Companion Auto Update 3.6.0

Does Companion Auto Update work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
10PHP warnings
4PHP notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 20.82 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 version5.5.1
PHP version7.4.8
MySQL version8.0.21
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 60,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/companion-auto-update/
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Pages 7

Auto Updater ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Auto Updater ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&welcome=1
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=companion-auto-update%2Fcompanion-auto-update.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=803e9bd11b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.043 s
Memory usage 2.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.254 s
Memory usage 2.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Update filter

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Update filter
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=pluginlist
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.203 s
Memory usage 2.71 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Update log

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Update log
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=log
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.193 s
Memory usage 2.68 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Auto Updater → Status

Page screenshot: Tools → Auto Updater → Status
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=cau-settings&tab=status
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.203 s
Memory usage 2.8 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 0.337 s
Memory usage 2.53 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 0.370 s
Memory usage 2.79 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.743 s0.365 s-0.378 s2.75 MiB2.79 MiB+ 39.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.288 s0.415 s+0.127 s2.8 MiB2.82 MiB+ 28.21 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.894 s2.207 s+0.313 s4.54 MiB4.58 MiB+ 32.57 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.694 s0.559 s-0.135 s2.63 MiB2.66 MiB+ 27.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.194 s0.201 s+0.007 s2.64 MiB2.64 MiB- 4.91 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.247 s0.213 s-0.034 s2.6 MiB2.63 MiB+ 27.29 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.241 s0.200 s-0.041 s2.64 MiB2.67 MiB+ 28.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page2.764 s1.682 s-1.082 s4.53 MiB4.56 MiB+ 24.16 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.279 s0.278 s-0.001 s2.61 MiB2.64 MiB+ 27.6 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.259 s0.255 s-0.004 s2.65 MiB2.67 MiB+ 27.1 KiB
/0.361 s0.283 s-0.078 s2.56 MiB2.53 MiB- 27.64 KiB
Average 0.724 s0.605 s-0.119 s3 MiB3.02 MiB+ 20.82 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 2

Options wp_options 1

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "cau-update-log": {
            "title": "Update log",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 14 lines

[01-Sep-2020 22:24:26 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 781
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:26 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 782
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:28 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 781
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:28 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 782
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:28 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined index: ‐ in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/admin/status.php on line 227
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:28 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/admin/status.php on line 227
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:28 UTC] PHP Notice:  Undefined index: ‐ in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/admin/status.php on line 249
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:28 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/admin/status.php on line 249
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:29 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 781
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:29 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 782
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 781
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 782
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 781
[01-Sep-2020 22:24:37 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 782
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Companion Auto Update Admin Menus and Widgets