Report - Captcha by BestWebSoft 5.0.8

Does Captcha by BestWebSoft work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2020-09-02 22:37:18 UTC.

Summary

Errors

1	PHP fatal errors
18	PHP notices
1	JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 70.38 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	5.5.1
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-04-21T13:36:00+00:00
Active installs	10,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/captcha-bws/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 6

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=captcha-bws%2Fcaptcha-bws.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=da0ade4e9c
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.571 s
Memory usage	2.89 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Captcha

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=captcha.php
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.697 s
Memory usage	3.03 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Captcha → Packages

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=captcha-packages.php
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.491 s
Memory usage	N/A
JS errors	[ { "message": "ReferenceError: wp is not defined\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/bws_menu/js/general_script.js?ver=5.5.1:25:3)\n at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-resizable,jquery-ui-tabs,jquery-ui-position,jquery-u&load%5Bchunk_1%5D=i-tooltip&ver=5.5.1:2:27362)\n at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-resizable,jquery-ui-tabs,jquery-ui-position,jquery-u&load%5Bchunk_1%5D=i-tooltip&ver=5.5.1:2:28121)\n at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-resizable,jquery-ui-tabs,jquery-ui-position,jquery-u&load%5Bchunk_1%5D=i-tooltip&ver=5.5.1:2:29914)\n at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,utils,jquery-ui-core,jquery-ui-widget,jquery-ui-mouse,jquery-ui-resizable,jquery-ui-tabs,jquery-ui-position,jquery-u&load%5Bchunk_1%5D=i-tooltip&ver=5.5.1:2:30276)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Captcha → Whitelist

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=captcha-whitelist.php
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.211 s
Memory usage	2.67 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Captcha → BWS Panel

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=cptch-bws-panel
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.528 s
Memory usage	3.14 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.253 s
Memory usage	2.64 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.508 s	0.398 s	-0.110 s	2.75 MiB	2.81 MiB	+ 59.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.250 s	0.260 s	+0.010 s	2.8 MiB	2.86 MiB	+ 61.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.703 s	2.181 s	+0.478 s	4.54 MiB	4.62 MiB	+ 77.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.756 s	0.502 s	-0.254 s	2.63 MiB	2.69 MiB	+ 64.78 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.180 s	0.180 s	+0.000 s	2.64 MiB	2.68 MiB	+ 34.01 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.214 s	0.232 s	+0.018 s	2.6 MiB	2.67 MiB	+ 66.83 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.225 s	0.231 s	+0.006 s	2.64 MiB	2.71 MiB	+ 67.66 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	2.672 s	1.932 s	-0.740 s	4.53 MiB	4.6 MiB	+ 64.26 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.308 s	0.341 s	+0.033 s	2.61 MiB	2.67 MiB	+ 66.83 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.226 s	0.290 s	+0.064 s	2.65 MiB	2.77 MiB	+ 126.07 KiB
/	0.343 s	0.223 s	-0.120 s	2.56 MiB	2.64 MiB	+ 85.33 KiB
Average	0.671 s	0.615 s	-0.056 s	3 MiB	3.07 MiB	+ 70.38 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.

Database Tables 3

wp_cptch_images
wp_cptch_packages
wp_cptch_responses

Options `wp_options` 2

bstwbsftwppdtplgns_options
cptch_options

PHP Error Log 26 lines

[02-Sep-2020 22:37:34 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:34 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:37 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Class 'Cptch_Package_List' not found in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php:404
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(287): cptch_page_router()
#1 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(311): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#2 /wp-includes/plugin.php(478): WP_Hook->do_action()
#3 /wp-admin/admin.php(259): do_action()
#4 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 404
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:38 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:38 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1576
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:38 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1578
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:39 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:41 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:42 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:42 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:44 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:45 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:45 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:45 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:46 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:48 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:48 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:49 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566
[02-Sep-2020 22:37:49 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/captcha-bws/captcha-bws.php on line 1566

Captcha by BestWebSoft 5.0.8