iThemes Security 7.6.0

Does iThemes Security work with WordPress 5.3 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
1JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 595.55 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.161 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version5.3
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 900,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/
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Pages 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=better-wp-security%2Fbetter-wp-security.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=068b77642b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.925 s
Memory usage 4.18 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Security

Page screenshot: Security
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec&module=security-check&module_type=recommended
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.829 s
Memory usage 5.05 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Security → Security Check

Page screenshot: Security → Security Check
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec&module=security-check&module_type=recommended
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-security-check
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.604 s
Memory usage 4.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Security → Logs

Page screenshot: Security → Logs
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-logs
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.439 s
Memory usage 4.81 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'replace' of undefined\n    at Object.getAjaxSubmitUrl (/wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:194:14)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:343:11\n    at /wp-content/plugins/better-wp-security/core/modules/core/js/mc-validate.js?ver=1:364:2",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Security → Go Pro

Page screenshot: Security → Go Pro
URL https://ithemes.com/security/?utm_source=wordpressadmin&utm_medium=wpmenu&utm_campaign=itsecfreecta
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=itsec-go-pro
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.712 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.438 s
Memory usage 3.8 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.275 s0.543 s+0.268 s3.62 MiB4.22 MiB+ 619.1 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.206 s0.338 s+0.132 s3.65 MiB4.25 MiB+ 620.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.033 s1.276 s+0.243 s5.36 MiB5.95 MiB+ 608.56 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.417 s0.551 s+0.134 s3.48 MiB4.08 MiB+ 614.16 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.147 s0.265 s+0.118 s3.56 MiB4.07 MiB+ 524.48 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.193 s0.375 s+0.182 s3.46 MiB4.07 MiB+ 619.96 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.166 s0.335 s+0.169 s3.56 MiB4.17 MiB+ 616.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.931 s1.157 s+0.226 s5.34 MiB5.93 MiB+ 601.79 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.272 s0.384 s+0.112 s3.46 MiB4.07 MiB+ 619.02 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.187 s0.444 s+0.257 s3.57 MiB4.17 MiB+ 615.3 KiB
/0.294 s0.219 s-0.075 s3.32 MiB3.8 MiB+ 490.76 KiB
Average 0.375 s0.535 s+0.161 s3.85 MiB4.43 MiB+ 595.55 KiB

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 7

Options wp_options 3

User Metadata wp_usermeta 3

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Solid Security Basic Admin Menus