Report - MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 5.68

Does "MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall" work with WordPress 6.6.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2024-08-27 07:42:14 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors
	Looks good! No problems were detected.

Performance

Memory usage: 40.44 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 version	6.6.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-01-29T13:26:00+00:00
Active installs	200,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/malcare-security/
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Pages 3

MalCare ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=malcare-security%2Fmalcare.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=24042148be
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.527 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

MalCare

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.195 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.188 s
Memory usage	3.41 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.336 s	0.298 s	-0.038 s	3.47 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 36.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.193 s	0.182 s	-0.011 s	3.54 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 35.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.735 s	0.961 s	+0.226 s	5.75 MiB	5.79 MiB	+ 40.63 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.661 s	0.466 s	-0.195 s	3.49 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 18.57 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.201 s	0.163 s	-0.038 s	3.41 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 81.38 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.220 s	0.217 s	-0.003 s	3.4 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 94.76 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.175 s	0.164 s	-0.011 s	3.47 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 41.43 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.962 s	0.648 s	-0.314 s	5.75 MiB	5.78 MiB	+ 36.21 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.415 s	0.247 s	-0.168 s	3.41 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 83.07 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.258 s	0.190 s	-0.068 s	3.49 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 18.57 KiB
/	0.310 s	0.212 s	-0.098 s	3.45 MiB	3.41 MiB	- 42.05 KiB
Average	0.406 s	0.341 s	-0.065 s	3.88 MiB	3.91 MiB	+ 40.44 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

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	99.1%	11,543	124	71
	SVG	0.9%	103	1	4
Total			11,646	125	75

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	11,074
Total complexity	2,730
Median class complexity	26.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	MCProtectFW_V568
Most complex function	BVDBCallback::process()

Classes	52
Methods	729
Functions	0

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.

Options `wp_options` 3

bv_default_secret_key
bvActivateTime
mcredirect

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 5.68