Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 5.143.1

Does Anti-Spam by CleanTalk work with WordPress 5.5 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
3JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 236.71 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 version5.5
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 200,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/
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Pages 7

Anti-Spam by CleanTalk settings ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Anti-Spam by CleanTalk settings ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=cleantalk
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=cleantalk-spam-protect%2Fcleantalk.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=c738fda450
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.622 s
Memory usage 4.22 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "ReferenceError: ctSettingsPage is not defined\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/js/cleantalk-admin-settings-page.min.js?ver=5.143.1:1:3749)\n    at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery,utils&ver=5.5:2:27362)\n    at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery,utils&ver=5.5:2:28121)\n    at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery,utils&ver=5.5:2:29914)\n    at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery,utils&ver=5.5:2:30276)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Comments → Find spam comments

Page screenshot: Comments  → Find spam comments
URL /wp-admin/edit-comments.php?page=ct_check_spam
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.217 s
Memory usage 4.51 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Users → Find spam users

Page screenshot: Users → Find spam users
URL /wp-admin/users.php?page=ct_check_users
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.171 s
Memory usage 4.22 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Anti-Spam by CleanTalk

Page screenshot: Settings → Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=cleantalk
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.289 s
Memory usage 4.22 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "ReferenceError: ctSettingsPage is not defined\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/js/cleantalk-admin-settings-page.min.js?ver=5.143.1:1:3749)\n    at i (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery,utils&ver=5.5:2:27362)\n    at Object.fireWith [as resolveWith] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery,utils&ver=5.5:2:28121)\n    at Function.ready (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery,utils&ver=5.5:2:29914)\n    at HTMLDocument.J (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery,utils&ver=5.5:2:30276)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
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 0.765 s
Memory usage 3.86 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 0.413 s
Memory usage 4.18 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "ReferenceError: apbctDashboardWidget is not defined\n    at /wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/js/cleantalk-dashboard-widget.min.js?ver=5.143.1:1:967",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.741 s
Memory usage 4.19 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.451 s0.551 s+0.100 s3.96 MiB4.18 MiB+ 226.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.235 s0.348 s+0.113 s3.99 MiB4.21 MiB+ 223.45 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.445 s1.728 s+0.283 s5.81 MiB6.05 MiB+ 246.21 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.800 s0.444 s-0.356 s3.83 MiB4.1 MiB+ 286.31 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.162 s0.153 s-0.009 s3.9 MiB4.09 MiB+ 192.88 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.193 s0.176 s-0.017 s3.8 MiB4.08 MiB+ 286.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.177 s0.187 s+0.010 s3.91 MiB4.13 MiB+ 223.39 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.345 s1.371 s+0.026 s5.8 MiB6.03 MiB+ 235.39 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.243 s0.364 s+0.121 s3.81 MiB4.09 MiB+ 286.8 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.209 s0.216 s+0.007 s3.91 MiB4.13 MiB+ 223.88 KiB
/0.377 s0.270 s-0.107 s3.69 MiB3.86 MiB+ 172.33 KiB
Average 0.512 s0.528 s+0.016 s4.22 MiB4.45 MiB+ 236.71 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 5

Options wp_options 3

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
cleantalk_widgetCleanTalk Widget

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "ct_dashboard_statistics_widget": {
            "title": "Anti-Spam by CleanTalkRefreshConfigure",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Anti-Spam by CleanTalk Admin Menus and Widgets