Report - Better Section Navigation 1.5.1

Does Better Section Navigation work with WordPress 4.9.8 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on 2018-08-16 16:07:35 UTC.

Summary

Errors

2	PHP warnings
6	PHP notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 22.05 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	4.9.8
PHP version	7.0.16
MySQL version	5.7.17
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-09-02T18:59:00+00:00
Active installs	700+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-section-navigation/
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Pages 4

Screenshots are not available. Old screenshots of less popular plugins are eventually deleted to save disk space.

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=better-section-navigation%2Fbetter-section-nav.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=4daed5bf30
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.121 s
Memory usage	3.02 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.111 s
Memory usage	2.82 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.182 s
Memory usage	3.23 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.087 s
Memory usage	3.07 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.136 s	0.103 s	-0.033 s	3.12 MiB	3.13 MiB	+ 15.62 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.102 s	0.097 s	-0.005 s	3.14 MiB	3.15 MiB	+ 15.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.213 s	0.161 s	-0.052 s	3.21 MiB	3.23 MiB	+ 22.76 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.100 s	0.114 s	+0.014 s	2.98 MiB	2.99 MiB	+ 15.87 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.084 s	0.102 s	+0.018 s	2.97 MiB	2.99 MiB	+ 15.87 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.050 s	0.077 s	+0.027 s	2.96 MiB	2.98 MiB	+ 15.87 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.101 s	0.083 s	-0.018 s	3 MiB	3.02 MiB	+ 15.87 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.150 s	0.177 s	+0.027 s	3.21 MiB	3.23 MiB	+ 15.52 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.079 s	0.089 s	+0.010 s	2.97 MiB	2.98 MiB	+ 15.87 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.085 s	0.091 s	+0.006 s	3.01 MiB	3.02 MiB	+ 15.87 KiB
/	0.086 s	0.096 s	+0.010 s	2.75 MiB	2.82 MiB	+ 77.47 KiB
Average	0.108 s	0.108 s	+0.000 s	3.03 MiB	3.05 MiB	+ 22.05 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` 1

widget_better-section-nav

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
better-section-nav	Better Section Navigation

Meta Boxes

{
    "page": {
        "bsn_ep_admin_meta_box": {
            "title": "Sectional Navigation",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 8 lines

[16-Aug-2018 16:07:42 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined index: bsn_ep_nonce in /wp-content/plugins/better-section-navigation/exclude-pages.php on line 118
[16-Aug-2018 16:07:42 UTC] PHP Warning:  Missing argument 2 for wp_kses(), called in /wp-content/plugins/better-section-navigation/exclude-pages.php on line 208 and defined in /wp-includes/kses.php on line 526
[16-Aug-2018 16:07:42 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined variable: allowed_html in /wp-includes/kses.php on line 531
[16-Aug-2018 16:07:42 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined variable: allowed_html in /wp-includes/kses.php on line 532
[16-Aug-2018 16:07:43 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined index: bsn_ep_nonce in /wp-content/plugins/better-section-navigation/exclude-pages.php on line 118
[16-Aug-2018 16:07:43 UTC] PHP Warning:  Missing argument 2 for wp_kses(), called in /wp-content/plugins/better-section-navigation/exclude-pages.php on line 208 and defined in /wp-includes/kses.php on line 526
[16-Aug-2018 16:07:43 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined variable: allowed_html in /wp-includes/kses.php on line 531
[16-Aug-2018 16:07:43 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined variable: allowed_html in /wp-includes/kses.php on line 532

Better Section Navigation 1.5.1