MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) vs GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress: Which Is Faster for WordPress?

MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) vs GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress - MakeWPFast
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
B+
2M+ installs · 4.5/5 rating
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Overall Winner
VS
GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress
A-
700K+ installs · 4.5/5 rating
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Head-to-Head Benchmark
MetricMonsterInsightsGTM4WP
⚡ Activation TTFB+3 ms+-6 ms
⚡ Activation Memory+0 MB+0 MB
⚡ Activation Queries+4+0
🏠 Homepage TTFB+3 ms+1 ms
🏠 Homepage Memory+2 MB+0 MB
🏠 Homepage Queries+4+10
⚙️ WP Admin TTFB+123 ms+-11 ms
⚙️ WP Admin Memory+0 MB+2 MB
⚙️ WP Admin Queries+15+0

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

FeatureMonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress
Active Installs2.0M+700K+
User Rating4.6/54.5/5
Speed ScoreC+C+
Tested Up ToWP 6.9.0WP 6.9.1
Requires PHP7.27.4
Last Updated2026-02-102025-12-15
Total Downloads253.5M+13.8M+
Verdict
More FeaturesGoogle-analytics-for-wordpress
Overall WinnerGoogle-analytics-for-wordpress
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