Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) 8.6.2

Does "Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP)" work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 738.5 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.190 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 400,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/
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Pages 5

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=1747836e0e
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.468 s
Memory usage 4.23 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 1.893 s
Memory usage 4.23 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 1.371 s
Memory usage 4.23 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 0.350 s
Memory usage 3.83 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 0.501 s
Memory usage 4.3 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.394 s0.594 s+0.200 s3.51 MiB4.3 MiB+ 809.95 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.225 s0.688 s+0.463 s3.57 MiB4.31 MiB+ 761.07 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.835 s1.258 s+0.423 s6.06 MiB6.94 MiB+ 896.34 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.857 s1.145 s+0.288 s3.52 MiB4.23 MiB+ 721.85 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.245 s0.390 s+0.145 s3.5 MiB4.21 MiB+ 726.25 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.263 s0.399 s+0.136 s3.49 MiB4.21 MiB+ 734.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.203 s0.352 s+0.149 s3.5 MiB4.23 MiB+ 739.71 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.775 s0.880 s+0.105 s6.05 MiB6.92 MiB+ 891.87 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.351 s0.601 s+0.250 s3.5 MiB4.21 MiB+ 723.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.462 s0.363 s-0.099 s3.52 MiB4.23 MiB+ 722.41 KiB
/0.301 s0.328 s+0.027 s3.44 MiB3.83 MiB+ 396.49 KiB
Average 0.446 s0.636 s+0.190 s3.97 MiB4.69 MiB+ 738.5 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
PHP65.5%33,20120,503172
JavaScript16.3%8,2831,24710
CSS7.5%3,8263817
SVG7.5%3,787298
JSON3.1%1,59102
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 50,707 21,790 301

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 21,773
Total complexity 4,282
Median class complexity 9.5
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ExactMetrics_Rest_Routes
Most complex function ExactMetrics_Report::get_data()
Classes 126
Methods 826
Functions 199

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.

Options wp_options 8

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
exactmetrics_notePosts

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[26-Jun-2025 15:28:23 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 6121
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Google Analytics Dashboard for WP (GADWP) Admin Menus and Widgets