Companion Auto Update 3.9.3

Does Companion Auto Update work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP fatal errors
No JavaScript exceptions
1Page failed to load
  • 1 500 Internal Server Error
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 35.88 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 version6.8.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 50,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/companion-auto-update/
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Pages 7

WordPress › Error

Page screenshot: WordPress › Error
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=companion-auto-update%2Fcompanion-auto-update.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=97a2882d44
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 500
Load time 0.200 s
Memory usage N/A
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 0.275 s
Memory usage 3.72 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 0.153 s
Memory usage 3.53 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 0.155 s
Memory usage 3.53 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 0.165 s
Memory usage 3.59 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 0.177 s
Memory usage 3.47 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 0.282 s
Memory usage 3.57 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.343 s0.293 s-0.050 s3.51 MiB3.57 MiB+ 65.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.184 s0.190 s+0.006 s3.57 MiB3.61 MiB+ 39.66 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.750 s0.628 s-0.122 s6.06 MiB6.1 MiB+ 43.46 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.560 s0.682 s+0.122 s3.52 MiB3.55 MiB+ 22.26 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.218 s0.203 s-0.015 s3.5 MiB3.53 MiB+ 26.25 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.252 s0.250 s-0.002 s3.49 MiB3.53 MiB+ 34.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.194 s0.181 s-0.013 s3.5 MiB3.55 MiB+ 45.12 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.588 s0.613 s+0.025 s6.05 MiB6.09 MiB+ 38.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.487 s0.232 s-0.255 s3.5 MiB3.53 MiB+ 22.75 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.248 s0.195 s-0.053 s3.52 MiB3.54 MiB+ 22.25 KiB
/0.283 s0.185 s-0.098 s3.43 MiB3.47 MiB+ 33.75 KiB
Average 0.373 s0.332 s-0.041 s3.97 MiB4.01 MiB+ 35.88 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
PHP58.2%1,99753610
SVG25.9%88969
CSS15.9%547252
Total 3,433 567 21

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 2,197
Total complexity 406
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 84

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 9 lines

[15-Jul-2025 23:44:35 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function cau_menloc() in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php:74
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(324): cau_pluginRedirectWelcomeScreen()
#1 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(348): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#2 /wp-includes/plugin.php(517): WP_Hook->do_action()
#3 /wp-admin/admin.php(176): do_action()
#4 /wp-admin/plugins.php(10): require_once('...')
#5 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/companion-auto-update/companion-auto-update.php on line 74
See also: All tests for this plugin