Report - Better Search 4.2.0

Does Better Search work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-10-02 01:41:28 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: 561.82 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	6.8.3
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 13

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=d7eed52fb8
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.739 s
Memory usage	4.22 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	0.200 s
Memory usage	4.06 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	0.211 s
Memory usage	4.06 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	0.161 s
Memory usage	4.07 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	0.179 s
Memory usage	4.07 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	0.195 s
Memory usage	4.06 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	0.798 s
Memory usage	4.08 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search → Settings → Performance

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_options_page
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.416 s
Memory usage	4.08 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Better Search → Setup Wizard

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=bsearch_wizard
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.340 s
Memory usage	4.07 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	0.448 s
Memory usage	4.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.273 s
Memory usage	3.59 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	0.310 s
Memory usage	4.15 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	1.367 s
Memory usage	6.39 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.359 s	0.438 s	+0.079 s	3.51 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 660.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.199 s	0.179 s	-0.020 s	3.57 MiB	4.16 MiB	+ 605.82 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.744 s	0.815 s	+0.071 s	6.06 MiB	6.69 MiB	+ 642.56 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.590 s	0.388 s	-0.202 s	3.52 MiB	4.08 MiB	+ 567.33 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.204 s	0.199 s	-0.005 s	3.5 MiB	4.06 MiB	+ 571.38 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.259 s	0.232 s	-0.027 s	3.49 MiB	4.06 MiB	+ 579.58 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.190 s	0.373 s	+0.183 s	3.5 MiB	4.09 MiB	+ 598.31 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.605 s	0.619 s	+0.014 s	6.05 MiB	6.67 MiB	+ 638.9 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.420 s	0.434 s	+0.014 s	3.5 MiB	4.06 MiB	+ 567.88 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.190 s	0.201 s	+0.011 s	3.52 MiB	4.09 MiB	+ 585.18 KiB
/	0.286 s	0.182 s	-0.104 s	3.43 MiB	3.59 MiB	+ 162.27 KiB
Average	0.368 s	0.369 s	+0.001 s	3.97 MiB	4.52 MiB	+ 561.82 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
	PHP	69.6%	8,741	5,615	51
	CSS	13.8%	1,732	79	4
	PO File	8.0%	1,004	426	1
	JavaScript	8.0%	1,003	203	10
	Markdown	0.5%	64	0	2
	HTML	0.1%	8	15	1
	XML	0.1%	8	0	1
Total			12,560	6,338	70

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	8,471
Total complexity	1,451
Median class complexity	25.0
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	37
Methods	364
Functions	42

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 4.2.0