Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 2.2.4

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: 194.53 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=74d6a0f06b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.206 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 1.197 s
Memory usage 3.72 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 0.260 s
Memory usage 3.48 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 0.357 s
Memory usage 3.73 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.359 s0.534 s+0.175 s3.51 MiB3.73 MiB+ 232 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.231 s0.424 s+0.193 s3.57 MiB3.76 MiB+ 190.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.868 s1.012 s+0.144 s6.06 MiB6.41 MiB+ 361.48 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.584 s0.340 s-0.244 s3.52 MiB3.69 MiB+ 174.2 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.236 s0.195 s-0.041 s3.5 MiB3.67 MiB+ 177.57 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.355 s0.218 s-0.137 s3.49 MiB3.67 MiB+ 185.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.190 s0.195 s+0.005 s3.5 MiB3.7 MiB+ 196.44 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.627 s0.751 s+0.124 s6.05 MiB6.34 MiB+ 293.32 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.480 s0.355 s-0.125 s3.5 MiB3.67 MiB+ 174.07 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.256 s0.220 s-0.036 s3.52 MiB3.69 MiB+ 173.57 KiB
/0.328 s0.273 s-0.055 s3.5 MiB3.48 MiB- 19.26 KiB
Average 0.410 s0.411 s+0.000 s3.98 MiB4.17 MiB+ 194.53 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
Sass
JSX
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP29.0%14,7494,30681
JavaScript26.0%13,2211,995167
CSS15.0%7,62360614
TypeScript10.5%5,33646957
Sass9.2%4,6887559
JSX8.2%4,15137849
HTML1.3%6606311
JSON0.7%33505
Markdown0.2%8003
SVG0.1%3814
Total 50,881 7,893 450

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 13,442
Total complexity 2,661
Median class complexity 24.0
Median method complexity 4.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\Statistics\Statistics
Most complex function parse_user_agent()
Classes 44
Methods 441
Functions 19

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 9

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[27-Aug-2025 13:45:36 UTC] Burst Statistics 2.2.4: 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