Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 6.18

Does Anti-Spam by CleanTalk work with WordPress 6.3.1 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: 381.91 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 version6.3.1
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=b654ecc177
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.992 s
Memory usage 3.39 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 0.258 s
Memory usage 3.51 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 0.218 s
Memory usage 3.41 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 0.343 s
Memory usage 3.37 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 0.790 s
Memory usage 3.44 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 0.615 s
Memory usage 3.21 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 2.423 s
Memory usage 5.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.334 s0.410 s+0.076 s2.82 MiB3.21 MiB+ 395.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.207 s0.201 s-0.006 s2.85 MiB3.23 MiB+ 389.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.777 s0.864 s+0.087 s5.21 MiB5.63 MiB+ 428.45 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.911 s0.510 s-0.401 s2.77 MiB3.13 MiB+ 372.44 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.259 s0.211 s-0.048 s2.76 MiB3.12 MiB+ 363.7 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.283 s0.280 s-0.003 s2.74 MiB3.12 MiB+ 384.58 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.231 s0.216 s-0.015 s2.76 MiB3.14 MiB+ 389.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.711 s0.623 s-0.088 s5.21 MiB5.62 MiB+ 422.92 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.265 s0.271 s+0.006 s2.75 MiB3.11 MiB+ 374.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.440 s0.295 s-0.145 s2.78 MiB3.14 MiB+ 373.09 KiB
/0.295 s0.250 s-0.045 s3.13 MiB3.43 MiB+ 307.99 KiB
Average 0.428 s0.376 s-0.053 s3.25 MiB3.63 MiB+ 381.91 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
PHP93.9%29,1329,040152
PO File2.9%8923341
HTML2.9%888124
SVG0.4%12601
Total 31,038 9,386 158

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 29,327
Total complexity 6,490
Median class complexity 10.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Cleantalk\Common\Helper
Most complex function apbct_is_skip_request()
Classes 133
Methods 924
Functions 400

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 10

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

[14-Sep-2023 10:52:46 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key 0 in /wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/Common/Helper.php on line 618
[14-Sep-2023 10:52:46 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 618
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Anti-Spam by CleanTalk Admin Menus and Widgets