Report - MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 6.02

Does "MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall" work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-12-02 22:31:04 UTC.

Summary

Errors

4	PHP deprecation warnings
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 31.92 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	6.9
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=fcde600a8c
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.622 s
Memory usage	3.74 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

MalCare

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.295 s
Memory usage	3.74 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.219 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.464 s	0.349 s	-0.115 s	3.78 MiB	3.81 MiB	+ 40.17 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.337 s	0.289 s	-0.048 s	3.78 MiB	3.82 MiB	+ 39.88 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.808 s	0.961 s	+0.153 s	6.31 MiB	6.35 MiB	+ 44.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.410 s	0.440 s	+0.030 s	3.74 MiB	3.76 MiB	+ 22.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.460 s	0.294 s	-0.166 s	3.71 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 26.48 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.454 s	0.325 s	-0.129 s	3.7 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 34.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.326 s	0.270 s	-0.056 s	3.72 MiB	3.76 MiB	+ 45.34 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.663 s	0.629 s	-0.034 s	6.3 MiB	6.34 MiB	+ 40.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.323 s	0.365 s	+0.042 s	3.71 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 22.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.309 s	0.320 s	+0.011 s	3.73 MiB	3.76 MiB	+ 22.48 KiB
/	0.253 s	0.175 s	-0.078 s	4.12 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 12.26 KiB
Average	0.437 s	0.402 s	-0.035 s	4.24 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 31.92 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	98.9%	12,917	219	82
	SVG	1.1%	140	1	7
Total			13,057	220	89

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	12,421
Total complexity	3,081
Median class complexity	22.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	MCProtectFW_V602
Most complex function	BVDBCallback::process()

Classes	63
Methods	809
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 4 lines

[02-Dec-2025 22:31:24 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:31:24 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:31:32 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:31:32 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 6.02