Better Search 2.4.0

Does Better Search work with WordPress 5.4 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

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: 201.65 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 version5.4
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 8

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=c416d1c643
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 3.236 s
Memory usage 3.76 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 0.301 s
Memory usage 3.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Better Search → Popular Searches

Page screenshot: Better Search → Popular Searches
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_popular_searches
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.205 s
Memory usage 3.73 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Better Search → Daily Popular Searches

Page screenshot: Better Search → Daily Popular Searches
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_popular_searches&orderby=daily_count&order=desc
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.324 s
Memory usage 3.73 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 0.201 s
Memory usage 3.72 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 0.302 s
Memory usage 3.37 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 0.261 s
Memory usage 3.88 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 0.604 s
Memory usage 3.89 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.311 s0.239 s-0.072 s3.64 MiB3.88 MiB+ 247.67 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.209 s0.196 s-0.013 s3.66 MiB3.91 MiB+ 246.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.323 s1.492 s+0.169 s5.43 MiB5.67 MiB+ 246.05 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.513 s0.400 s-0.113 s3.5 MiB3.74 MiB+ 242.54 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.160 s0.142 s-0.018 s3.58 MiB3.73 MiB+ 149.41 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.195 s0.186 s-0.009 s3.48 MiB3.72 MiB+ 243.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.413 s0.162 s-0.251 s3.58 MiB3.76 MiB+ 179.97 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.167 s1.157 s-0.010 s5.42 MiB5.65 MiB+ 239.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.289 s0.281 s-0.008 s3.48 MiB3.72 MiB+ 243.33 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.203 s0.188 s-0.015 s3.59 MiB3.83 MiB+ 242.91 KiB
/0.333 s0.215 s-0.118 s3.43 MiB3.37 MiB- 62.19 KiB
Average 0.465 s0.423 s-0.042 s3.89 MiB4.09 MiB+ 201.65 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

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Better Search Admin Menus and Widgets