Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.5.0

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Summary

Errors
2Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 313.68 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.034 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version7.0
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

Overview ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Overview ‹ 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=0640c3f573
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 3.194 s
Memory usage 4.52 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 0.800 s
Memory usage 4.39 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 0.216 s
Memory usage 4.3 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 0.616 s
Memory usage 4.39 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.624 s0.595 s-0.029 s3.93 MiB4.39 MiB+ 473.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.511 s0.774 s+0.263 s3.98 MiB4.28 MiB+ 305.47 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.995 s1.977 s-0.018 s6.56 MiB6.95 MiB+ 402.77 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.724 s1.054 s+0.330 s3.89 MiB4.18 MiB+ 294.37 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.526 s0.502 s-0.024 s3.86 MiB4.14 MiB+ 285.34 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.583 s0.502 s-0.081 s3.85 MiB4.14 MiB+ 293.54 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.489 s0.489 s+0.000 s3.86 MiB4.16 MiB+ 298.71 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.796 s1.805 s+0.009 s6.55 MiB6.94 MiB+ 395.36 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.720 s0.737 s+0.017 s3.86 MiB4.14 MiB+ 281.84 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.536 s0.514 s-0.022 s3.89 MiB4.22 MiB+ 345.09 KiB
/0.290 s0.218 s-0.072 s4.23 MiB4.3 MiB+ 74.78 KiB
Average 0.799 s0.833 s+0.034 s4.41 MiB4.71 MiB+ 313.68 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
TypeScript
JavaScript
JSX
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP32.1%25,2138,428125
TypeScript25.6%20,0872,295186
JavaScript21.3%16,7592,827198
JSX13.5%10,5771,22292
CSS5.5%4,35538331
HTML0.8%6586612
Sass0.5%41793
JSON0.4%35105
Markdown0.1%8003
SVG0.1%5916
Total 78,556 15,231 661

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 23,301
Total complexity 4,688
Median class complexity 22.5
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\Abilities_Api\Abilities_Api
Most complex function Burst\Admin\Upgrade::check_upgrade()
Classes 80
Methods 908
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 2 lines

[03-Jun-2026 14:12:07 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.5.0: Upgrading database tables for Burst Statistics
[03-Jun-2026 14:12:07 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.5.0: 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