Advanced Ads 2.0.10

Does Advanced Ads work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 709.92 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.042 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-ads/
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Pages 19

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=fcb6a37bef
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.448 s
Memory usage 4.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.779 s
Memory usage 4.4 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Ads 

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Ads 
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=advanced_ads&new=new
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.786 s
Memory usage 4.59 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#modal-group-new
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-groups
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.343 s
Memory usage 4.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Placements

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Placements
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=advanced_ads_plcmnt
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.362 s
Memory usage 4.4 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Tools

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-tools
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.236 s
Memory usage 4.21 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 0.712 s
Memory usage 4.27 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 0.285 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.279 s
Memory usage 4.2 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Advanced Ads → Settings → Ad Blocker

Page screenshot: Advanced Ads → Settings → Ad Blocker
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=advanced-ads-settings
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.313 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.283 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.313 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.251 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.330 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 0.283 s
Memory usage 3.78 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 0.359 s
Memory usage 4.29 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 0.861 s
Memory usage 6.84 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 0.734 s
Memory usage 6.82 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 1.331 s
Memory usage 6.42 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.379 s0.592 s+0.213 s3.51 MiB4.29 MiB+ 800.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.209 s0.322 s+0.113 s3.57 MiB4.34 MiB+ 791.31 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.776 s1.181 s+0.405 s6.06 MiB6.84 MiB+ 797.23 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.580 s0.362 s-0.218 s3.52 MiB4.21 MiB+ 705.77 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.224 s0.218 s-0.006 s3.5 MiB4.19 MiB+ 710.26 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.364 s0.378 s+0.014 s3.49 MiB4.19 MiB+ 718.44 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.189 s0.297 s+0.108 s3.5 MiB4.21 MiB+ 722.78 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.615 s0.694 s+0.079 s6.05 MiB6.82 MiB+ 791.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.459 s0.363 s-0.096 s3.5 MiB4.19 MiB+ 707.38 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.278 s0.225 s-0.053 s3.52 MiB4.21 MiB+ 705.77 KiB
/0.315 s0.221 s-0.094 s3.43 MiB3.78 MiB+ 357.94 KiB
Average 0.399 s0.441 s+0.042 s3.97 MiB4.66 MiB+ 709.92 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
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP73.1%39,65522,343513
JavaScript13.5%7,3151,43988
JSX4.4%2,37315833
Sass2.8%1,505120
CSS2.7%1,49111316
PO File2.3%1,2477011
JSON0.7%35902
SVG0.3%181055
XML0.2%8302
YAML0.1%4902
Markdown0.0%401
Total 54,262 24,755 733

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 32,858
Total complexity 7,271
Median class complexity 13.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Advanced_Ads_Display_Conditions
Most complex function AdvancedAds\Importers\Ads_WP_Ads::importampforwp_ads()
Classes 267
Methods 2,069
Functions 85

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 6

User Metadata wp_usermeta 1

Custom Post Types 2

ID Name
advanced_adsAds
advanced_ads_plcmntAd Placements

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
advads_ad_widgetAdvanced Ads

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "advads-dashboard-widget": {
            "title": "Advanced Ads",
            "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 1 lines

[28-Jul-2025 13:24:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Optional parameter $options declared before required parameter $ad is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /wp-content/plugins/advanced-ads/classes/display-conditions.php on line 208
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Advanced Ads Admin Menus and More