Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.1.0.3

Does "Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress" work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
6PHP deprecation warnings
1Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 266.34 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 version6.9
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=b887ee30cc
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.724 s
Memory usage 4.14 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 0.583 s
Memory usage 4.03 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 0.261 s
Memory usage 4.18 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 0.442 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.484 s0.728 s+0.244 s3.78 MiB4.1 MiB+ 334.31 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.361 s0.438 s+0.077 s3.78 MiB4.07 MiB+ 293.39 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.867 s0.816 s-0.051 s6.31 MiB6.72 MiB+ 420.57 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.562 s0.453 s-0.109 s3.74 MiB3.96 MiB+ 230.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.333 s0.309 s-0.024 s3.71 MiB3.94 MiB+ 230.46 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.516 s0.447 s-0.069 s3.7 MiB3.94 MiB+ 238.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.314 s0.305 s-0.009 s3.72 MiB3.96 MiB+ 249.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.689 s0.897 s+0.208 s6.3 MiB6.7 MiB+ 414.38 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.342 s0.343 s+0.001 s3.71 MiB3.94 MiB+ 226.96 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.333 s0.331 s-0.002 s3.73 MiB3.96 MiB+ 226.46 KiB
/0.294 s0.247 s-0.047 s4.12 MiB4.18 MiB+ 65.14 KiB
Average 0.463 s0.483 s+0.020 s4.24 MiB4.5 MiB+ 266.34 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
PHP29.9%16,1774,87182
JavaScript25.6%13,8742,152175
CSS19.4%10,47661318
TypeScript14.2%7,70184787
JSX8.0%4,33641552
HTML1.2%6606311
Sass0.8%41793
JSON0.6%33606
Markdown0.1%8003
SVG0.1%3814
Total 54,095 8,971 441

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 15,026
Total complexity 3,003
Median class complexity 34.0
Median method complexity 4.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\Statistics\Statistics
Most complex function Burst\Admin\Upgrade::check_upgrade()
Classes 46
Methods 491
Functions 36

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 7 lines

[02-Dec-2025 22:36:06 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.1.0.3: Upgrading database tables for Burst Statistics
[02-Dec-2025 22:36:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:36:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:36:22 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:36:22 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:36:46 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:36:46 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress Admin Menus and Widgets