Companion Auto Update 3.4.3

Does Companion Auto Update work with WordPress 5.3 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
7PHP notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 16.6 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 version5.3
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
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 9

Auto Updater ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Auto Updater ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&welcome=1
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=companion-auto-update%2Fcompanion-auto-update.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=44d511bc69
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.655 s
Memory usage 3.65 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
Load time 0.334 s
Memory usage 3.49 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
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.210 s
Memory usage 3.65 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
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.210 s
Memory usage 3.61 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Update log

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Update log
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=log
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.236 s
Memory usage 3.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Status

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Status
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=status
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.213 s
Memory usage 3.66 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Support

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Support
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=support
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.226 s
Memory usage 3.6 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 0.197 s
Memory usage 3.31 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 0.438 s
Memory usage 3.65 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.361 s0.296 s-0.065 s3.62 MiB3.65 MiB+ 37.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.315 s0.383 s+0.068 s3.65 MiB3.67 MiB+ 22.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.492 s1.804 s+0.312 s5.36 MiB5.39 MiB+ 37.54 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.770 s0.487 s-0.283 s3.48 MiB3.5 MiB+ 21.29 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.262 s0.306 s+0.044 s3.56 MiB3.49 MiB- 71.8 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.293 s0.317 s+0.024 s3.46 MiB3.48 MiB+ 21.81 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.273 s0.341 s+0.068 s3.56 MiB3.59 MiB+ 22.72 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.397 s1.417 s+0.020 s5.34 MiB5.37 MiB+ 30.72 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.268 s0.256 s-0.012 s3.46 MiB3.49 MiB+ 22.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.351 s0.399 s+0.048 s3.57 MiB3.59 MiB+ 21.63 KiB
/0.376 s0.346 s-0.030 s3.32 MiB3.33 MiB+ 16.77 KiB
Average 0.560 s0.577 s+0.018 s3.85 MiB3.87 MiB+ 16.6 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 7 lines

[13-Nov-2019 11:42:54 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 170
[13-Nov-2019 11:42:55 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 170
[13-Nov-2019 11:42:56 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 170
[13-Nov-2019 11:42:56 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 170
[13-Nov-2019 11:42:57 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 170
[13-Nov-2019 11:42:57 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 170
[13-Nov-2019 11:42:58 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 170
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Companion Auto Update Admin Menus and Widgets