Report - Better Search 4.1.0

Does Better Search work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-05-01 19:09:25 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: 457.46 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.101 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	6.8.1
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=1ae40d8f56
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.682 s
Memory usage	4.11 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	0.208 s
Memory usage	3.96 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	0.196 s
Memory usage	3.96 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	0.162 s
Memory usage	3.96 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	0.219 s
Memory usage	3.96 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	0.385 s
Memory usage	3.96 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	1.031 s
Memory usage	3.97 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	0.658 s
Memory usage	3.97 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	0.413 s
Memory usage	3.95 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.539 s
Memory usage	3.57 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	0.312 s
Memory usage	4.03 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	1.375 s
Memory usage	6.28 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.309 s	0.695 s	+0.386 s	3.51 MiB	4.03 MiB	+ 537.82 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.178 s	0.352 s	+0.174 s	3.57 MiB	4.05 MiB	+ 493.06 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.723 s	1.466 s	+0.743 s	6.06 MiB	6.58 MiB	+ 532.32 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.553 s	0.310 s	-0.243 s	3.52 MiB	3.97 MiB	+ 456.59 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.224 s	0.221 s	-0.003 s	3.5 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 460.64 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.253 s	0.278 s	+0.025 s	3.49 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 468.84 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.177 s	0.347 s	+0.170 s	3.5 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 485.26 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.560 s	0.645 s	+0.085 s	6.05 MiB	6.57 MiB	+ 528.03 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.307 s	0.348 s	+0.041 s	3.5 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 457.14 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.389 s	0.191 s	-0.198 s	3.52 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 472.13 KiB
/	0.270 s	0.196 s	-0.074 s	3.43 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 140.2 KiB
Average	0.358 s	0.459 s	+0.101 s	3.97 MiB	4.42 MiB	+ 457.46 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	91.7%	40,584	22,264	167
	SVG	2.4%	1,079	4	4
	PO File	2.1%	923	387	1
	CSS	1.9%	862	41	16
	JavaScript	1.6%	721	64	14
	Markdown	0.1%	60	0	2
	HTML	0.0%	8	15	1
	XML	0.0%	8	0	1
Total			44,245	22,775	206

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	30,717
Total complexity	7,297
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	1,589
Functions	138

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 4.1.0