Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.1.6

Does "Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress" work with WordPress 6.9.1 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: 271.95 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 version6.9.1
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=8e2b46520c
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.802 s
Memory usage 4.15 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 0.958 s
Memory usage 4.08 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 0.354 s
Memory usage 4.17 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 0.429 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.php0.428 s0.424 s-0.004 s3.78 MiB4.11 MiB+ 341.3 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.356 s0.346 s-0.010 s3.78 MiB4.08 MiB+ 303.56 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.840 s0.885 s+0.045 s6.31 MiB6.72 MiB+ 425.36 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.545 s0.533 s-0.012 s3.74 MiB3.97 MiB+ 239.31 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.319 s0.454 s+0.135 s3.71 MiB3.94 MiB+ 234.62 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.498 s0.332 s-0.166 s3.7 MiB3.94 MiB+ 242.81 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.398 s0.311 s-0.087 s3.72 MiB3.96 MiB+ 253.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.675 s0.713 s+0.038 s6.3 MiB6.71 MiB+ 418.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.473 s0.401 s-0.072 s3.71 MiB3.94 MiB+ 231.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.308 s0.400 s+0.092 s3.73 MiB3.96 MiB+ 230.62 KiB
/0.395 s0.227 s-0.168 s4.11 MiB4.18 MiB+ 70.36 KiB
Average 0.476 s0.457 s-0.019 s4.24 MiB4.5 MiB+ 271.95 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
PHP26.8%16,3405,20983
JavaScript25.6%15,6222,276176
CSS18.5%11,30061518
TypeScript17.1%10,4171,29897
JSX9.4%5,71464256
HTML1.1%6606311
Sass0.7%41793
JSON0.6%35206
Markdown0.1%8003
SVG0.1%3814
Total 60,940 10,113 457

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 15,032
Total complexity 3,033
Median class complexity 34.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\App\App
Most complex function Burst\Admin\Upgrade::check_upgrade()
Classes 46
Methods 511
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 11

Options wp_options 14

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[03-Feb-2026 20:14:41 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.1.6: 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