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BitFire 5.0.6

Does BitFire work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
9PHP fatal errors
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 179.97 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version7.0
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 300+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/bitfire/
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Pages 10

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=bitfire%2Fbitfire-plugin.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=73409b3d3c
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 14.069 s
Memory usage 4.65 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

BitFire

Page screenshot: BitFire
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_settings
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.934 s
Memory usage 9.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

BitFire → Bot Control

Page screenshot: BitFire → Bot Control
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_settings
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_botlist
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.896 s
Memory usage 9.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

BitFire → Settings

Page screenshot: BitFire → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.626 s
Memory usage 9.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

BitFire → Malware Scan

Page screenshot: BitFire → Malware Scan
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_settings
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_malware
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.673 s
Memory usage 9.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

BitFire → Rule Tune / IP Block

Page screenshot: BitFire → Rule Tune / IP Block
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_settings
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_exceptions
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.806 s
Memory usage 9.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

BitFire → Geo Blocking

Page screenshot: BitFire → Geo Blocking
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_settings
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_geo_block
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.688 s
Memory usage 9.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

BitFire → PHP Error Log

Page screenshot: BitFire → PHP Error Log
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_settings
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_error_log
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.686 s
Memory usage 9.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

BitFire → Threat Hunter

Page screenshot: BitFire → Threat Hunter
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_settings
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bitfire_threat_hunter
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.758 s
Memory usage 9.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.301 s
Memory usage 8.04 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.730 s0.645 s-0.085 s3.92 MiB4.13 MiB+ 207.44 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.700 s0.497 s-0.203 s3.98 MiB4.12 MiB+ 144.5 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.899 s1.812 s-0.087 s6.56 MiB6.79 MiB+ 239.75 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php1.068 s0.759 s-0.309 s3.89 MiB4.07 MiB+ 182.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.597 s0.895 s+0.298 s3.86 MiB4.01 MiB+ 153.48 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.594 s0.626 s+0.032 s3.85 MiB4 MiB+ 153.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.737 s0.505 s-0.232 s3.86 MiB4.05 MiB+ 189.7 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.718 s1.888 s+0.170 s6.55 MiB6.78 MiB+ 236.04 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.589 s0.805 s+0.216 s3.86 MiB4.01 MiB+ 149.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.553 s0.602 s+0.049 s3.88 MiB4.07 MiB+ 189.99 KiB
/0.306 s0.232 s-0.074 s4.23 MiB4.36 MiB+ 134.14 KiB
Average 0.863 s0.842 s-0.020 s4.41 MiB4.58 MiB+ 179.97 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
HTML
JSON
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP51.5%51,90315,62197
HTML18.2%18,38166755
JSON15.2%15,317020
JavaScript10.8%10,8491,46721
CSS3.7%3,69724613
INI0.6%5683905
SVG0.0%47036
Total 100,762 18,391 247

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 34,501
Total complexity 10,104
Median class complexity 3.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ThreadFin\shmop_cache_v2
Most complex function load_bot_data_impl()
Classes 73
Methods 482
Functions 1,140

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.

No new entries found.

PHP Error Log 54 lines

[16-Jun-2026 21:03:41 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
[16-Jun-2026 21:03:44 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
[16-Jun-2026 21:03:47 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
[16-Jun-2026 21:03:48 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
[16-Jun-2026 21:03:50 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
[16-Jun-2026 21:03:52 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
[16-Jun-2026 21:03:54 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
[16-Jun-2026 21:03:56 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
[16-Jun-2026 21:03:57 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class "BitFire\Config" not found in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php:35
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(546): ThreadFin\flock_lock_impl()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/setup.php(649): ThreadFin\LockSetup\lock_setup_run_child_if_requested()
#2 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/bitfire/src/lock/flock.php on line 35
See also: All tests for this plugin