Report - Better Search 4.1.1

Does Better Search work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-05-05 14:21:27 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: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

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=13d4beba95
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.794 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	0.222 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	0.229 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	0.189 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	0.212 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	0.214 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	0.780 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	0.394 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	0.290 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	0.352 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	0.340 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	1.287 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	0.317 s	0.368 s	+0.051 s	3.51 MiB	4.03 MiB	+ 537.82 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.215 s	0.192 s	-0.023 s	3.57 MiB	4.05 MiB	+ 493.06 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.787 s	0.955 s	+0.168 s	6.06 MiB	6.58 MiB	+ 532.32 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.599 s	0.386 s	-0.213 s	3.52 MiB	3.97 MiB	+ 456.59 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.236 s	0.205 s	-0.031 s	3.5 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 460.64 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.372 s	0.273 s	-0.099 s	3.49 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 468.84 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.218 s	0.209 s	-0.009 s	3.5 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 485.26 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.627 s	0.832 s	+0.205 s	6.05 MiB	6.57 MiB	+ 528.03 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.442 s	0.327 s	-0.115 s	3.5 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 457.14 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.235 s	0.225 s	-0.010 s	3.52 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 472.13 KiB
/	0.299 s	0.205 s	-0.094 s	3.43 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 140.21 KiB
Average	0.395 s	0.380 s	-0.015 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%	40,594	22,274	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			44,255	22,785	206

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	30,727
Total complexity	7,300
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	1,590
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 4.1.1