Connect Matomo 1.1.0

Does Connect Matomo work with WordPress 6.9.1 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: 64.56 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 version6.9.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 60,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-piwik/
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Pages 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wp-piwik%2Fwp-piwik.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=57e891a9ac
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.389 s
Memory usage 4.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Connect Matomo

Page screenshot: Settings → Connect Matomo
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-piwik%2Fclasses%2FWP_Piwik.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-piwik/classes/WP_Piwik.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.428 s
Memory usage 3.78 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Connect Matomo → Expert Settings

Page screenshot: Settings → Connect Matomo →  Expert Settings
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-piwik%2Fclasses%2FWP_Piwik.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-piwik/classes/WP_Piwik.php
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.413 s
Memory usage 3.75 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Connect Matomo → Support

Page screenshot: Settings → Connect Matomo →  Support
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-piwik%2Fclasses%2FWP_Piwik.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-piwik/classes/WP_Piwik.php
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.420 s
Memory usage 3.75 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Connect Matomo → Credits

Page screenshot: Settings → Connect Matomo →  Credits
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-piwik%2Fclasses%2FWP_Piwik.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-piwik/classes/WP_Piwik.php
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.515 s
Memory usage 3.75 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 0.240 s
Memory usage 4.14 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.446 s0.440 s-0.006 s3.78 MiB3.84 MiB+ 61.79 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.349 s0.306 s-0.043 s3.78 MiB3.89 MiB+ 107.71 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.839 s0.860 s+0.021 s6.31 MiB6.43 MiB+ 124.48 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.664 s0.403 s-0.261 s3.74 MiB3.79 MiB+ 56.8 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.329 s0.435 s+0.106 s3.71 MiB3.75 MiB+ 40.79 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.498 s0.396 s-0.102 s3.7 MiB3.75 MiB+ 48.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.419 s0.314 s-0.105 s3.72 MiB3.79 MiB+ 79.66 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.686 s0.679 s-0.007 s6.3 MiB6.36 MiB+ 62.37 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.324 s0.484 s+0.160 s3.71 MiB3.75 MiB+ 37.29 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.316 s0.411 s+0.095 s3.73 MiB3.79 MiB+ 56.79 KiB
/0.270 s0.423 s+0.153 s4.11 MiB4.14 MiB+ 33.51 KiB
Average 0.467 s0.468 s+0.001 s4.23 MiB4.3 MiB+ 64.56 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.

PO File
PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PO File75.1%21,37811,50829
PHP22.1%6,2902,07363
HTML2.0%56701
Markdown0.3%9505
CSS0.2%6501
JSON0.2%4401
XML0.1%1602
Bourne Shell0.0%501
JavaScript0.0%401
Total 28,464 13,581 104

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 6,056
Total complexity 1,517
Median class complexity 13.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class WP_Piwik\MatomoTracker
Most complex function WP_Piwik\Admin\Settings::show()
Classes 47
Methods 395
Functions 17

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 48

Capabilities 1

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[10-Mar-2026 07:01:52 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. Translation loading for the <code>wp-piwik</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 the "Connect Matomo" Admin Menu