Report - MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 5.81

Does "MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall" work with WordPress 6.7.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2024-11-21 17:12:18 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: 24.45 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	6.7.1
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=6e771b5cf6
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.584 s
Memory usage	3.5 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

MalCare

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.204 s
Memory usage	3.5 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.166 s
Memory usage	3.42 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.305 s	0.259 s	-0.046 s	3.48 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 38.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.203 s	0.160 s	-0.043 s	3.54 MiB	3.58 MiB	+ 38.7 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.708 s	0.582 s	-0.126 s	5.92 MiB	5.97 MiB	+ 43.4 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.496 s	0.451 s	-0.045 s	3.5 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 21.29 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.191 s	0.205 s	+0.014 s	3.47 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 25.29 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.251 s	0.185 s	-0.066 s	3.46 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 33.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.184 s	0.197 s	+0.013 s	3.48 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 44.14 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.760 s	0.557 s	-0.203 s	5.92 MiB	5.96 MiB	+ 38.93 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.415 s	0.186 s	-0.229 s	3.47 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 21.79 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.214 s	0.180 s	-0.034 s	3.49 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 21.29 KiB
/	0.264 s	0.178 s	-0.086 s	3.48 MiB	3.42 MiB	- 58.38 KiB
Average	0.363 s	0.285 s	-0.077 s	3.93 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 24.45 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	99.2%	12,352	128	75
	SVG	0.8%	103	1	4
Total			12,455	129	79

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	11,882
Total complexity	2,948
Median class complexity	26.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	MCProtectFW_V581
Most complex function	BVDBCallback::process()

Classes	56
Methods	765
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 5.81