Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 2.2.0

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: 196.9 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 300,000+
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=35620f9f5e
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.952 s
Memory usage 3.77 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 0.953 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 0.288 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 0.349 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.php0.428 s0.439 s+0.011 s3.51 MiB3.73 MiB+ 228.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.203 s0.434 s+0.231 s3.57 MiB3.75 MiB+ 186.71 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.782 s0.881 s+0.099 s6.06 MiB6.41 MiB+ 357.78 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.598 s0.373 s-0.225 s3.52 MiB3.69 MiB+ 170.19 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.225 s0.179 s-0.046 s3.5 MiB3.67 MiB+ 173.55 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.336 s0.206 s-0.130 s3.49 MiB3.67 MiB+ 181.75 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.220 s0.175 s-0.045 s3.5 MiB3.69 MiB+ 192.42 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.619 s0.822 s+0.203 s6.05 MiB6.33 MiB+ 289.62 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.275 s0.364 s+0.089 s3.5 MiB3.67 MiB+ 170.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.228 s0.211 s-0.017 s3.52 MiB3.69 MiB+ 169.55 KiB
/0.319 s0.245 s-0.074 s3.43 MiB3.48 MiB+ 46.11 KiB
Average 0.385 s0.394 s+0.009 s3.97 MiB4.16 MiB+ 196.9 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
Sass
JSX
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP30.3%14,5954,38881
JavaScript26.5%12,7391,974162
CSS15.7%7,56660615
Sass9.7%4,6877559
JSX8.6%4,16040549
TypeScript6.9%3,33039845
HTML1.4%6606311
JSON0.4%17203
LESS0.3%15201
SVG0.1%3814
Markdown0.0%1602
Total 48,115 7,910 432

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 13,288
Total complexity 2,647
Median class complexity 24.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Burst\Admin\Statistics\Statistics
Most complex function parse_user_agent()
Classes 43
Methods 446
Functions 20

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 9

Options wp_options 8

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[15-Jul-2025 18:02:24 UTC] Burst Statistics 2.2.0: 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