Report - MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 5.93

Does "MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall" work with WordPress 6.7.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-03-31 06:32:12 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: 31.1 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	6.7.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-03-31T06:30:00+00:00
Active installs	200,000+
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=b140cbc95b
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.554 s
Memory usage	3.5 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

MalCare

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.194 s
Memory usage	3.5 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.174 s
Memory usage	3.42 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.291 s	0.253 s	-0.038 s	3.48 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 39.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.172 s	0.168 s	-0.004 s	3.54 MiB	3.58 MiB	+ 39.26 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.718 s	0.602 s	-0.116 s	5.93 MiB	5.97 MiB	+ 43.96 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.521 s	0.413 s	-0.108 s	3.5 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 21.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.199 s	0.166 s	-0.033 s	3.47 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 25.84 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.246 s	0.234 s	-0.012 s	3.46 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 34.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.207 s	0.165 s	-0.042 s	3.48 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 44.7 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.604 s	0.555 s	-0.049 s	5.92 MiB	5.96 MiB	+ 39.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.264 s	0.239 s	-0.025 s	3.48 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 22.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.399 s	0.183 s	-0.216 s	3.5 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 21.84 KiB
/	0.282 s	0.174 s	-0.108 s	3.41 MiB	3.42 MiB	+ 9.27 KiB
Average	0.355 s	0.287 s	-0.068 s	3.92 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 31.1 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

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	98.9%	12,912	219	82
	SVG	1.1%	140	1	7
Total			13,052	220	89

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	12,416
Total complexity	3,080
Median class complexity	22.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	MCProtectFW_V593
Most complex function	BVDBCallback::process()

Classes	63
Methods	809
Functions	0

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

bv_default_secret_key
bvActivateTime
mcredirect

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 5.93