Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.4.1

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

Memory usage: 332.39 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.031 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

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=5553fd0df3
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.843 s
Memory usage 4.26 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 0.553 s
Memory usage 4.14 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 0.273 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.419 s
Memory usage 4.17 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.457 s0.667 s+0.210 s3.78 MiB4.17 MiB+ 402.25 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.360 s0.330 s-0.030 s3.79 MiB4.14 MiB+ 365.47 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.807 s0.963 s+0.156 s6.31 MiB6.81 MiB+ 515.83 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.454 s0.411 s-0.043 s3.74 MiB4.03 MiB+ 291.73 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.345 s0.318 s-0.027 s3.72 MiB4 MiB+ 295.73 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.502 s0.392 s-0.110 s3.71 MiB4 MiB+ 303.93 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.327 s0.316 s-0.011 s3.72 MiB4.03 MiB+ 314.61 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.720 s0.992 s+0.272 s6.3 MiB6.8 MiB+ 509.63 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.385 s0.358 s-0.027 s3.72 MiB4 MiB+ 292.24 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.335 s0.325 s-0.010 s3.74 MiB4.02 MiB+ 291.73 KiB
/0.297 s0.261 s-0.036 s4.13 MiB4.2 MiB+ 73.08 KiB
Average 0.454 s0.485 s+0.031 s4.24 MiB4.57 MiB+ 332.39 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
PHP29.0%22,0567,406121
JavaScript22.7%17,2362,774200
TypeScript21.9%16,6531,723160
CSS13.1%9,97737330
JSX11.2%8,47591482
HTML0.9%6856312
Sass0.5%41793
JSON0.5%35206
Markdown0.1%8003
SVG0.1%5916
Total 75,990 13,263 623

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 20,306
Total complexity 3,932
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 76
Methods 794
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

[30-Apr-2026 07:31:54 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.4.1: Upgrading database tables for Burst Statistics
[30-Apr-2026 07:31:55 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.4.1: 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