Shield Security 8.5.3

Does Shield Security work with WordPress 5.3.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 3 MiB
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 50,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-simple-firewall/
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Pages 2

Security Dashboard - Shield ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Security Dashboard - Shield ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=icwp-wpsf-insights
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wp-simple-firewall%2Ficwp-wpsf.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=e1cedfdc61
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.952 s
Memory usage 10.96 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 0.315 s
Memory usage 6.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.261 s0.144 s-0.117 s3.61 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.220 s0.157 s-0.063 s3.64 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.203 s0.148 s-1.055 s5.36 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.471 s0.161 s-0.310 s3.48 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.157 s0.149 s-0.008 s3.56 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.201 s0.143 s-0.058 s3.46 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.359 s0.149 s-0.210 s3.56 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.948 s0.229 s-0.719 s5.35 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.250 s0.156 s-0.094 s3.46 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.277 s0.141 s-0.136 s3.57 MiB
/0.330 s0.212 s-0.118 s3.32 MiB6.31 MiB+ 3 MiB
Average 0.425 s0.163 s-0.263 s3.85 MiB6.31 MiB+ 3 MiB

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.

No new entries found.

PHP Error Log 7 lines

[04-Feb-2020 14:42:26 UTC] WordPress database error Column 'ip' cannot be null for query INSERT INTO `wp_icwp_wpsf_sessions` (`browser`, `ip`, `logged_in_at`, `last_activity_at`, `last_activity_uri`, `login_intent_expires_at`, `secadmin_at`, `created_at`, `session_id`, `wp_username`) VALUES ('adc16bd14f3e09ef0e902cf6b2990da7', NULL, '1580827345', '1580827345', '/wp-admin/admin.php?page=icwp-wpsf-insights', '0', '0', '1580827345', 'd3c2162ef71491fa5399df62663c4725', 'user') made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('wp_loaded'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->onWpLoaded, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->autoAddSession, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->queryCreateSession, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Session\Insert->create, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Base\Insert->query, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Services\Core\Db->insertDataIntoTable
[04-Feb-2020 14:42:27 UTC] WordPress database error Column 'ip' cannot be null for query INSERT INTO `wp_icwp_wpsf_sessions` (`browser`, `ip`, `logged_in_at`, `last_activity_at`, `last_activity_uri`, `login_intent_expires_at`, `secadmin_at`, `created_at`, `session_id`, `wp_username`) VALUES ('adc16bd14f3e09ef0e902cf6b2990da7', NULL, '1580827347', '1580827347', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '0', '0', '1580827347', 'd3c2162ef71491fa5399df62663c4725', 'user') made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('wp_loaded'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->onWpLoaded, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->autoAddSession, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->queryCreateSession, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Session\Insert->create, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Base\Insert->query, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Services\Core\Db->insertDataIntoTable
[04-Feb-2020 14:42:27 UTC] WordPress database error Column 'ip' cannot be null for query INSERT INTO `wp_icwp_wpsf_sessions` (`browser`, `ip`, `logged_in_at`, `last_activity_at`, `last_activity_uri`, `login_intent_expires_at`, `secadmin_at`, `created_at`, `session_id`, `wp_username`) VALUES ('adc16bd14f3e09ef0e902cf6b2990da7', NULL, '1580827347', '1580827347', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '0', '0', '1580827347', 'd3c2162ef71491fa5399df62663c4725', 'user') made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('wp_loaded'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->onWpLoaded, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->autoAddSession, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->queryCreateSession, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Session\Insert->create, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Base\Insert->query, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Services\Core\Db->insertDataIntoTable
[04-Feb-2020 14:42:27 UTC] WordPress database error Column 'ip' cannot be null for query INSERT INTO `wp_icwp_wpsf_sessions` (`browser`, `ip`, `logged_in_at`, `last_activity_at`, `last_activity_uri`, `login_intent_expires_at`, `secadmin_at`, `created_at`, `session_id`, `wp_username`) VALUES ('adc16bd14f3e09ef0e902cf6b2990da7', NULL, '1580827347', '1580827347', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '0', '0', '1580827347', 'd3c2162ef71491fa5399df62663c4725', 'user') made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('wp_loaded'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->onWpLoaded, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->autoAddSession, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->queryCreateSession, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Session\Insert->create, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Base\Insert->query, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Services\Core\Db->insertDataIntoTable
[04-Feb-2020 14:42:27 UTC] WordPress database error Column 'ip' cannot be null for query INSERT INTO `wp_icwp_wpsf_sessions` (`browser`, `ip`, `logged_in_at`, `last_activity_at`, `last_activity_uri`, `login_intent_expires_at`, `secadmin_at`, `created_at`, `session_id`, `wp_username`) VALUES ('adc16bd14f3e09ef0e902cf6b2990da7', NULL, '1580827347', '1580827347', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '0', '0', '1580827347', 'd3c2162ef71491fa5399df62663c4725', 'user') made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('wp_loaded'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->onWpLoaded, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->autoAddSession, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->queryCreateSession, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Session\Insert->create, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Base\Insert->query, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Services\Core\Db->insertDataIntoTable
[04-Feb-2020 14:42:27 UTC] WordPress database error Column 'ip' cannot be null for query INSERT INTO `wp_icwp_wpsf_sessions` (`browser`, `ip`, `logged_in_at`, `last_activity_at`, `last_activity_uri`, `login_intent_expires_at`, `secadmin_at`, `created_at`, `session_id`, `wp_username`) VALUES ('adc16bd14f3e09ef0e902cf6b2990da7', NULL, '1580827347', '1580827347', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '0', '0', '1580827347', 'd3c2162ef71491fa5399df62663c4725', 'user') made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('wp_loaded'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->onWpLoaded, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->autoAddSession, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->queryCreateSession, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Session\Insert->create, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Base\Insert->query, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Services\Core\Db->insertDataIntoTable
[04-Feb-2020 14:42:28 UTC] WordPress database error Column 'ip' cannot be null for query INSERT INTO `wp_icwp_wpsf_sessions` (`browser`, `ip`, `logged_in_at`, `last_activity_at`, `last_activity_uri`, `login_intent_expires_at`, `secadmin_at`, `created_at`, `session_id`, `wp_username`) VALUES ('adc16bd14f3e09ef0e902cf6b2990da7', NULL, '1580827347', '1580827347', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '0', '0', '1580827347', 'd3c2162ef71491fa5399df62663c4725', 'user') made by require_once('wp-load.php'), require_once('wp-config.php'), require_once('wp-settings.php'), do_action('wp_loaded'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->onWpLoaded, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->autoAddSession, ICWP_WPSF_Processor_Sessions->queryCreateSession, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Session\Insert->create, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Plugin\Shield\Databases\Base\Insert->query, FernleafSystems\Wordpress\Services\Core\Db->insertDataIntoTable
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Shield Security Admin Menus and Widgets