iThemes Security 7.4.1

Does iThemes Security work with WordPress 5.3 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
1JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 547.85 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.155 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version5.3
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 900,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/
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Pages 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=better-wp-security%2Fbetter-wp-security.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=a40054e394
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.566 s
Memory usage 4.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Security

Page screenshot: Security
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec&module=security-check&module_type=recommended
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.015 s
Memory usage 4.97 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Security → Security Check

Page screenshot: Security → Security Check
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec&module=security-check&module_type=recommended
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-security-check
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.670 s
Memory usage 4.45 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Security → Logs

Page screenshot: Security → Logs
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-logs
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.555 s
Memory usage 4.73 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'replace' of undefined\n    at Object.getAjaxSubmitUrl (/wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:194:14)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:343:11\n    at /wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:364:2",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Security → Go Pro

Page screenshot: Security → Go Pro
URL https://ithemes.com/security/?utm_source=wordpressadmin&utm_medium=wpmenu&utm_campaign=itsecfreecta
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-go-pro
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.821 s
Memory usage N/A
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 0.519 s
Memory usage 3.78 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.342 s0.635 s+0.293 s3.62 MiB4.14 MiB+ 542.3 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.306 s0.436 s+0.130 s3.65 MiB4.18 MiB+ 544.19 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.348 s1.620 s+0.272 s5.36 MiB5.87 MiB+ 531.77 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.486 s0.787 s+0.301 s3.48 MiB4.07 MiB+ 601.37 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.363 s0.364 s+0.001 s3.56 MiB4.06 MiB+ 511.68 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.322 s0.421 s+0.099 s3.46 MiB4.05 MiB+ 607.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.276 s0.404 s+0.128 s3.56 MiB4.09 MiB+ 540.16 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.173 s1.530 s+0.357 s5.34 MiB5.86 MiB+ 524.99 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.290 s0.428 s+0.138 s3.46 MiB4.06 MiB+ 606.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.343 s0.504 s+0.161 s3.57 MiB4.09 MiB+ 538.51 KiB
/0.425 s0.251 s-0.174 s3.32 MiB3.78 MiB+ 477.96 KiB
Average 0.516 s0.671 s+0.155 s3.85 MiB4.39 MiB+ 547.85 KiB

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 6

Options wp_options 3

User Metadata wp_usermeta 3

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Solid Security Basic Admin Menus