Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress 2.2.7

Does "Burst Statistics - Privacy-Friendly Analytics for WordPress" work with WordPress 6.8.3 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: 212.13 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 version6.8.3
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=c76a9ec252
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.928 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 1.023 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 0.233 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 0.355 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.php0.354 s0.618 s+0.264 s3.51 MiB3.74 MiB+ 238.14 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.184 s0.253 s+0.069 s3.57 MiB3.78 MiB+ 215.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.739 s0.783 s+0.044 s6.06 MiB6.42 MiB+ 368.98 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.559 s0.378 s-0.181 s3.52 MiB3.7 MiB+ 180.82 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.212 s0.182 s-0.030 s3.5 MiB3.68 MiB+ 184.19 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.265 s0.196 s-0.069 s3.49 MiB3.68 MiB+ 192.38 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.202 s0.175 s-0.027 s3.5 MiB3.7 MiB+ 203.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.604 s0.782 s+0.178 s6.05 MiB6.34 MiB+ 300.51 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.485 s0.290 s-0.195 s3.5 MiB3.68 MiB+ 180.69 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.242 s0.183 s-0.059 s3.52 MiB3.7 MiB+ 180.19 KiB
/0.286 s0.199 s-0.087 s3.43 MiB3.52 MiB+ 88.51 KiB
Average 0.376 s0.367 s-0.008 s3.97 MiB4.18 MiB+ 212.13 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
PHP29.7%15,3354,43584
JavaScript27.7%14,2862,171174
CSS20.5%10,55362119
TypeScript11.0%5,67163465
JSX8.2%4,21139350
HTML1.3%6606311
Sass0.8%41793
JSON0.6%33505
Markdown0.2%8003
SVG0.1%3814
Total 51,586 8,327 418

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 14,001
Total complexity 2,763
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 45
Methods 460
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 8

Meta Boxes

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

Capabilities 2

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[30-Sep-2025 21:47:59 UTC] Burst Statistics 2.2.7: 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