Report - MalCare Security - Free Malware Scanner, Protection & Security for WordPress 4.53

Does "MalCare Security - Free Malware Scanner, Protection & Security for WordPress" work with WordPress 5.6 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2020-12-23 12:27:21 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors
	Looks good! No problems were detected.

Performance

Memory usage: 69.35 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 version	5.6
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2024-05-15T08:51:00+00:00
Active installs	400,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/malcare-security/
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Pages 3

MalCare ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=malcare-security%2Fmalcare.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=78df3279be
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.858 s
Memory usage	2.79 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

MalCare

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.207 s
Memory usage	2.73 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.169 s
Memory usage	2.63 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.274 s	0.276 s	+0.002 s	2.79 MiB	2.83 MiB	+ 32.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.185 s	0.192 s	+0.007 s	2.84 MiB	2.92 MiB	+ 83.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.905 s	1.231 s	+0.326 s	4.94 MiB	5.04 MiB	+ 108.9 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.516 s	0.544 s	+0.028 s	2.67 MiB	2.76 MiB	+ 95.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.159 s	0.176 s	+0.017 s	2.68 MiB	2.75 MiB	+ 63.08 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.238 s	0.195 s	-0.043 s	2.65 MiB	2.74 MiB	+ 95.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.193 s	0.199 s	+0.006 s	2.68 MiB	2.78 MiB	+ 96.17 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.199 s	0.688 s	-0.511 s	4.92 MiB	5.03 MiB	+ 104.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.328 s	0.205 s	-0.123 s	2.65 MiB	2.74 MiB	+ 95.9 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.232 s	0.215 s	-0.017 s	2.75 MiB	2.78 MiB	+ 31.13 KiB
/	0.898 s	0.221 s	-0.677 s	2.67 MiB	2.63 MiB	- 42.69 KiB
Average	0.466 s	0.377 s	-0.090 s	3.11 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 69.35 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.

Options `wp_options` 3

bvActivateTime
bvSecretKey
mcredirect

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

MalCare Security - Free Malware Scanner, Protection & Security for WordPress 4.53