Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights 10.0.1

Does "Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights" 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: 799.32 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.259 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 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=060a5a4942
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.142 s
Memory usage 4.53 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 1.485 s
Memory usage 4.53 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 1.528 s
Memory usage 4.54 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 0.297 s
Memory usage 4.36 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 0.679 s
Memory usage 4.67 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 1.469 s
Memory usage 7 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.524 s1.260 s+0.736 s3.78 MiB4.67 MiB+ 910.41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.417 s0.527 s+0.110 s3.79 MiB4.65 MiB+ 880.83 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.859 s1.494 s+0.635 s6.31 MiB7.26 MiB+ 968.58 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.476 s0.826 s+0.350 s3.74 MiB4.55 MiB+ 823.4 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.340 s0.547 s+0.207 s3.72 MiB4.5 MiB+ 804.4 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.519 s0.544 s+0.025 s3.71 MiB4.5 MiB+ 817.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.351 s0.550 s+0.199 s3.72 MiB4.52 MiB+ 823.51 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.726 s0.948 s+0.222 s6.3 MiB7.25 MiB+ 974.75 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.363 s0.636 s+0.273 s3.72 MiB4.51 MiB+ 806.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.348 s0.542 s+0.194 s3.74 MiB4.53 MiB+ 810.39 KiB
/0.306 s0.201 s-0.105 s4.12 MiB4.29 MiB+ 172.06 KiB
Average 0.475 s0.734 s+0.259 s4.24 MiB5.02 MiB+ 799.32 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
JavaScript63.4%93,0495,46623
PHP26.3%38,61623,873205
CSS6.0%8,7598824
SVG2.8%4,1703175
JSON1.1%1,62603
Markdown0.3%43203
Total 146,652 29,430 433

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 27,180
Total complexity 5,517
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 159
Methods 1,199
Functions 213

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
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 16 lines

[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 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
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights: Running migration 1.0.0-cache-table: Create custom cache table for improved performance
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Creating cache table
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table created successfully
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: Checking for old cache data to clean up
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [info]: No old cache data found to clean up
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.0-cache-table] [success]: Cache table migration completed
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights: Migration 1.0.0-cache-table completed successfully in 0.02 seconds
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights: Running migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache: Remove per-user cache metadata (switched to site-wide cache)
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [info]: Starting per-user cache cleanup
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Removed 0 per-user cache tracking entries from user meta
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights Migration [1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache] [success]: Per-user cache cleanup completed
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:15 UTC] MonsterInsights: Migration 1.0.1-remove-per-user-cache completed successfully in 0.00 seconds
[05-Feb-2026 15:31:16 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 15:31:19 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 15:31:22 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 for WordPress by MonsterInsights Admin Menus and Widgets