Title: Not compatible with MonsterInsights
Last modified: July 14, 2021

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# Not compatible with MonsterInsights

 *  [smerriman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smerriman/)
 * (@smerriman)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-monsterinsights/)
 * The extremely popular plugin Google Analytics by MonsterInsights checks if is_404()
   is true and updates the pagepath sent to Analytics to be a URL starting with 
   404.html.
 * With this plugin activated, is_404 return false in its code and all custom 404
   tracking is lost.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Peter Raschendorfer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petersplugins/)
 * (@petersplugins)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-monsterinsights/#post-14677064)
 * That’s what the option “Force 404 error after loading page” is made for. Please
   activate it and try if this does the trick.
 * Regards,
    Peter
 *  Thread Starter [smerriman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smerriman/)
 * (@smerriman)
 * [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-monsterinsights/#post-14736089)
 * So I’ve read the information + watched the video about what that option provides.
 * Both specifically *recommend* having this option off, because it may cause issues
   with themes / plugins, but don’t give examples.
 * In cases like this, *not* enabling this option causes issues with one of the 
   most popular plugins available in WordPress (3+ million installs). You give another
   example in your documentation about it breaking iThemes Security if left off.
 * Perhaps you could give some examples of what problems may occur when it is *on*,
   given these seem less likely / important? I understand having it off by default
   but it seems the recommendation should be to turn it on wherever possible (to
   be compatible with other plugins like this), as oppose to keeping it off wherever
   possible.
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by [smerriman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smerriman/).
    -  This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by [smerriman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smerriman/).

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 * Last reply from: [smerriman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smerriman/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-compatible-with-monsterinsights/#post-14736089)
 * Status: not resolved