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Companion Auto Update 3.8.9

Does Companion Auto Update work with WordPress 6.4.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP fatal errors
8PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 33.89 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 version6.4.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
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=41c12bd892
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.553 s
Memory usage 3.6 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 0.276 s
Memory usage 3.32 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 0.216 s
Memory usage 3.38 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 0.190 s
Memory usage 3.35 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 0.239 s
Memory usage 3.46 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 0.193 s
Memory usage N/A
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 0.378 s
Memory usage 3.44 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.577 s0.364 s-0.213 s3.38 MiB3.44 MiB+ 61.86 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.250 s0.424 s+0.174 s3.41 MiB3.44 MiB+ 38.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.175 s1.174 s-0.001 s5.46 MiB5.5 MiB+ 43.57 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.743 s0.473 s-0.270 s3.32 MiB3.34 MiB+ 21.58 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.275 s0.214 s-0.061 s3.32 MiB3.33 MiB+ 14.16 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.373 s0.267 s-0.106 s3.29 MiB3.33 MiB+ 33.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.273 s0.242 s-0.031 s3.31 MiB3.35 MiB+ 38.94 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.000 s0.965 s-0.035 s5.45 MiB5.49 MiB+ 43.16 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.388 s0.316 s-0.072 s3.3 MiB3.32 MiB+ 22.07 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.316 s0.268 s-0.048 s3.33 MiB3.36 MiB+ 21.57 KiB
/0.337 s0.196 s-0.141 s3.36 MiB
Average 0.519 s0.446 s-0.073 s3.72 MiB3.79 MiB+ 33.89 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
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP51.4%1,5161,02310
SVG30.1%88969
CSS18.5%547252
Total 2,952 1,054 21

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 2,211
Total complexity 404
Median class complexity 14.0
Median method complexity 7.0
Most complex class CAU_auto_update
Most complex function cau_fetch_log()
Classes 1
Methods 2
Functions 85

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 54 lines

[09-Jan-2024 10:09:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $translations in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 586
[09-Jan-2024 10:09:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $translations in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 615
[09-Jan-2024 10:09:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $translations in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 615
[09-Jan-2024 10:09:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $translations in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 615
[09-Jan-2024 10:09:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $translations in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 615
[09-Jan-2024 10:09:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $translations in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 615
[09-Jan-2024 10:09:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $translations in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 615
[09-Jan-2024 10:09:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $translations in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 615
[09-Jan-2024 10:09:51 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php:65
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php(98): cau_incompatiblePlugins()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php(76): cau_pluginIssueCount()
#2 /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php(408): cau_pluginHasIssues()
#3 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): cau_checkForIssues()
#4 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#5 /wp-includes/plugin.php(565): WP_Hook->do_action()
#6 /wp-includes/admin-bar.php(95): do_action_ref_array()
#7 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): wp_admin_bar_render()
#8 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#9 /wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#10 /wp-includes/general-template.php(3084): do_action()
#11 /wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/header.php(26): wp_body_open()
#12 /wp-includes/template.php(790): require_once('...')
#13 /wp-includes/template.php(725): load_template()
#14 /wp-includes/general-template.php(48): locate_template()
#15 /wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/index.php(18): get_header()
#16 /wp-includes/template-loader.php(106): include('...')
#17 /wp-blog-header.php(19): require_once('...')
#18 /index.php(17): require('...')
#19 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 65
[09-Jan-2024 10:10:02 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function is_plugin_active() in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php:65
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php(98): cau_incompatiblePlugins()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php(76): cau_pluginIssueCount()
#2 /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php(408): cau_pluginHasIssues()
#3 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): cau_checkForIssues()
#4 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#5 /wp-includes/plugin.php(565): WP_Hook->do_action()
#6 /wp-includes/admin-bar.php(95): do_action_ref_array()
#7 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): wp_admin_bar_render()
#8 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#9 /wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#10 /wp-includes/general-template.php(3084): do_action()
#11 /wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/header.php(26): wp_body_open()
#12 /wp-includes/template.php(790): require_once('...')
#13 /wp-includes/template.php(725): load_template()
#14 /wp-includes/general-template.php(48): locate_template()
#15 /wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/index.php(18): get_header()
#16 /wp-includes/template-loader.php(106): include('...')
#17 /wp-blog-header.php(19): require_once('...')
#18 /index.php(17): require('...')
#19 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/cau_functions.php on line 65
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Companion Auto Update Admin Menus and Widgets