Report - iThemes Security 7.6.1

Does iThemes Security work with WordPress 5.4 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on 2020-03-31 21:05:05 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
1	JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 610.86 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.183 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	5.4
PHP version	7.2.16
MySQL version	8.0.15
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-02-11T13:32:00+00:00
Active installs	800,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=better-wp-security%2Fbetter-wp-security.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=d52e1acc04
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	3.718 s
Memory usage	4.23 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Security

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec&module=security-check&module_type=recommended
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.847 s
Memory usage	5.07 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Security → Security Check

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec&module=security-check&module_type=recommended
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-security-check
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.606 s
Memory usage	4.56 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Security → Logs

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-logs
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.508 s
Memory usage	4.82 MiB
JS errors	`[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'replace' of undefined\n at Object.getAjaxSubmitUrl (/wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:194:14)\n at /wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:343:11\n at /wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:364:2", "trace": null, "code": null } ]`
Resource errors	None

Security → Go Pro

URL	https://ithemes.com/security/?utm_source=wordpressadmin&utm_medium=wpmenu&utm_campaign=itsecfreecta
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-go-pro
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	2.137 s
Memory usage	N/A
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.428 s
Memory usage	3.81 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.291 s	0.632 s	+0.341 s	3.64 MiB	4.24 MiB	+ 617.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.235 s	0.366 s	+0.131 s	3.66 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 622.3 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.254 s	1.544 s	+0.290 s	5.43 MiB	6.02 MiB	+ 606.02 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.481 s	0.619 s	+0.138 s	3.5 MiB	4.18 MiB	+ 694.75 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.392 s	0.353 s	-0.039 s	3.58 MiB	4.16 MiB	+ 590.13 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.214 s	0.387 s	+0.173 s	3.48 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 685.61 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.178 s	0.330 s	+0.152 s	3.58 MiB	4.19 MiB	+ 618.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.103 s	1.658 s	+0.555 s	5.42 MiB	6 MiB	+ 595.24 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.371 s	0.540 s	+0.169 s	3.48 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 684.67 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.202 s	0.399 s	+0.197 s	3.59 MiB	4.19 MiB	+ 616.62 KiB
/	0.348 s	0.249 s	-0.099 s	3.43 MiB	3.81 MiB	+ 387.97 KiB
Average	0.461 s	0.643 s	+0.183 s	3.89 MiB	4.49 MiB	+ 610.86 KiB

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Database Tables 7

wp_itsec_distributed_storage
wp_itsec_fingerprints
wp_itsec_geolocation_cache
wp_itsec_lockouts
wp_itsec_logs
wp_itsec_opaque_tokens
wp_itsec_temp

Options `wp_options` 3

itsec_cron
itsec_temp_whitelist_ip
itsec-storage

User Metadata `wp_usermeta` 3

itsec_user_activity_last_seen
itsec-settings-view
itsec_logs_page_screen_options

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

iThemes Security 7.6.1