Better Search 2.2.2

Does Better Search work with WordPress 5.1.1 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: 154.75 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 version5.1.1
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=aef8767f98
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.541 s
Memory usage 3.35 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 0.289 s
Memory usage 3.45 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 0.166 s
Memory usage 3.32 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 0.315 s
Memory usage 3.02 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 0.234 s
Memory usage 3.41 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 0.727 s
Memory usage 3.4 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.211 s0.247 s+0.036 s3.29 MiB3.41 MiB+ 123.9 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.147 s0.215 s+0.068 s3.32 MiB3.44 MiB+ 121.66 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.837 s1.146 s+0.309 s4.92 MiB5.11 MiB+ 190.59 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.434 s0.396 s-0.038 s3.15 MiB3.33 MiB+ 183.7 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.202 s0.159 s-0.043 s3.14 MiB3.32 MiB+ 184.06 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.184 s0.178 s-0.006 s3.13 MiB3.31 MiB+ 184.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.168 s0.155 s-0.013 s3.17 MiB3.35 MiB+ 184.11 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.955 s0.837 s-0.118 s4.91 MiB5.09 MiB+ 183.33 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.227 s0.172 s-0.055 s3.14 MiB3.32 MiB+ 184.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.216 s0.174 s-0.042 s3.24 MiB3.36 MiB+ 120.15 KiB
/0.495 s0.194 s-0.301 s2.98 MiB3.02 MiB+ 42.62 KiB
Average 0.371 s0.352 s-0.018 s3.49 MiB3.64 MiB+ 154.75 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

[17-Mar-2019 10:28:25 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 4329
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Better Search Admin Menus and Widgets