Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 5.3.1

Does Featured Image from URL (FIFU) work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 256.07 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 version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 80,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/featured-image-from-url/
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Pages 10

FIFU Settings ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: FIFU Settings ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=featured-image-from-url
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=featured-image-from-url%2Ffeatured-image-from-url.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=43990f9289
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.736 s
Memory usage 5.7 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

FIFU

Page screenshot: FIFU
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=featured-image-from-url
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.928 s
Memory usage 4.09 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

FIFU → Cloud

Page screenshot: FIFU → Cloud
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=fifu-cloud
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.759 s
Memory usage 4.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

FIFU → Troubleshooting

Page screenshot: FIFU → Troubleshooting
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=fifu-troubleshooting
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.758 s
Memory usage 4.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

FIFU → Status

Page screenshot: FIFU → Status
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=fifu-support-data
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.455 s
Memory usage 4.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

FIFU → → Upgrade to PRO

Page screenshot: FIFU →  → Upgrade to PRO
URL /wp-admin/
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.388 s
Memory usage 3.97 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 0.302 s
Memory usage 4.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.735 s
Memory usage 6.82 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.725 s
Memory usage 6.8 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.121 s
Memory usage 6.41 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.451 s0.409 s-0.042 s3.78 MiB3.97 MiB+ 203.26 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.395 s0.384 s-0.011 s3.78 MiB4.03 MiB+ 251.37 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.829 s1.253 s+0.424 s6.31 MiB6.82 MiB+ 523.85 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.586 s0.614 s+0.028 s3.74 MiB3.92 MiB+ 188.55 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.352 s0.350 s-0.002 s3.71 MiB3.9 MiB+ 188.15 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.547 s0.263 s-0.284 s3.7 MiB3.89 MiB+ 196.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.348 s0.323 s-0.025 s3.72 MiB3.92 MiB+ 207.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.742 s0.745 s+0.003 s6.3 MiB6.8 MiB+ 518.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.373 s0.365 s-0.008 s3.71 MiB3.89 MiB+ 184.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.351 s0.352 s+0.001 s3.73 MiB3.91 MiB+ 184.14 KiB
/0.291 s0.193 s-0.098 s4.12 MiB4.28 MiB+ 171.32 KiB
Average 0.479 s0.477 s-0.001 s4.24 MiB4.49 MiB+ 256.07 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
HTML
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP45.4%10,95066838
HTML33.3%8,0362413
JavaScript13.4%3,22919618
CSS7.1%1,7035611
JSON0.8%18809
XML0.1%3001
Total 24,136 944 90

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 10,953
Total complexity 1,954
Median class complexity 7.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class FifuDb
Most complex function fifu_get_strings_settings()
Classes 11
Methods 154
Functions 405

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 3

Options wp_options 38

Sidebar Widgets 3

ID Name
fifu_widget_image(FIFU) Featured media
fifu_widget_grid(FIFU) Featured grid
fifu_widget_gallery(FIFU) Product gallery

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "imageUrlMetaBox": {
            "title": "Featured image",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "imageUrlMetaBox": {
            "title": "Featured image",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 01:19:13 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 01:19:13 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 01:19:23 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 01:19:23 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Featured Image from URL (FIFU) Admin Menus and Meta Boxes