Report - MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 6.36

Does "MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall" work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-11 17:45:18 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: 32.8 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	6.9.4
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-05-25T07:09:00+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=34dc62a2ec
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.643 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	0.320 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	0.191 s
Memory usage	4.12 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.482 s	0.348 s	-0.134 s	3.78 MiB	3.82 MiB	+ 41.02 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.364 s	0.307 s	-0.057 s	3.78 MiB	3.82 MiB	+ 40.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.918 s	0.996 s	+0.078 s	6.31 MiB	6.35 MiB	+ 45.16 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.662 s	0.444 s	-0.218 s	3.74 MiB	3.76 MiB	+ 23.33 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.329 s	0.311 s	-0.018 s	3.71 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 27.33 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.539 s	0.294 s	-0.245 s	3.7 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 35.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.437 s	0.438 s	+0.001 s	3.72 MiB	3.76 MiB	+ 46.19 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.691 s	0.712 s	+0.021 s	6.3 MiB	6.34 MiB	+ 40.97 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.339 s	0.316 s	-0.023 s	3.71 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 23.83 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.321 s	0.337 s	+0.016 s	3.74 MiB	3.76 MiB	+ 23.33 KiB
/	0.282 s	0.214 s	-0.068 s	4.11 MiB	4.12 MiB	+ 13.44 KiB
Average	0.488 s	0.429 s	-0.059 s	4.24 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 32.8 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%	13,011	243	82
	SVG	1.1%	140	1	7
Total			13,151	244	89

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	12,513
Total complexity	3,109
Median class complexity	22.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	MCProtectFW_V636
Most complex function	BVDBCallback::process()

Classes	63
Methods	812
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 6.36