Better Search 3.0.1

Does Better Search work with WordPress 5.8.1 and PHP 7.4.8? 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: 198.39 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 version5.8.1
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
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 9

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=9944cd1334
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.059 s
Memory usage 3.25 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 1.347 s
Memory usage 3.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Better Search → Search

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URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_options_page
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.287 s
Memory usage 3.23 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 0.215 s
Memory usage 3.23 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 0.234 s
Memory usage 3.23 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 0.231 s
Memory usage 3.22 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 0.210 s
Memory usage 2.99 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 0.243 s
Memory usage 3.29 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 1.445 s
Memory usage 4.65 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.288 s0.242 s-0.046 s3.08 MiB3.29 MiB+ 212.67 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.173 s0.191 s+0.018 s3.11 MiB3.38 MiB+ 275.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.697 s0.960 s+0.263 s5.27 MiB5.47 MiB+ 206.72 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.350 s0.408 s+0.058 s3.03 MiB3.22 MiB+ 199.74 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.259 s0.126 s-0.133 s3.02 MiB3.2 MiB+ 183.66 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.321 s0.174 s-0.147 s3.01 MiB3.2 MiB+ 199.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.171 s0.170 s-0.001 s3.04 MiB3.24 MiB+ 208.82 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.562 s0.574 s+0.012 s5.26 MiB5.46 MiB+ 202.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.218 s0.208 s-0.010 s3 MiB3.2 MiB+ 200.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.201 s0.191 s-0.010 s3.04 MiB3.25 MiB+ 207.86 KiB
/0.250 s0.199 s-0.051 s2.91 MiB2.99 MiB+ 85.23 KiB
Average 0.317 s0.313 s-0.004 s3.43 MiB3.63 MiB+ 198.39 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP80.2%4,7583,29732
CSS11.6%688342
JavaScript4.3%255133
PO File3.2%190671
Markdown0.7%4301
Total 5,934 3,411 39

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 4,557
Total complexity 818
Median class complexity 13.5
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Better_Search
Most complex function get_bsearch_heatmap()
Classes 6
Methods 49
Functions 157

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