Report - MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 5.73

Does "MalCare WordPress Security Plugin - Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall" work with WordPress 6.6.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2024-09-10 17:05:11 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: 40.84 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	6.6.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2024-09-06T17:20:00+00:00
Active installs	500,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/malcare-security/
Badges	Get badge code

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=731c16d9ce
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.531 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

MalCare

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=malcare
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.242 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.215 s
Memory usage	3.41 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.317 s	0.298 s	-0.019 s	3.47 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 36.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.186 s	0.171 s	-0.015 s	3.54 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 36.38 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.699 s	0.549 s	-0.150 s	5.75 MiB	5.79 MiB	+ 41.03 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.507 s	0.333 s	-0.174 s	3.49 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 18.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.188 s	0.164 s	-0.024 s	3.41 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 81.79 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.415 s	0.398 s	-0.017 s	3.4 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 95.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.186 s	0.170 s	-0.016 s	3.47 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 41.84 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.577 s	0.522 s	-0.055 s	5.75 MiB	5.78 MiB	+ 36.62 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.233 s	0.228 s	-0.005 s	3.41 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 83.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.220 s	0.208 s	-0.012 s	3.49 MiB	3.51 MiB	+ 18.98 KiB
/	0.276 s	0.185 s	-0.091 s	3.45 MiB	3.41 MiB	- 41.65 KiB
Average	0.346 s	0.293 s	-0.053 s	3.88 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 40.84 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	99.2%	12,025	125	74
	SVG	0.8%	103	1	4
Total			12,128	126	78

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	11,561
Total complexity	2,850
Median class complexity	25.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	MCProtectFW_V573
Most complex function	BVDBCallback::process()

Classes	55
Methods	750
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 5.73