Report - Better Search 4.1.5

Does Better Search work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-07-17 00:47:09 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: 459.86 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	6.8.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-09-05T15:49:00+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=69cb89113e
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.882 s
Memory usage	4.12 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	0.255 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	0.238 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	0.225 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	0.245 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	0.231 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	0.825 s
Memory usage	3.98 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	0.591 s
Memory usage	3.98 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	0.335 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	0.329 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	0.332 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	1.389 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	0.349 s	0.668 s	+0.319 s	3.51 MiB	4.03 MiB	+ 540.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.217 s	0.259 s	+0.042 s	3.57 MiB	4.06 MiB	+ 495.69 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.829 s	0.698 s	-0.131 s	6.06 MiB	6.58 MiB	+ 534.93 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.789 s	0.410 s	-0.379 s	3.52 MiB	3.97 MiB	+ 459.21 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.226 s	0.223 s	-0.003 s	3.5 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 463.27 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.321 s	0.291 s	-0.030 s	3.49 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 471.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.195 s	0.198 s	+0.003 s	3.5 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 487.88 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.837 s	0.776 s	-0.061 s	6.05 MiB	6.57 MiB	+ 530.64 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.275 s	0.324 s	+0.049 s	3.5 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 459.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.215 s	0.225 s	+0.010 s	3.52 MiB	3.99 MiB	+ 474.75 KiB
/	0.310 s	0.204 s	-0.106 s	3.43 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 140.37 KiB
Average	0.415 s	0.389 s	-0.026 s	3.97 MiB	4.42 MiB	+ 459.86 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

JavaScript

PO File

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	72.8%	6,914	4,639	44
	CSS	9.1%	866	42	3
	JavaScript	8.9%	846	147	10
	PO File	8.4%	794	341	1
	Markdown	0.7%	64	0	2
	HTML	0.1%	8	15	1
	XML	0.1%	8	0	1
Total			9,500	5,184	62

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	6,615
Total complexity	1,187
Median class complexity	21.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Better_Search_Core_Query
Most complex function	WebberZone\Better_Search\Frontend\Media_Handler::get_the_post_thumbnail()

Classes	30
Methods	283
Functions	39

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 4.1.5