Report - iThemes Security 7.9.0

Does iThemes Security work with WordPress 5.7 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2021-03-09 21:20:12 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 607.17 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.202 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	5.7
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
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=c8151e573b
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	2.247 s
Memory usage	3.35 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Security

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.023 s
Memory usage	5.14 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Security → Security Check

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec&module=security-check
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-security-check
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.512 s
Memory usage	4.69 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	0.711 s
Memory usage	3.9 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	3.310 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	0.538 s
Memory usage	3.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.524 s	0.851 s	+0.327 s	2.82 MiB	3.38 MiB	+ 570.73 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.252 s	0.461 s	+0.209 s	2.86 MiB	3.41 MiB	+ 559.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.079 s	1.093 s	+0.014 s	5.02 MiB	5.86 MiB	+ 858.97 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.607 s	0.486 s	-0.121 s	2.7 MiB	3.26 MiB	+ 577.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.212 s	0.327 s	+0.115 s	2.71 MiB	3.24 MiB	+ 540.06 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.258 s	0.363 s	+0.105 s	2.67 MiB	3.23 MiB	+ 570.9 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.225 s	0.761 s	+0.536 s	2.77 MiB	3.33 MiB	+ 571.49 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.718 s	1.177 s	+0.459 s	5.01 MiB	5.85 MiB	+ 857.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.233 s	0.544 s	+0.311 s	2.67 MiB	3.23 MiB	+ 572.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.256 s	0.435 s	+0.179 s	2.78 MiB	3.33 MiB	+ 567.34 KiB
/	0.300 s	0.387 s	+0.087 s	2.71 MiB	3.13 MiB	+ 432.3 KiB
Average	0.424 s	0.626 s	+0.202 s	3.16 MiB	3.75 MiB	+ 607.17 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP

JavaScript

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	71.4%	41,485	12,986	492
	JavaScript	17.8%	10,335	1,716	172
	CSS	4.8%	2,783	93	17
	HTML	2.9%	1,675	132	24
	Sass	1.8%	1,044	37	28
	JSON	0.7%	414	0	13
	SVG	0.3%	187	4	6
	reStructuredText	0.2%	97	135	1
	Markdown	0.1%	55	0	2
Total			58,075	15,103	755

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	39,110
Total complexity	9,104
Median class complexity	11.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	ITSEC_Lib
Most complex function	ITSEC_Validator::sanitize_setting()

Classes	369
Methods	2,823
Functions	21

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 10

wp_itsec_bans
wp_itsec_distributed_storage
wp_itsec_fingerprints
wp_itsec_geolocation_cache
wp_itsec_lockouts
wp_itsec_logs
wp_itsec_mutexes
wp_itsec_opaque_tokens
wp_itsec_temp
wp_itsec_user_groups

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 7.9.0