Report - Google Analytics 2.3.8

Does Google Analytics work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2020-09-01 20:24:58 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
4	JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 35.76 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment

WordPress version	5.5.1
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-05-21T19:04:00+00:00
Active installs	80,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/googleanalytics/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 5

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=googleanalytics%2Fgoogleanalytics.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=ff0d14a635
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.584 s
Memory usage	2.74 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: jQuery(...).live is not a function\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s:208:65)\n at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Google Analytics

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.327 s
Memory usage	2.71 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: jQuery(...).live is not a function\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics:168:65)\n at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Google Analytics → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics%2Fsettings
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics/settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.311 s
Memory usage	2.78 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: jQuery(...).live is not a function\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googleanalytics%2Fsettings:168:65)\n at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.356 s
Memory usage	2.59 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.408 s
Memory usage	2.8 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: jQuery(...).live is not a function\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/index.php:220:65)\n at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,underscore,wp-util&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.599 s	0.428 s	-0.171 s	2.75 MiB	2.8 MiB	+ 51.94 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.266 s	0.249 s	-0.017 s	2.8 MiB	2.83 MiB	+ 38.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.944 s	2.201 s	+0.257 s	4.54 MiB	4.59 MiB	+ 42.52 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.592 s	0.412 s	-0.180 s	2.63 MiB	2.67 MiB	+ 37.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.239 s	0.188 s	-0.051 s	2.64 MiB	2.65 MiB	+ 5.21 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.249 s	0.209 s	-0.040 s	2.6 MiB	2.64 MiB	+ 37.41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.262 s	0.219 s	-0.043 s	2.64 MiB	2.68 MiB	+ 38.31 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.721 s	1.544 s	-0.177 s	4.53 MiB	4.57 MiB	+ 34.1 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.393 s	0.322 s	-0.071 s	2.61 MiB	2.65 MiB	+ 38.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.264 s	0.256 s	-0.008 s	2.65 MiB	2.68 MiB	+ 37.26 KiB
/	0.387 s	0.299 s	-0.088 s	2.56 MiB	2.59 MiB	+ 32.99 KiB
Average	0.629 s	0.575 s	-0.054 s	3 MiB	3.03 MiB	+ 35.76 KiB

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` 15

googleanalytics_account_data
googleanalytics_cache_buffer
googleanalytics_cache_last_cache_time
googleanalytics_cache_last_time_attempt
googleanalytics_disable_all_features
googleanalytics_exclude_roles
googleanalytics_hide_terms
googleanalytics_oauth_auth_code
googleanalytics_oauth_auth_token
googleanalytics_selected_account
googleanalytics_sharethis_terms
googleanalytics_version
googleanalytics_web_property_id
googleanalytics_web_property_id_manually
googleanalytics_web_property_id_manually_value

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "ga_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Google Analytics Dashboard",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Google Analytics 2.3.8