Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 2.2.6

Does "Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress" work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 208.45 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 version6.8.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 200,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/burst-statistics/
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Pages 4

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=burst
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=burst-statistics%2Fburst.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=120ca7f5cb
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.165 s
Memory usage 3.78 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Statistics

Page screenshot: Statistics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=burst
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.171 s
Memory usage 3.73 MiB
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 0.237 s
Memory usage 3.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.402 s
Memory usage 3.74 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.316 s0.376 s+0.060 s3.51 MiB3.74 MiB+ 234.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.213 s0.349 s+0.136 s3.57 MiB3.78 MiB+ 212.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.845 s1.008 s+0.163 s6.06 MiB6.42 MiB+ 364.59 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.772 s0.390 s-0.382 s3.52 MiB3.7 MiB+ 177.32 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.229 s0.200 s-0.029 s3.5 MiB3.68 MiB+ 180.69 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.284 s0.230 s-0.054 s3.49 MiB3.68 MiB+ 188.88 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.194 s0.190 s-0.004 s3.5 MiB3.7 MiB+ 199.55 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.743 s0.750 s+0.007 s6.05 MiB6.34 MiB+ 296.44 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.292 s0.356 s+0.064 s3.5 MiB3.68 MiB+ 177.19 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.236 s0.224 s-0.012 s3.52 MiB3.7 MiB+ 176.69 KiB
/0.326 s0.267 s-0.059 s3.44 MiB3.52 MiB+ 84.54 KiB
Average 0.405 s0.395 s-0.010 s3.97 MiB4.17 MiB+ 208.45 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
JavaScript
CSS
TypeScript
JSX
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP29.9%15,0364,34782
JavaScript27.5%13,8282,040169
CSS20.6%10,33261719
TypeScript10.6%5,33547057
JSX8.3%4,16637850
HTML1.3%6606311
Sass0.8%41793
JSON0.7%33505
Markdown0.2%8003
SVG0.1%3814
Total 50,227 7,925 403

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 13,719
Total complexity 2,713
Median class complexity 24.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\Statistics\Statistics
Most complex function Burst\Admin\Upgrade::check_upgrade()
Classes 44
Methods 452
Functions 18

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 10

Options wp_options 8

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "dashboard_widget_burst": {
            "title": "Burst Statistics",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[16-Sep-2025 19:05:06 UTC] Burst Statistics 2.2.6: Upgrading database tables for Burst Statistics
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress Admin Menus and Widgets