Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.1.4

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

Memory usage: 268.09 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=88675a7edd
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.691 s
Memory usage 4.08 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 0.610 s
Memory usage 4.07 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 0.450 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 0.425 s
Memory usage 4.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.421 s0.504 s+0.083 s3.78 MiB4.11 MiB+ 337.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.347 s0.326 s-0.021 s3.78 MiB4.08 MiB+ 299.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.859 s0.930 s+0.071 s6.31 MiB6.72 MiB+ 421.18 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.673 s0.397 s-0.276 s3.74 MiB3.97 MiB+ 235.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.333 s0.296 s-0.037 s3.71 MiB3.94 MiB+ 230.43 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.492 s0.304 s-0.188 s3.7 MiB3.94 MiB+ 238.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.421 s0.303 s-0.118 s3.72 MiB3.96 MiB+ 249.3 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.673 s0.684 s+0.011 s6.3 MiB6.7 MiB+ 414.73 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.337 s0.318 s-0.019 s3.71 MiB3.94 MiB+ 226.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.332 s0.320 s-0.012 s3.74 MiB3.96 MiB+ 226.43 KiB
/0.271 s0.216 s-0.055 s4.11 MiB4.18 MiB+ 69.98 KiB
Average 0.469 s0.418 s-0.051 s4.24 MiB4.5 MiB+ 268.09 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
JSX
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP28.4%16,8765,23883
JavaScript25.8%15,3292,239173
CSS17.7%10,54161318
TypeScript17.1%10,1721,27594
JSX8.4%4,98146454
HTML1.1%6606311
Sass0.7%41793
JSON0.6%35206
Markdown0.1%8003
SVG0.1%3814
Total 59,446 9,902 449

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 15,570
Total complexity 3,106
Median class complexity 37.5
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\App\App
Most complex function Burst\Admin\Upgrade::check_upgrade()
Classes 46
Methods 520
Functions 38

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 13

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[24-Dec-2025 12:24:16 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.1.4: 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