Advanced Ads 2.0.14

Does Advanced Ads work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
6PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 833.92 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 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-ads/
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Pages 20

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=413a9b8010
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.738 s
Memory usage 4.67 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 0.687 s
Memory usage 4.8 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 0.991 s
Memory usage 4.93 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 0.425 s
Memory usage 4.63 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 0.439 s
Memory usage 4.73 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 0.358 s
Memory usage 4.55 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 0.479 s
Memory usage 4.68 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 0.368 s
Memory usage 4.6 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 0.376 s
Memory usage 4.6 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 0.385 s
Memory usage 4.6 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 0.366 s
Memory usage 4.6 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 0.411 s
Memory usage 4.6 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 0.369 s
Memory usage 4.6 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 0.396 s
Memory usage 4.6 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Scheduled Actions

Page screenshot: Tools → Scheduled Actions
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=action-scheduler
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.357 s
Memory usage 4.6 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 0.265 s
Memory usage 4.56 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 0.387 s
Memory usage 4.67 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 0.741 s
Memory usage 7.21 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 0.671 s
Memory usage 7.19 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 1.122 s
Memory usage 6.86 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.584 s0.478 s-0.106 s3.78 MiB4.67 MiB+ 917.14 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.461 s0.342 s-0.119 s3.78 MiB4.66 MiB+ 894.79 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.809 s1.086 s+0.277 s6.31 MiB7.21 MiB+ 923.84 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.462 s0.501 s+0.039 s3.74 MiB4.55 MiB+ 833.56 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.392 s0.342 s-0.050 s3.71 MiB4.51 MiB+ 820.93 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php1.070 s0.333 s-0.737 s3.7 MiB4.51 MiB+ 829.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.343 s0.438 s+0.095 s3.72 MiB4.58 MiB+ 880.32 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.721 s0.799 s+0.078 s6.3 MiB7.19 MiB+ 915.88 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.347 s0.459 s+0.112 s3.71 MiB4.51 MiB+ 817.43 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.358 s0.365 s+0.007 s3.73 MiB4.6 MiB+ 881.62 KiB
/0.384 s0.203 s-0.181 s4.12 MiB4.57 MiB+ 458.48 KiB
Average 0.539 s0.486 s-0.053 s4.24 MiB5.05 MiB+ 833.92 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
PHP76.5%47,26429,291608
JavaScript11.5%7,1191,54985
JSX3.8%2,37315833
Sass2.4%1,506120
CSS2.4%1,49111316
PO File2.0%1,2477011
JSON0.7%428025
SVG0.3%181055
XML0.1%8302
YAML0.1%4902
Markdown0.0%401
Total 61,745 31,813 848

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 40,448
Total complexity 8,897
Median class complexity 12.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Advanced_Ads_Display_Conditions
Most complex function AdvancedAds\Importers\Ads_WP_Ads::importampforwp_ads()
Classes 356
Methods 2,723
Functions 104

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 7

User Metadata wp_usermeta 1

Custom Post Types 3

ID Name
scheduled-actionScheduled Actions
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 6 lines

[02-Dec-2025 23:06:52 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
[02-Dec-2025 23:06:52 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
[02-Dec-2025 23:07:06 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
[02-Dec-2025 23:07:06 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
[02-Dec-2025 23:07:16 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
[02-Dec-2025 23:07:16 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
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