BuddyPress 14.4.0

Does BuddyPress work with WordPress 6.9 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: 1.52 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.026 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

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/buddypress/
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Pages 12

BuddyPress Components ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: BuddyPress Components ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bp-components&hello=buddypress&is_new_install=1
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=buddypress%2Fbp-loader.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=630b3534c0
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.367 s
Memory usage 5.62 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Activity

Page screenshot: Activity
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-activity
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.363 s
Memory usage 5.78 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Emails

Page screenshot: Emails
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=bp-email
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.379 s
Memory usage 5.36 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Emails → Add a New Email

Page screenshot: Emails → Add a New Email
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=bp-email
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.141 s
Memory usage 5.38 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Emails → Customize

Page screenshot: Emails → Customize
URL /wp-admin/customize.php?autofocus%5Bpanel%5D=bp_mailtpl&bp_customizer=email&return=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%2Fwp-admin%2F&url=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%2F%3Fpost_type%3Dbp-email%26p%3D51%26bp_customizer%3Demail
Requested URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=bp-email&page=bp-emails-customizer-redirect
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.942 s
Memory usage 7.8 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Emails

Page screenshot: Appearance → Emails
URL /wp-admin/customize.php?autofocus%5Bpanel%5D=bp_mailtpl&bp_customizer=email&return=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%2Fwp-admin%2F&url=http%3A%2F%2F127.0.0.1%2F%3Fpost_type%3Dbp-email%26p%3D51%26bp_customizer%3Demail
Requested URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=bp-emails-customizer-redirect
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.025 s
Memory usage 7.32 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Users → Manage Signups

Page screenshot: Users → Manage Signups
URL /wp-admin/users.php?page=bp-signups
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.391 s
Memory usage 5.43 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Users → Profile Fields

Page screenshot: Users → Profile Fields
URL /wp-admin/users.php?page=bp-profile-setup
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.375 s
Memory usage 5.69 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Users → Member Types

Page screenshot: Users → Member Types
URL /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=bp_member_type
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.289 s
Memory usage 5.21 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → BuddyPress

Page screenshot: Tools → BuddyPress
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=bp-tools
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.288 s
Memory usage 5.13 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → BuddyPress

Page screenshot: Settings → BuddyPress
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=bp-components
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.282 s
Memory usage 5.13 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 0.255 s
Memory usage 5.33 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.428 s0.496 s+0.068 s3.77 MiB5.28 MiB+ 1.51 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.364 s0.515 s+0.151 s3.78 MiB5.28 MiB+ 1.5 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.912 s1.009 s+0.097 s6.3 MiB8.23 MiB+ 1.93 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.554 s0.463 s-0.091 s3.74 MiB5.17 MiB+ 1.44 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.350 s0.344 s-0.006 s3.71 MiB5.13 MiB+ 1.42 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.523 s0.499 s-0.024 s3.7 MiB5.13 MiB+ 1.43 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.352 s0.376 s+0.024 s3.71 MiB5.2 MiB+ 1.49 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.685 s0.748 s+0.063 s6.29 MiB8.23 MiB+ 1.94 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.348 s0.347 s-0.001 s3.71 MiB5.13 MiB+ 1.42 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.329 s0.397 s+0.068 s3.73 MiB5.22 MiB+ 1.49 MiB
/0.289 s0.227 s-0.062 s4.1 MiB5.31 MiB+ 1.21 MiB
Average 0.467 s0.493 s+0.026 s4.23 MiB5.76 MiB+ 1.52 MiB

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
Sass
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP55.0%107,72192,929681
CSS25.7%50,3826,46774
Sass14.6%28,5831,49855
JavaScript4.4%8,6651,71563
JSON0.3%608016
Bourne Shell0.0%1741
Total 195,976 102,613 890

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 100,805
Total complexity 20,315
Median class complexity 26.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class BP_Members_Admin
Most complex function bp_core_admin_debug_information()
Classes 183
Methods 1,976
Functions 3,367

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 11

Options wp_options 24

Custom Post Types 2

ID Name
buddypressBuddyPress Directories
bp-emailBuddyPress Emails

Capabilities 1

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 00:11:32 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 00:11:32 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 00:11:42 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 00:11:42 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
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide BuddyPress Admin Menus