Companion Auto Update 3.3.1

Does Companion Auto Update work with WordPress 5.0.1 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2WordPress deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 73.35 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 version5.0.1
PHP version7.0.16
MySQL version5.7.17
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 60,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/companion-auto-update/
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Pages 8

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=companion-auto-update%2Fcompanion-auto-update.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=faa9f69b95
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.172 s
Memory usage 3.2 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.037 s
Memory usage 3.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Advanced settings

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Advanced settings
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=schedule&cau_page=advanced
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.039 s
Memory usage 3.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Select plugins

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Select plugins
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=pluginlist&cau_page=advanced
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.042 s
Memory usage 3.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Systeminfo

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Systeminfo
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=log&cau_page=system
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.104 s
Memory usage 3.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Support & Feedback

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Support & Feedback
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=support
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.037 s
Memory usage 3.27 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 OK
Load time 0.119 s
Memory usage 3.21 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 OK
Load time 0.132 s
Memory usage 3.32 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.146 s0.125 s-0.021 s3.22 MiB3.32 MiB+ 104.19 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.121 s0.123 s+0.002 s3.25 MiB3.33 MiB+ 87.64 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.511 s0.527 s+0.016 s4.92 MiB4.95 MiB+ 30.83 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.038 s0.042 s+0.004 s3.15 MiB3.18 MiB+ 26.39 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.086 s0.152 s+0.066 s3.14 MiB3.16 MiB+ 23.55 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.049 s0.103 s+0.054 s3.07 MiB3.16 MiB+ 87.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.115 s0.127 s+0.012 s3.17 MiB3.2 MiB+ 23.55 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.471 s0.444 s-0.027 s4.9 MiB4.93 MiB+ 23.57 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.032 s0.105 s+0.073 s3.07 MiB3.16 MiB+ 87.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.085 s0.135 s+0.050 s3.18 MiB3.2 MiB+ 23.55 KiB
/0.086 s0.075 s-0.011 s2.93 MiB3.21 MiB+ 288.5 KiB
Average 0.158 s0.178 s+0.020 s3.46 MiB3.53 MiB+ 73.35 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.

Database Tables 1

Options wp_options 1

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "cau-update-log": {
            "title": "Update log",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[13-Dec-2018 12:39:30 UTC] PHP Notice:  edit_form_advanced is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 5.0.0! Use block_editor_meta_box_hidden_fields instead. This action is still supported in the classic editor, but is deprecated in the block editor. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 4147
[13-Dec-2018 12:39:31 UTC] PHP Notice:  edit_form_advanced is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 5.0.0! Use block_editor_meta_box_hidden_fields instead. This action is still supported in the classic editor, but is deprecated in the block editor. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 4147
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Companion Auto Update Admin Menus and Widgets