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Anonymous Comment 0.4

Does Anonymous Comment work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 5.84 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 version6.8.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs <10
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/anonymous-comments/
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Pages 12

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=anonymous-comments%2Fanonymous_comments.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=2e6791e7ec
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.499 s
Memory usage 3.53 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 0.239 s
Memory usage 3.44 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 0.352 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Posts ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Posts ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/edit.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.236 s
Memory usage 3.58 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 0.971 s
Memory usage 6.08 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Media Library ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Media Library ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/upload.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.436 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Writing Settings ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Writing Settings ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/options-writing.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.200 s
Memory usage 3.5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Upload New Media ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Upload New Media ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/media-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.241 s
Memory usage 3.5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Categories ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Categories ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.180 s
Memory usage 3.52 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 0.640 s
Memory usage 6.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Discussion Settings ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Discussion Settings ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/options-discussion.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.196 s
Memory usage 3.5 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Comments ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Comments ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/edit-comments.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.200 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.390 s0.337 s-0.053 s3.51 MiB3.52 MiB+ 12.6 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.236 s0.219 s-0.017 s3.57 MiB3.58 MiB+ 10.45 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.904 s0.701 s-0.203 s6.06 MiB6.08 MiB+ 14.88 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.589 s0.411 s-0.178 s3.52 MiB3.52 MiB- 6.96 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.231 s0.211 s-0.020 s3.5 MiB3.5 MiB- 2.97 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.304 s0.416 s+0.112 s3.49 MiB3.5 MiB+ 5.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.189 s0.253 s+0.064 s3.5 MiB3.52 MiB+ 15.9 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.662 s0.670 s+0.008 s6.04 MiB6.06 MiB+ 17.37 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.363 s0.275 s-0.088 s3.5 MiB3.5 MiB- 6.47 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.210 s0.216 s+0.006 s3.52 MiB3.52 MiB- 6.97 KiB
/0.332 s0.219 s-0.113 s3.43 MiB3.45 MiB+ 11.17 KiB
Average 0.401 s0.357 s-0.044 s3.97 MiB3.98 MiB+ 5.84 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
PHP100.0%19073
Total 190 7 3

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 187
Total complexity 62
Median class complexity 31.0
Median method complexity 6.5
Most complex class anonymous_comments_display
Most complex function anonymous_comments_display::author()
Classes 2
Methods 10
Functions 0

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.

Meta Boxes 

{
    "dashboard": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "edit-post": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "post": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "upload": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "options-writing": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "media": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "edit-category": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "options-discussion": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "edit-comments": {
        "anonymous_comments": {
            "title": "Anonymous Comments",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[16-Oct-2025 22:39:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php on line 988
[16-Oct-2025 22:39:59 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php on line 988
[16-Oct-2025 22:40:13 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php on line 988
[16-Oct-2025 22:40:13 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php on line 988
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Anonymous Comment Meta Boxes and Widgets