Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights 9.11.0

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

Memory usage: 758.71 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.141 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=26056d31a8
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.383 s
Memory usage 4.46 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 1.444 s
Memory usage 4.46 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 1.262 s
Memory usage 4.46 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 0.782 s
Memory usage 4.48 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 0.467 s
Memory usage 4.6 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 1.391 s
Memory usage 6.93 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.382 s1.038 s+0.656 s3.77 MiB4.6 MiB+ 843.26 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.367 s0.447 s+0.080 s3.78 MiB4.58 MiB+ 815.55 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.884 s0.942 s+0.058 s6.3 MiB7.19 MiB+ 906.02 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.673 s0.802 s+0.129 s3.74 MiB4.48 MiB+ 758.4 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.335 s0.429 s+0.094 s3.71 MiB4.44 MiB+ 744.35 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.509 s0.443 s-0.066 s3.7 MiB4.43 MiB+ 752.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.438 s0.390 s-0.048 s3.71 MiB4.45 MiB+ 757.5 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.693 s0.982 s+0.289 s6.29 MiB7.17 MiB+ 899.5 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.326 s0.573 s+0.247 s3.71 MiB4.43 MiB+ 740.85 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.327 s0.453 s+0.126 s3.73 MiB4.45 MiB+ 740.45 KiB
/0.279 s0.267 s-0.012 s4.1 MiB4.48 MiB+ 387.37 KiB
Average 0.474 s0.615 s+0.141 s4.23 MiB4.97 MiB+ 758.71 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
PHP66.4%36,15222,291189
JavaScript16.1%8,7851,31811
CSS8.0%4,3755518
SVG6.1%3,2953145
JSON2.5%1,38602
Markdown0.8%43203
Total 54,425 23,667 368

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 24,723
Total complexity 4,920
Median class complexity 12.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class MonsterInsights_Rest_Routes
Most complex function MonsterInsights_Rest_Routes::get_overview_bundle()
Classes 143
Methods 976
Functions 210

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
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 13 lines

[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 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
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights: Running migration 1.0.0-cache-table: Create custom cache table for improved performance
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Creating cache table
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table created successfully
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Checking for old cache data to clean up
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: No old cache data found to clean up
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table migration completed
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights: Migration 1.0.0-cache-table completed successfully in 0.03 seconds
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights: Running migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache: Remove per-user cache metadata (switched to site-wide cache)
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [info]: Starting per-user cache cleanup
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Removed 0 per-user cache tracking entries from user meta
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Per-user cache cleanup completed
[18-Dec-2025 15:13:58 UTC] MonsterInsights: 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 for WordPress by MonsterInsights Admin Menus and Widgets