Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 6.61

Does Anti-Spam by CleanTalk work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 667.09 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.024 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.2
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 6

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=d6b237f7f9
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.980 s
Memory usage 4.69 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 0.214 s
Memory usage 4.34 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 0.222 s
Memory usage 4.38 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 0.312 s
Memory usage 4.39 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 0.655 s
Memory usage 4.05 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 0.335 s
Memory usage 4.24 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.299 s0.303 s+0.004 s3.51 MiB4.24 MiB+ 747.49 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.176 s0.184 s+0.008 s3.57 MiB4.26 MiB+ 702.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.712 s0.918 s+0.206 s6.06 MiB6.83 MiB+ 787.05 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.522 s0.475 s-0.047 s3.52 MiB4.15 MiB+ 636.42 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.208 s0.179 s-0.029 s3.5 MiB4.1 MiB+ 616.56 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.251 s0.223 s-0.028 s3.49 MiB4.1 MiB+ 622.17 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.189 s0.179 s-0.010 s3.5 MiB4.12 MiB+ 633.19 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.567 s0.565 s-0.002 s6.05 MiB6.81 MiB+ 781.59 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.391 s0.288 s-0.103 s3.5 MiB4.1 MiB+ 612.09 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.216 s0.524 s+0.308 s3.52 MiB4.15 MiB+ 640.78 KiB
/0.440 s0.394 s-0.046 s3.43 MiB3.98 MiB+ 558.41 KiB
Average 0.361 s0.385 s+0.024 s3.97 MiB4.62 MiB+ 667.09 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
SVG
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP75.4%38,37911,960247
SVG22.7%11,564011
HTML1.9%956127
Total 50,899 11,972 265

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 38,105
Total complexity 8,684
Median class complexity 10.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Cleantalk\Common\Helper
Most complex function apbct_is_skip_request()
Classes 223
Methods 1,347
Functions 405

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 9

Options wp_options 6

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[11-Aug-2025 07:09:03 UTC] Cleantalk\Common\Enqueue\Enqueue errors:
[11-Aug-2025 07:09:03 UTC] Script file is not accessible:http://127.0.0.1/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/js/src//public-3-trp.js
[11-Aug-2025 07:09:03 UTC] Cleantalk\Common\Enqueue\Enqueue errors:
[11-Aug-2025 07:09:03 UTC] Script file is not accessible:http://127.0.0.1/wp-content/plugins/cleantalk-spam-protect/js/src//public-3-trp.js
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Anti-Spam by CleanTalk Admin Menus and Widgets