Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 6.19

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: 384.37 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=90a9e0bb1f
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.946 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 0.247 s
Memory usage 3.52 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 3.42 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 0.333 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 0.624 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 0.375 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 2.459 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.php0.361 s0.337 s-0.024 s2.82 MiB3.21 MiB+ 397.72 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.212 s0.214 s+0.002 s2.85 MiB3.23 MiB+ 391.47 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.777 s0.958 s+0.181 s5.21 MiB5.63 MiB+ 430.9 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.785 s0.508 s-0.277 s2.77 MiB3.13 MiB+ 374.89 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.239 s0.222 s-0.017 s2.76 MiB3.12 MiB+ 366.15 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.286 s0.265 s-0.021 s2.74 MiB3.12 MiB+ 387.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.211 s0.196 s-0.015 s2.76 MiB3.14 MiB+ 391.94 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.905 s0.644 s-0.261 s5.21 MiB5.62 MiB+ 425.38 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.210 s0.270 s+0.060 s2.75 MiB3.11 MiB+ 376.56 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.459 s0.460 s+0.001 s2.78 MiB3.15 MiB+ 375.55 KiB
/0.290 s0.282 s-0.008 s3.13 MiB3.43 MiB+ 310.45 KiB
Average 0.430 s0.396 s-0.034 s3.25 MiB3.63 MiB+ 384.37 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%29,2129,049152
PO File2.9%8923341
HTML2.9%891124
SVG0.4%12601
Total 31,121 9,395 158

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 29,407
Total complexity 6,525
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Cleantalk\Common\Helper
Most complex function apbct_is_skip_request()
Classes 133
Methods 924
Functions 403

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

[29-Sep-2023 06:10:18 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key 0 in /wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/lib/Cleantalk/Common/Helper.php on line 618
[29-Sep-2023 06:10:18 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