Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.2.3

Does "Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress" work with WordPress 6.9.4 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: 313.29 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 version6.9.4
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=0fab809c23
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.478 s
Memory usage 4.13 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 0.914 s
Memory usage 4.12 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 0.473 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 0.605 s
Memory usage 4.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php1.076 s0.988 s-0.088 s3.78 MiB4.16 MiB+ 395.81 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.532 s0.540 s+0.008 s3.78 MiB4.13 MiB+ 359.69 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.134 s1.150 s+0.016 s6.31 MiB6.77 MiB+ 479.48 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.497 s0.437 s-0.060 s3.74 MiB4.02 MiB+ 285.96 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.349 s0.507 s+0.158 s3.71 MiB3.98 MiB+ 269.95 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.600 s0.400 s-0.200 s3.7 MiB3.97 MiB+ 278.15 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.441 s0.351 s-0.090 s3.72 MiB4 MiB+ 288.82 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.120 s0.848 s-0.272 s6.3 MiB6.76 MiB+ 473.29 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.917 s0.351 s-0.566 s3.71 MiB3.98 MiB+ 270.15 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.463 s0.515 s+0.052 s3.73 MiB4 MiB+ 270.87 KiB
/0.354 s0.426 s+0.072 s4.11 MiB4.18 MiB+ 74.06 KiB
Average 0.680 s0.592 s-0.088 s4.24 MiB4.54 MiB+ 313.29 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
TypeScript
CSS
JSX
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP28.2%20,2436,957110
JavaScript22.1%15,9152,353177
TypeScript21.1%15,2061,597148
CSS16.2%11,66861819
JSX10.2%7,31074568
HTML0.9%6616311
Sass0.6%41793
JSON0.5%35206
Markdown0.1%8003
SVG0.1%5615
Total 71,908 12,343 550

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 18,635
Total complexity 3,672
Median class complexity 20.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\App\App
Most complex function Burst\Admin\Upgrade::check_upgrade()
Classes 72
Methods 743
Functions 40

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 14

Options wp_options 13

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[31-Mar-2026 13:05:18 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.2.3: 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