Companion Auto Update 3.7.0

Does Companion Auto Update work with WordPress 5.5.3 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 22.51 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 version5.5.3
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=835afc1d9b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.825 s
Memory usage 2.92 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 0.236 s
Memory usage 2.64 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 0.188 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 0.173 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 0.172 s
Memory usage 2.77 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 0.210 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 0.375 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.php0.504 s0.347 s-0.157 s2.75 MiB2.79 MiB+ 41 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.226 s0.238 s+0.012 s2.8 MiB2.83 MiB+ 29.94 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.607 s2.123 s+0.516 s4.55 MiB4.58 MiB+ 34.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.675 s0.423 s-0.252 s2.63 MiB2.66 MiB+ 28.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.174 s0.181 s+0.007 s2.64 MiB2.64 MiB- 3.18 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.222 s0.301 s+0.079 s2.6 MiB2.63 MiB+ 29.02 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.195 s0.258 s+0.063 s2.64 MiB2.67 MiB+ 29.92 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.506 s1.390 s-0.116 s4.53 MiB4.56 MiB+ 25.88 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.331 s0.418 s+0.087 s2.61 MiB2.64 MiB+ 29.33 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.248 s0.228 s-0.020 s2.65 MiB2.68 MiB+ 28.83 KiB
/0.362 s0.249 s-0.113 s2.56 MiB2.53 MiB- 26.28 KiB
Average 0.550 s0.560 s+0.010 s3 MiB3.02 MiB+ 22.51 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 10 lines

[31-Oct-2020 01:38:04 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 785
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:04 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 786
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:06 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 785
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:06 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 786
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:08 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 785
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:08 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 786
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:14 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 785
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:14 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 786
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:15 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 785
[31-Oct-2020 01:38:15 UTC] PHP Warning:  strtotime() expects parameter 2 to be int, string given in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 786
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Companion Auto Update Admin Menus and Widgets