Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 6.1

Does Anti-Spam by CleanTalk work with WordPress 6.1.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 318.55 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 version6.1.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
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=e68a2ff13d
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.170 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors None
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 0.655 s
Memory usage 3.68 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 0.192 s
Memory usage 3.58 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 0.290 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 0.588 s
Memory usage 3.24 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 0.295 s
Memory usage 3.37 MiB
JS errors None
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 1.519 s
Memory usage 5.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.292 s0.343 s+0.051 s3.05 MiB3.37 MiB+ 335.02 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.198 s0.216 s+0.018 s3.07 MiB3.4 MiB+ 329.76 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.839 s0.926 s+0.087 s4.97 MiB5.3 MiB+ 344.96 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.560 s0.440 s-0.120 s2.99 MiB3.3 MiB+ 312.81 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.163 s0.176 s+0.013 s2.99 MiB3.28 MiB+ 298.81 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.334 s0.251 s-0.083 s2.97 MiB3.28 MiB+ 325.01 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.177 s0.196 s+0.019 s2.98 MiB3.32 MiB+ 350.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.672 s0.708 s+0.036 s4.96 MiB5.29 MiB+ 335.43 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.252 s0.218 s-0.034 s2.97 MiB3.28 MiB+ 312.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.203 s0.231 s+0.028 s3 MiB3.31 MiB+ 314.88 KiB
/0.292 s0.268 s-0.024 s3 MiB3.24 MiB+ 245.06 KiB
Average 0.362 s0.361 s-0.001 s3.36 MiB3.67 MiB+ 318.55 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP93.1%26,0308,251130
PO File3.2%9043381
HTML3.2%888124
SVG0.5%12601
Total 27,948 8,601 136

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 26,200
Total complexity 5,767
Median class complexity 12.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class Cleantalk\Common\Helper
Most complex function apbct_is_skip_request()
Classes 112
Methods 825
Functions 377

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 8

Options wp_options 6

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
cleantalk_widgetCleanTalk Widget

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[15-Dec-2022 10:06:53 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key 0 in /wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/Common/Helper.php on line 621
[15-Dec-2022 10:06:53 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/Common/Helper.php on line 621
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Anti-Spam by CleanTalk Admin Menus and Widgets