Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights 9.10.1

Does "Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights" work with WordPress 6.9 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: 781.29 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.222 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 2,000,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/
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Pages 6

Welcome to MonsterInsights ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Welcome to MonsterInsights ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php?page=monsterinsights-getting-started&monsterinsights-redirect=1#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=google-analytics-for-wordpress%2Fgoogleanalytics.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=f0121d4363
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.490 s
Memory usage 4.48 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard → Insights

Page screenshot: Dashboard → Insights
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_reports#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_reports
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.661 s
Memory usage 4.49 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Insights

Page screenshot: Insights
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_settings#/
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=monsterinsights_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.325 s
Memory usage 4.48 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 0.357 s
Memory usage 4.52 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 0.538 s
Memory usage 4.62 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 1.642 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.php0.443 s0.659 s+0.216 s3.78 MiB4.62 MiB+ 865.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.429 s0.516 s+0.087 s3.78 MiB4.6 MiB+ 838.65 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.951 s1.436 s+0.485 s6.31 MiB7.21 MiB+ 928.41 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.621 s0.883 s+0.262 s3.74 MiB4.5 MiB+ 780.79 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.387 s0.547 s+0.160 s3.71 MiB4.46 MiB+ 766.74 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.536 s0.550 s+0.014 s3.7 MiB4.46 MiB+ 774.94 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.464 s0.489 s+0.025 s3.72 MiB4.48 MiB+ 779.89 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.711 s1.727 s+1.016 s6.3 MiB7.2 MiB+ 921.89 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.486 s0.548 s+0.062 s3.72 MiB4.46 MiB+ 763.24 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.382 s0.480 s+0.098 s3.74 MiB4.48 MiB+ 762.84 KiB
/0.329 s0.345 s+0.016 s4.11 MiB4.52 MiB+ 411.12 KiB
Average 0.522 s0.744 s+0.222 s4.24 MiB5 MiB+ 781.29 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
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP66.5%35,01821,225181
JavaScript16.7%8,7851,31811
CSS8.3%4,3755518
SVG5.5%2,9053138
JSON2.9%1,53302
Markdown0.0%1902
Total 52,635 22,601 352

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 23,589
Total complexity 4,712
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class MonsterInsights_Rest_Routes
Most complex function MonsterInsights_Report::get_data()
Classes 136
Methods 896
Functions 207

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 9

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
monsterinsights_notePosts

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
monsterinsights-popular-posts-widgetPopular Posts - MonsterInsights

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "monsterinsights_reports_widget": {
            "title": "MonsterInsights",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[09-Dec-2025 15:36:57 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>google-analytics-for-wordpress</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
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights Admin Menus and Widgets