Better Search 2.2.0

Does Better Search work with WordPress 5.0.3 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1WordPress deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 131.48 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 version5.0.3
PHP version7.0.16
MySQL version5.7.17
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 7,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/
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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-search%2Fbetter-search.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=3cbefe6d48
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.260 s
Memory usage 3.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Better Search

Page screenshot: Better Search
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_options_page
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.298 s
Memory usage 3.39 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Better Search → Tools

Page screenshot: Better Search → Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_tools_page
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.176 s
Memory usage 3.26 MiB
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 0.256 s
Memory usage 2.95 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.202 s
Memory usage 3.4 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.652 s
Memory usage 3.33 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.254 s0.211 s-0.043 s3.22 MiB3.4 MiB+ 187.9 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.215 s0.189 s-0.026 s3.25 MiB3.37 MiB+ 121.66 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.040 s0.919 s-0.121 s4.92 MiB5.04 MiB+ 126.59 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.407 s0.364 s-0.043 s3.15 MiB3.26 MiB+ 119.7 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.193 s0.181 s-0.012 s3.14 MiB3.26 MiB+ 120.06 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.193 s0.199 s+0.006 s3.07 MiB3.25 MiB+ 184.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.173 s0.260 s+0.087 s3.17 MiB3.29 MiB+ 120.11 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.862 s0.990 s+0.128 s4.9 MiB5.02 MiB+ 119.33 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.195 s0.186 s-0.009 s3.07 MiB3.25 MiB+ 184.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.195 s0.194 s-0.001 s3.18 MiB3.29 MiB+ 120.15 KiB
/0.395 s0.185 s-0.210 s2.92 MiB2.96 MiB+ 42.62 KiB
Average 0.375 s0.353 s-0.022 s3.45 MiB3.58 MiB+ 131.48 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 2

Options wp_options 4

Sidebar Widgets 2

ID Name
widget_bsearch_popPopular Searches [Better Search]
bsearch_search_boxSearch Form [Better Search]

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "bsearch_pop_dashboard": {
            "title": "Popular Searches",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "bsearch_pop_daily_dashboard": {
            "title": "Daily Popular Searches",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[10-Jan-2019 10:37:24 UTC] PHP Notice:  bsearch_read_options is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 2.2.0! Use bsearch_get_settings() instead. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 3923
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Better Search Admin Menus and Widgets