Report - Better Search 4.0.4

Does Better Search work with WordPress 6.7.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-01-02 22:08:28 UTC.

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: 450.2 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 version	6.7.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-06-28T14:24:00+00:00
Active installs	6,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 12

Better Search Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_dashboard
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=better-search%2Fbetter-search.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=b4577727c8
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.881 s
Memory usage	4.09 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_dashboard
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.244 s
Memory usage	3.93 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search → Yesterday

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_dashboard
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.240 s
Memory usage	3.93 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search → Popular Searches

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_popular_searches
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.190 s
Memory usage	3.93 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

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	0.215 s
Memory usage	3.93 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search → Tools

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_tools_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.206 s
Memory usage	3.93 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_options_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.800 s
Memory usage	3.95 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search → Settings → Search

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_options_page
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.434 s
Memory usage	3.95 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search → Upgrade ➤

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_dashboard-pricing
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.307 s
Memory usage	3.92 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.366 s
Memory usage	3.54 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.338 s
Memory usage	4.01 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.558 s
Memory usage	6.23 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.338 s	0.511 s	+0.173 s	3.48 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 537.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.209 s	0.213 s	+0.004 s	3.54 MiB	4.03 MiB	+ 495.94 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.845 s	0.959 s	+0.114 s	5.92 MiB	6.41 MiB	+ 499.93 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.811 s	0.362 s	-0.449 s	3.5 MiB	3.94 MiB	+ 457.04 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.228 s	0.224 s	-0.004 s	3.47 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 461.09 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.274 s	0.265 s	-0.009 s	3.46 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 469.29 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.206 s	0.208 s	+0.002 s	3.48 MiB	3.94 MiB	+ 474.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.704 s	0.832 s	+0.128 s	5.92 MiB	6.4 MiB	+ 491.96 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.488 s	0.270 s	-0.218 s	3.47 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 457.59 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.261 s	0.222 s	-0.039 s	3.49 MiB	3.96 MiB	+ 475 KiB
/	0.323 s	0.226 s	-0.097 s	3.42 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 131.51 KiB
Average	0.426 s	0.390 s	-0.036 s	3.92 MiB	4.36 MiB	+ 450.2 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

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	92.3%	40,550	22,244	167
	SVG	2.5%	1,079	4	4
	PO File	2.0%	862	363	1
	CSS	1.8%	804	40	16
	JavaScript	1.3%	585	60	14
	Markdown	0.1%	60	0	2
	HTML	0.0%	8	15	1
	XML	0.0%	8	0	1
Total			43,956	22,726	206

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	30,683
Total complexity	7,289
Median class complexity	18.5
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Freemius
Most complex function	FS_Plugin_Info_Dialog::install_plugin_information()

Classes	84
Methods	1,587
Functions	137

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 4

wp_bsearch
wp_bsearch_backup
wp_bsearch_daily
wp_bsearch_daily_backup

Options `wp_options` 8

bsearch_db_version
bsearch_settings
fs_accounts
fs_active_plugins
fs_api_cache
fs_debug_mode
widget_bsearch_search_box
widget_widget_bsearch_pop

Sidebar Widgets 2

ID	Name
bsearch_search_box	Search Form [Better Search]
widget_bsearch_pop	Popular Searches [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.

Better Search 4.0.4