Does Companion Auto Update work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .
| 1 | PHP fatal errors | 
| No JavaScript exceptions | |
| 1 | Page failed to load 
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| No resource errors | 
							Memory usage: 35.88 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.
														
| WordPress version | 6.8.3 | 
|---|---|
| PHP version | 8.1.12 | 
| MySQL version | 10.6.10 | 
| PHP memory limit | 512M | 
| Last updated | |
|---|---|
| Active installs | 50,000+ | 
| WordPress.org page | https://wordpress.org/plugins/companion-auto-update/ | 
| Badges | 
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| 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=b4ed50461f | 
| Aspect | after-activation | 
| HTTP status | 500 | 
| Load time | 0.246 s | 
| Memory usage | N/A | 
| JS errors | None | 
| Resource errors | None | 
| URL | /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings | 
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item | 
| HTTP status | 200 | 
| Load time | 0.307 s | 
| Memory usage | 3.72 MiB | 
| JS errors | None | 
| Resource errors | None | 
| URL | /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=pluginlist | 
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item-tab | 
| HTTP status | 200 | 
| Load time | 0.215 s | 
| Memory usage | 3.53 MiB | 
| JS errors | None | 
| Resource errors | None | 
| URL | /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=log | 
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item-tab | 
| HTTP status | 200 | 
| Load time | 0.190 s | 
| Memory usage | 3.53 MiB | 
| JS errors | None | 
| Resource errors | None | 
| URL | /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=status | 
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item-tab | 
| HTTP status | 200 | 
| Load time | 0.180 s | 
| Memory usage | 3.59 MiB | 
| JS errors | None | 
| Resource errors | None | 
| URL | / | 
|---|---|
| Aspect | front-page | 
| HTTP status | 200 | 
| Load time | 0.252 s | 
| Memory usage | 3.47 MiB | 
| JS errors | None | 
| Resource errors | None | 
| URL | /wp-admin/index.php | 
|---|---|
| Aspect | new-meta-boxes | 
| HTTP status | 200 | 
| Load time | 0.348 s | 
| Memory usage | 3.57 MiB | 
| JS errors | None | 
| Resource errors | None | 
| URL | Load time | Memory usage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inactive | Active | Change | Inactive | Active | Change | |
| /wp-admin/index.php | 0.334 s | 0.377 s | +0.043 s | 3.51 MiB | 3.57 MiB | + 65.78 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/edit.php | 0.213 s | 0.204 s | -0.009 s | 3.57 MiB | 3.61 MiB | + 39.66 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/post-new.php | 0.863 s | 0.680 s | -0.183 s | 6.06 MiB | 6.1 MiB | + 43.46 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/upload.php | 0.817 s | 0.344 s | -0.473 s | 3.52 MiB | 3.55 MiB | + 22.26 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/options-writing.php | 0.224 s | 0.314 s | +0.090 s | 3.5 MiB | 3.53 MiB | + 26.25 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/media-new.php | 0.285 s | 0.224 s | -0.061 s | 3.49 MiB | 3.53 MiB | + 34.45 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category | 0.195 s | 0.210 s | +0.015 s | 3.5 MiB | 3.55 MiB | + 45.12 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page | 0.798 s | 0.625 s | -0.173 s | 6.05 MiB | 6.09 MiB | + 38.98 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/options-discussion.php | 0.292 s | 0.316 s | +0.024 s | 3.5 MiB | 3.53 MiB | + 22.75 KiB | 
| /wp-admin/edit-comments.php | 0.227 s | 0.232 s | +0.005 s | 3.52 MiB | 3.54 MiB | + 22.25 KiB | 
| / | 0.319 s | 0.210 s | -0.109 s | 3.43 MiB | 3.47 MiB | + 33.75 KiB | 
| Average | 0.415 s | 0.340 s | -0.076 s | 3.97 MiB | 4.01 MiB | + 35.88 KiB | 
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.
| Language | % | Lines of code | Comment lines | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP | 58.2% | 1,997 | 536 | 10 | |
| SVG | 25.9% | 889 | 6 | 9 | |
| CSS | 15.9% | 547 | 25 | 2 | |
| Total | 3,433 | 567 | 21 | ||
| Lines of code | 2,197 | 
|---|---|
| Total complexity | 406 | 
| Median class complexity | 14.0 | 
| Median method complexity | 7.0 | 
| Most complex class | CAU_auto_update | 
| Most complex function | cau_fetch_log() | 
| Classes | 1 | 
|---|---|
| Methods | 2 | 
| Functions | 84 | 
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.
wp_options 1{
    "dashboard": {
        "cau-update-log": {
            "title": "Update log",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}[01-Oct-2025 02:03:33 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function cau_menloc() in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php:74
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): cau_pluginRedirectWelcomeScreen()
#1 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#2 /wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#3 /wp-admin/admin.php(176): do_action()
#4 /wp-admin/plugins.php(10): require_once('...')
#5 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 74