Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.0.2

Does "Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress" work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 250.08 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 version6.8.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 200,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/burst-statistics/
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Pages 4

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=burst
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=burst-statistics%2Fburst.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=b8656b4737
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.254 s
Memory usage 3.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Statistics

Page screenshot: Statistics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=burst
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.941 s
Memory usage 3.76 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 0.211 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.351 s
Memory usage 3.77 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.329 s0.611 s+0.282 s3.51 MiB3.77 MiB+ 269.82 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.190 s0.249 s+0.059 s3.57 MiB3.82 MiB+ 257.89 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.758 s0.757 s-0.001 s6.06 MiB6.46 MiB+ 407.77 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.694 s0.398 s-0.296 s3.52 MiB3.73 MiB+ 214.29 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.213 s0.173 s-0.040 s3.5 MiB3.71 MiB+ 217.66 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.280 s0.179 s-0.101 s3.49 MiB3.71 MiB+ 225.85 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.184 s0.182 s-0.002 s3.5 MiB3.74 MiB+ 236.52 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.594 s0.765 s+0.171 s6.05 MiB6.45 MiB+ 403.61 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.466 s0.341 s-0.125 s3.5 MiB3.71 MiB+ 214.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.243 s0.209 s-0.034 s3.52 MiB3.73 MiB+ 213.66 KiB
/0.293 s0.252 s-0.041 s3.43 MiB3.52 MiB+ 89.61 KiB
Average 0.386 s0.374 s-0.012 s3.97 MiB4.21 MiB+ 250.08 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
CSS
TypeScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP29.8%16,1564,88686
JavaScript26.3%14,2302,253176
CSS19.3%10,45461318
TypeScript13.9%7,54284586
JSX7.9%4,29041352
HTML1.2%6606311
Sass0.8%41793
JSON0.6%33606
Markdown0.1%8003
SVG0.1%3814
Total 54,203 9,083 445

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 15,079
Total complexity 3,030
Median class complexity 32.0
Median method complexity 4.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\Statistics\Statistics
Most complex function Burst\Admin\Upgrade::check_upgrade()
Classes 47
Methods 491
Functions 37

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

Options wp_options 11

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "dashboard_widget_burst": {
            "title": "Burst Statistics",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[25-Nov-2025 10:22:50 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.0.2: Upgrading database tables for Burst Statistics
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress Admin Menus and Widgets