Block Comment Spam Bots 2.62

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

Summary

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

Memory usage: 15.09 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 700+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/block-comment-spam-bots/
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Pages 3

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=block-comment-spam-bots%2Fblock-comment-spam-bots.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=4604564412
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.287 s
Memory usage 3.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Block Comment Spam Bots Info/Usage

Page screenshot: Settings → Block Comment Spam Bots Info/Usage
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bcsb_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.287 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 0.188 s
Memory usage 3.45 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.328 s0.316 s-0.012 s3.51 MiB3.53 MiB+ 20.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.203 s0.208 s+0.005 s3.57 MiB3.59 MiB+ 20.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.792 s0.655 s-0.137 s6.06 MiB6.09 MiB+ 25.41 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.600 s0.526 s-0.074 s3.52 MiB3.53 MiB+ 3.57 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.228 s0.216 s-0.012 s3.5 MiB3.51 MiB+ 7.56 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.357 s0.268 s-0.089 s3.49 MiB3.51 MiB+ 15.76 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.205 s0.206 s+0.001 s3.5 MiB3.53 MiB+ 26.43 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.614 s0.583 s-0.031 s6.05 MiB6.07 MiB+ 20.93 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.446 s0.267 s-0.179 s3.5 MiB3.51 MiB+ 4.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.266 s0.226 s-0.040 s3.52 MiB3.53 MiB+ 2.65 KiB
/0.311 s0.419 s+0.108 s3.43 MiB3.45 MiB+ 17.64 KiB
Average 0.395 s0.354 s-0.042 s3.97 MiB3.98 MiB+ 15.09 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
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP73.8%2671111
CSS23.2%8431
XML3.0%1102
Total 362 114 4

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 276
Total complexity 32
Median class complexity 4.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class bcsb_Settings_Page
Most complex function bcsb_info_top()
Classes 1
Methods 4
Functions 18

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.

No new entries found.

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[04-Oct-2025 00:40:54 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key 0 in /wp-content/plugins/block-comment-spam-bots/block-comment-spam-bots.php on line 157
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Block Comment Spam Bots Info/Usage" Admin Menu