Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.5.1

Does "Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress" work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 339.43 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.053 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=5e35ef6990
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 3.258 s
Memory usage 4.55 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 1.551 s
Memory usage 4.42 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 0.266 s
Memory usage 4.32 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 0.599 s
Memory usage 4.43 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.695 s0.865 s+0.170 s3.92 MiB4.43 MiB+ 518.41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.526 s0.575 s+0.049 s3.98 MiB4.3 MiB+ 329.3 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php2.050 s1.940 s-0.110 s6.56 MiB6.97 MiB+ 426.62 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.730 s0.825 s+0.095 s3.89 MiB4.2 MiB+ 318.21 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.529 s0.499 s-0.030 s3.86 MiB4.16 MiB+ 309.18 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.960 s0.487 s-0.473 s3.85 MiB4.16 MiB+ 317.38 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.514 s1.000 s+0.486 s3.86 MiB4.18 MiB+ 322.55 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.397 s1.568 s+0.171 s6.55 MiB6.96 MiB+ 419.19 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.648 s0.573 s-0.075 s3.86 MiB4.16 MiB+ 305.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.530 s0.875 s+0.345 s3.88 MiB4.24 MiB+ 368.92 KiB
/0.297 s0.247 s-0.050 s4.23 MiB4.32 MiB+ 98.28 KiB
Average 0.807 s0.859 s+0.053 s4.4 MiB4.74 MiB+ 339.43 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
PHP33.9%27,57910,311167
TypeScript25.7%20,9292,472199
JavaScript19.9%16,2142,631197
JSX13.2%10,7011,22692
CSS5.4%4,38038331
HTML0.8%6586612
Sass0.5%41793
JSON0.4%35105
SVG0.1%5916
Markdown0.1%4402
Total 81,332 17,099 714

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 16

Options wp_options 13

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[17-Jun-2026 07:01:34 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.5.1: Upgrading database tables for Burst Statistics
[17-Jun-2026 07:01:35 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.5.1: 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