Report - Ahrefs SEO 0.11.0 - PluginTests.com

Does Ahrefs SEO work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-12-03 15:45:22 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 76.85 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 version	6.9
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-05-23T16:33:00+00:00
Active installs	10,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/ahrefs-seo/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 3

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=ahrefs-seo%2Fahrefs-plugin.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=dc6886ce00
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.498 s
Memory usage	3.91 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Ahrefs SEO

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=ahrefs
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.427 s
Memory usage	3.92 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.220 s
Memory usage	4.12 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.488 s	0.356 s	-0.132 s	3.77 MiB	3.85 MiB	+ 79.41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.367 s	0.311 s	-0.056 s	3.78 MiB	3.86 MiB	+ 77.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.783 s	1.093 s	+0.310 s	6.3 MiB	6.47 MiB	+ 165.92 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.498 s	0.428 s	-0.070 s	3.74 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 60.94 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.370 s	0.305 s	-0.065 s	3.71 MiB	3.77 MiB	+ 64.93 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.503 s	0.352 s	-0.151 s	3.7 MiB	3.77 MiB	+ 73.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.318 s	0.290 s	-0.028 s	3.71 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 83.8 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.693 s	0.628 s	-0.065 s	6.29 MiB	6.39 MiB	+ 95.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.334 s	0.396 s	+0.062 s	3.71 MiB	3.77 MiB	+ 61.43 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.332 s	0.340 s	+0.008 s	3.73 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 60.93 KiB
/	0.266 s	0.188 s	-0.078 s	4.1 MiB	4.12 MiB	+ 21.45 KiB
Average	0.450 s	0.426 s	-0.024 s	4.23 MiB	4.31 MiB	+ 76.85 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

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	91.2%	132,755	63,014	1,127
	Markdown	3.6%	5,220	0	33
	CSS	3.0%	4,434	40	2
	JavaScript	2.0%	2,945	288	2
	SVG	0.1%	212	0	37
	JSON	0.0%	6	0	1
Total			145,572	63,342	1,202

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	86,957
Total complexity	20,292
Median class complexity	7.0
Median method complexity	1.0
Most complex class	ahrefs\AhrefsSeo_Vendor\phpseclib\Net\SSH2
Most complex function	Symfony\Polyfill\Intl\Idn\Resources\unidata\DisallowedRanges::inRange()

Classes	824
Methods	6,363
Functions	119

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 2

wp_ahrefs_seo_content
wp_ahrefs_seo_snapshots

Options `wp_options` 5

ahrefs-seo-content-rules-version
ahrefs-seo-db-update-counter
ahrefs-seo-db-update-message
ahrefs-seo-db-version
ahrefs-seo-last-hash

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 15:45:44 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 15:45:44 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 15:45:54 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 15:45:54 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

Ahrefs SEO 0.11.0