Better Search 2.3.0

Does Better Search work with WordPress 5.3.2 and PHP 7.2.16? 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: 161.62 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 version5.3.2
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
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=68f08ed07f
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.389 s
Memory usage 3.72 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 0.307 s
Memory usage 3.81 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 0.237 s
Memory usage 3.68 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 0.804 s
Memory usage 3.35 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 0.251 s
Memory usage 3.83 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 0.947 s
Memory usage 3.82 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.307 s0.338 s+0.031 s3.61 MiB3.83 MiB+ 219.85 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.244 s0.249 s+0.005 s3.64 MiB3.79 MiB+ 154.38 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.191 s1.350 s+0.159 s5.36 MiB5.51 MiB+ 150.23 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.502 s0.428 s-0.074 s3.48 MiB3.69 MiB+ 214.72 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.160 s0.149 s-0.011 s3.56 MiB3.68 MiB+ 121.59 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.205 s0.189 s-0.016 s3.46 MiB3.67 MiB+ 215.24 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.188 s0.181 s-0.007 s3.56 MiB3.71 MiB+ 152.15 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.164 s1.012 s-0.152 s5.35 MiB5.49 MiB+ 143.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.250 s0.224 s-0.026 s3.46 MiB3.67 MiB+ 215.51 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.218 s0.209 s-0.009 s3.57 MiB3.71 MiB+ 151.09 KiB
/0.358 s0.258 s-0.100 s3.32 MiB3.35 MiB+ 39.61 KiB
Average 0.435 s0.417 s-0.018 s3.85 MiB4.01 MiB+ 161.62 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

[19-Dec-2019 14:50:16 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 4648
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Better Search Admin Menus and Widgets