Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.6.0

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: 366.68 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 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=2c90c8bfb9
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 4.885 s
Memory usage 18.75 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 1.019 s
Memory usage 4.46 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 0.257 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 0.696 s
Memory usage 4.48 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.683 s0.976 s+0.293 s3.92 MiB4.48 MiB+ 564.25 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.557 s0.708 s+0.151 s3.98 MiB4.33 MiB+ 356.85 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php2.153 s2.007 s-0.146 s6.56 MiB7 MiB+ 454.84 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.753 s0.737 s-0.016 s3.89 MiB4.23 MiB+ 345.75 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.546 s0.526 s-0.020 s3.86 MiB4.19 MiB+ 337.41 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.627 s0.541 s-0.086 s3.85 MiB4.19 MiB+ 345.6 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.511 s0.534 s+0.023 s3.86 MiB4.21 MiB+ 350.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.885 s1.996 s+0.111 s6.55 MiB6.99 MiB+ 447.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.624 s0.575 s-0.049 s3.86 MiB4.19 MiB+ 333.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.567 s0.547 s-0.020 s3.88 MiB4.27 MiB+ 396.47 KiB
/0.309 s0.236 s-0.073 s4.23 MiB4.33 MiB+ 100.22 KiB
Average 0.838 s0.853 s+0.015 s4.4 MiB4.76 MiB+ 366.68 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
SVG
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP30.6%29,03411,124172
TypeScript22.5%21,3242,546199
JavaScript17.3%16,4142,671187
JSX11.6%10,9981,28693
SVG11.5%10,9581279
CSS4.7%4,45441033
HTML0.7%6586612
JSON0.6%5940248
Sass0.4%41793
Markdown0.0%4402
Total 94,895 18,113 1,228

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 17

Options wp_options 17

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[01-Jul-2026 06:58:05 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.6.0: Upgrading database tables for Burst Statistics
[01-Jul-2026 06:58:06 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.6.0: 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