Companion Auto Update 3.5.0

Does Companion Auto Update work with WordPress 5.3.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
5PHP notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 15.24 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 version5.3.2
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 7

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=dba079858b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.635 s
Memory usage 3.71 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 0.197 s
Memory usage 3.5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Update filter

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Update filter
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=pluginlist
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.156 s
Memory usage 3.62 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 0.154 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 0.159 s
Memory usage 3.68 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 0.250 s
Memory usage 3.3 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 0.228 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.php0.313 s0.243 s-0.070 s3.61 MiB3.65 MiB+ 37.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.218 s0.327 s+0.109 s3.64 MiB3.67 MiB+ 22.84 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.136 s1.468 s+0.332 s5.36 MiB5.39 MiB+ 29.59 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.530 s0.383 s-0.147 s3.48 MiB3.5 MiB+ 21.36 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.156 s0.152 s-0.004 s3.56 MiB3.49 MiB- 71.73 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.408 s0.179 s-0.229 s3.46 MiB3.48 MiB+ 21.88 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.198 s0.175 s-0.023 s3.56 MiB3.58 MiB+ 22.79 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.038 s0.941 s-0.097 s5.35 MiB5.37 MiB+ 22.77 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.271 s0.221 s-0.050 s3.46 MiB3.48 MiB+ 22.2 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.227 s0.203 s-0.024 s3.57 MiB3.59 MiB+ 21.7 KiB
/0.581 s0.261 s-0.320 s3.32 MiB3.33 MiB+ 17.13 KiB
Average 0.461 s0.414 s-0.048 s3.85 MiB3.87 MiB+ 15.24 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 2

Options wp_options 1

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[05-Mar-2020 13:23:11 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '+00:00' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 194
[05-Mar-2020 13:23:12 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '+00:00' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 194
[05-Mar-2020 13:23:13 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '+00:00' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 194
[05-Mar-2020 13:23:13 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '+00:00' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 194
[05-Mar-2020 13:23:14 UTC] PHP Notice:  date_default_timezone_set(): Timezone ID '+00:00' is invalid in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 194
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Companion Auto Update Admin Menus and Widgets