Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 3.2.0

Does "Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress" work with WordPress 6.9.1 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: 317.58 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 version6.9.1
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=1460133b33
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.119 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 0.696 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 0.360 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 0.476 s
Memory usage 4.15 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.533 s0.433 s-0.100 s3.78 MiB4.15 MiB+ 380.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.392 s0.390 s-0.002 s3.78 MiB4.14 MiB+ 362.63 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.837 s0.916 s+0.079 s6.31 MiB6.78 MiB+ 482.43 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.500 s0.454 s-0.046 s3.74 MiB4.02 MiB+ 288.91 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.369 s0.333 s-0.036 s3.71 MiB3.98 MiB+ 272.9 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.553 s0.399 s-0.154 s3.7 MiB3.98 MiB+ 281.09 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.370 s0.333 s-0.037 s3.72 MiB4.02 MiB+ 311.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.751 s0.760 s+0.009 s6.3 MiB6.76 MiB+ 476.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.373 s0.462 s+0.089 s3.71 MiB3.98 MiB+ 273.09 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.382 s0.372 s-0.010 s3.73 MiB4.02 MiB+ 288.9 KiB
/0.315 s0.298 s-0.017 s4.11 MiB4.18 MiB+ 74.91 KiB
Average 0.489 s0.468 s-0.020 s4.24 MiB4.55 MiB+ 317.58 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
PHP28.1%20,2306,941110
JavaScript22.1%15,9142,346177
TypeScript21.2%15,2411,595148
CSS16.2%11,66561819
JSX10.2%7,32274468
HTML0.9%6616311
Sass0.6%41793
JSON0.5%35206
Markdown0.1%8003
SVG0.1%5615
Total 71,938 12,317 550

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 18,670
Total complexity 3,668
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 748
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 14

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[26-Feb-2026 07:53:41 UTC] Burst Statistics 3.2.0: 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