79 KiB
/0.285 s0.376 s+0.091 s4.11 MiB4.28 MiB+ 172.66 KiB
Average 0.474 s0.726 s+0.252 s4.24 MiB5.04 MiB+ 827.36 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%93,0495,46723
PHP25.9%38,13223,753205
CSS5.9%8,7348823
SVG3.5%5,1692148
JSON1.3%1,85303
Markdown0.3%43203
Total 147,369 29,310 405

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 26,696
Total complexity 5,387
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 1,183
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 2

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

[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 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
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics: Running migration 1.0.0-cache-table: Create custom cache table for improved performance
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Creating cache table
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table created successfully
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Checking for old cache data to clean up
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: No old cache data found to clean up
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table migration completed
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics: Migration 1.0.0-cache-table completed successfully in 0.02 seconds
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics: Running migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache: Remove per-user cache metadata (switched to site-wide cache)
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [info]: Starting per-user cache cleanup
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Removed 0 per-user cache tracking entries from user meta
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Per-user cache cleanup completed
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:57 UTC] ExactMetrics: Migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache completed successfully in 0.00 seconds
[05-Feb-2026 15:41:58 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
[05-Feb-2026 15:42:01 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
[05-Feb-2026 15:42:04 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