Advanced Ads 1.19.1

Does Advanced Ads work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Looks good! No problems were detected.
Performance

Memory usage: 396.91 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 version5.5.1
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-ads/
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Pages 17

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=advanced-ads%2Fadvanced-ads.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=f3ec6684ff
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.621 s
Memory usage 3.46 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=advanced_ads&new=new
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.763 s
Memory usage 3.43 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Overview 

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Overview 
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.257 s
Memory usage 3.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Groups & Rotation

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Groups & Rotation
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-groups
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.261 s
Memory usage 3.3 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Placements

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Placements
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-placements
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.505 s
Memory usage 3.14 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Settings

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.345 s
Memory usage 3.15 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Settings → AdSense

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Settings → AdSense
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-settings
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.345 s
Memory usage 3.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Settings → Pro

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Settings → Pro
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-settings
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.253 s
Memory usage 3.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Settings → Tracking

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Settings → Tracking
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-settings
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.265 s
Memory usage 3.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Settings → Licenses

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Settings → Licenses
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-settings
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.328 s
Memory usage 3.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Settings → Privacy

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Settings → Privacy
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-settings
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.272 s
Memory usage 3.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Settings → Support

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Settings → Support
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-settings
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.260 s
Memory usage 3.07 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 0.253 s
Memory usage 2.78 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 0.416 s
Memory usage 3.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.714 s
Memory usage 4.99 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.603 s
Memory usage 4.96 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 0.851 s
Memory usage 3.12 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.509 s0.437 s-0.072 s2.75 MiB3.11 MiB+ 362.82 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.274 s0.254 s-0.020 s2.8 MiB3.16 MiB+ 372.66 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php2.055 s1.944 s-0.111 s4.54 MiB4.99 MiB+ 452.31 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.534 s0.469 s-0.065 s2.63 MiB3.04 MiB+ 424.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.206 s0.171 s-0.035 s2.64 MiB3.02 MiB+ 386.01 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.233 s0.210 s-0.023 s2.6 MiB3.02 MiB+ 427.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.235 s0.230 s-0.005 s2.64 MiB3.06 MiB+ 425.69 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.574 s1.681 s+0.107 s4.53 MiB4.96 MiB+ 439.97 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.405 s0.388 s-0.017 s2.61 MiB3.02 MiB+ 420.7 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.257 s0.252 s-0.005 s2.65 MiB3.06 MiB+ 424.33 KiB
/0.355 s0.601 s+0.246 s2.56 MiB2.78 MiB+ 229.19 KiB
Average 0.603 s0.603 s+0.000 s3 MiB3.38 MiB+ 396.91 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.

Options wp_options 5

User Metadata wp_usermeta 2

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
advanced_adsAds

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
advads_ad_widgetAdvanced Ads

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "advads_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Ads Dashboard",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "post": {
        "advads-ad-settings": {
            "title": "Ad Settings",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "advads-ad-settings": {
            "title": "Ad Settings",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

Capabilities 5

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Advanced Ads Admin Menus and More