Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
Active installs2,000,000+ rounded
Current authorchriscct7
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release2 months ago 16 Sep 2026
Support4 / 5 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record85
Rating4.5 /5 · 3,156
Added to directory14 Sep 2007
Requires WP5.6.0
Requires PHP7.2
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works
Ownership
Held by chriscct7 throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| chriscct7 | 4 | 30 Sep 2021 | 23 Feb 2023 |
| manejaam | 23 | 24 Jan 2022 | 29 Mar 2023 |
| micheleam | 21 | 11 Apr 2023 | 24 Sep 2024 |
| dpaternina | 34 | 23 Oct 2024 | 29 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 2,000,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
16,735 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 16% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 1,635,708/day31 Oct 2026
9 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 4.6 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.5 (1 of them one or two stars). Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 16 Jun 2026 and 04 Sep 2026: 10 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Reviewers praise Google Analytics for WordPress mainly for ease of setup, with 4 of 10 reviews describing the plugin as simple or beginner-friendly for non-technical site owners. Fewer reviewers focus on removal problems: 2 of 10 report that uninstalling the plugin failed or required manual intervention. Support experiences split sharply: 1 of 10 reviewers says reaching support required upgrading to the paid version, while a separate reviewer credits the support team with quickly resolving a setup issue. Across the window's 10 reviews, ease of use draws the most consistent attention, while removal friction is the most repeated complaint.
- 4 of 10 mention easy or beginner-friendly setup. [1] [2] [3] [4]
- 2 of 10 report difficulty uninstalling or removing the plugin. [1] [2]
- 1 of 10 describe being unable to reach support without upgrading to the paid version. [1]
- 1 of 10 praise fast, responsive support. [1]
Counted from the public review forum on 08 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 14,202 | 15,012 | 16,933 | 22,118 | 34,972 | 23,121 | 18,176 | 15,628 | 0 | 37,927 | 11,057 | 18,592 | 15,766 |
| Support threads | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Threads resolved | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Unchanged throughout: ratings total (3,156) · active installs (2,000,000+) · version (11.3.0)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory19 years ago 14 Sep 2007
Requires WP5.6.0
Requires PHP7.2
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 16 Sep 2026, 53 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 4 of 5 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 2 other plugins, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 28 Jun 2024.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 16 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 11.3.0 released
- 03 Sep 20262 months agoVersion 11.2.0 released
- 19 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 11.1.3 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 29 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 11.1.2 released
- 22 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 11.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 21 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 11.1.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 29 May 20265 months agoVersion 10.2.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 27 May 20265 months agoVersion 10.2.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 20 May 20266 months agoVersion 10.2.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 22 Apr 20267 months agoVersion 10.1.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 31 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 10.1.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 25 Mar 20267 months agoVersion 10.1.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 03 Mar 20268 months agoVersion 10.0.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 10 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 10.0.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 05 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 10.0.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 05 Feb 20269 months agoVersion 10.0.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by dpaternina.
- 30 Sep 20215 years ago69 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 30 Sep 2021 and 06 Jan 2026. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 14 Sep 200719 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 12 May 2026 · CVE-2026-5371 - MonsterInsights - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure And Plugin Integration ResetCleanTalk Security Research
- 14 Apr 2016 · A new home for our Google Analytics pluginsYoast
- 14 Apr 2016 · Syed Balkhi Acquires Google Analytics by Yoast, Renames to MonsterInsightsWP Tavern
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by chriscct7 for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 2 months ago (16 Sep 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 2,000,000+ active installs.
- It carries 3,156 ratings, averaging 4.5 out of 5.
- 4 of 5 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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