# MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)

> The best free Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website so you can grow your business with powerful analytics.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-06 03:21 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `google-analytics-for-wordpress`
- Author: chriscct7
- Version: 11.3.0
- Active installs: 2+ million
- Last update: 2026-09-16 (2 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.6.0, PHP 7.2
- Tags: analytics, google analytics, google analytics dashboard, website analytics, WordPress analytics
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 2 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Phones home ↔ Private, Heavy ↔ Light, Behind ↔ Current, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-08-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 11.0.0). CVE-2026-11366, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/58600bea-b7c1-4235-b051-13395ebab048?source=api-prod
- 2026-05-12 HIGH: Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure And Plugin Integration Reset (up to 10.1.2). CVE-2026-5371, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5d380b66-675e-451d-a7e3-4efe1fbd08b2?source=api-prod
- 2024-01-05 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 8.21.0). CVE-2023-52220, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81099cdc-bce6-4ee6-b819-c3925acf96a8?source=api-prod
- 2023-05-10 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 8.14.0). CVE-2023-23999, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c87a80ad-27bf-404d-8adf-9acc91354515?source=api-prod
- 2023-01-13 MEDIUM: Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 8.12.0). CVE-2023-0081, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2e28daa5-cdbb-464c-99d5-09a924c01b41?source=api-prod
- 2022-12-23 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Google Analytics (up to 8.9.0). CVE-2022-3904, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0388853e-4bf8-4627-876a-b842e7016de3?source=api-prod
- 2018-09-18 MEDIUM: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 7.1). WF-247f6b86-767b-479f-90d4-79345699dd59, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/247f6b86-767b-479f-90d4-79345699dd59?source=api-prod
- 2015-08-10 LOW: Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress <= 5.4.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.4.4). WF-6b6fa5c6-e9a9-45c6-a02b-3630d8ef130e, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6b6fa5c6-e9a9-45c6-a02b-3630d8ef130e?source=api-prod
- 2015-04-20 HIGH: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.3.3). WF-9c40773d-3a2f-46b6-861e-608d662250da, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9c40773d-3a2f-46b6-861e-608d662250da?source=api-prod
- 2015-03-19 HIGH: Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.3.2). WF-a53a1178-7267-4d7f-ad9e-2906c05b8fe0, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a53a1178-7267-4d7f-ad9e-2906c05b8fe0?source=api-prod
- 2015-03-06 MEDIUM: Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.3.2). WF-7e9dcedd-aa81-47c4-9fc5-cecc7bc394b5, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e9dcedd-aa81-47c4-9fc5-cecc7bc394b5?source=api-prod
- 2014-11-26 LOW: Cross-Site Scripting (up to 5.1.2). CVE-2014-9174, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5178f7ee-d7e3-4cd1-8cc2-121d217e66fa?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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