Hi @tracedef,
I’m so sorry for any frustration caused while using MonsterInsights.
Our team would love to take a closer look into the issues and help resolve any errors. If you haven’t yet already, could you reach out to us at https://www.monsterinsights.com/get-help/ ?
I also apologize for the recommend plugins, it’s not our intent to cause clutter. We try to provide as much value as possible to our users by suggesting plugins that we integrate with directly for more reporting features, because a lot of users aren’t aware of them and can benefit greatly.
If you would prefer to not use our suggested plugins, you’ll be able to either deselect them for installation during the setup process, skip that step entirely by clicking on Skip for Now, or if you decide after completing the setup wizard to not use them, you’ll be able to remove them like other WordPress plugins.
We really appreciate you for giving us a try and if you have any suggestions or further feedback to share with me, please feel welcome to and I’ll be happy to forward it to the team.
Thank you.