Constant Contact Forms 2.12.0

Does "Constant Contact Forms for WordPress" work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
5PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 458.57 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 20,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/constant-contact-forms/
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Pages 14

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=constant-contact-forms%2Fconstant-contact-forms.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=8416e877e0
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.394 s
Memory usage 4.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form

Page screenshot: Contact Form
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.343 s
Memory usage 4.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Add New Form

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Add New Form
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=ctct_forms
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.725 s
Memory usage 4.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Lists

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Lists
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_lists
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.323 s
Memory usage 4.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Connect Now

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Connect Now
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms&page=ctct_options_connect
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.280 s
Memory usage 3.99 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Settings

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Settings
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms&page=ctct_options_settings_general
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.291 s
Memory usage 3.99 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Settings → Styles

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Settings → Styles
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms&page=ctct_options_settings_styles
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.271 s
Memory usage 3.99 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Settings → Opt-in

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Settings → Opt-in
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms&page=ctct_options_settings_optin
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.266 s
Memory usage 3.99 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Settings → Spam Control

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Settings → Spam Control
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms&page=ctct_options_settings_spam
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.274 s
Memory usage 3.99 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Settings → Support

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Settings → Support
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms&page=ctct_options_settings_support
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.440 s
Memory usage 3.99 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → Settings → Account

Page screenshot: Contact Form → Settings → Account
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms&page=ctct_options_settings_auth
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.255 s
Memory usage 3.99 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Contact Form → About

Page screenshot: Contact Form → About
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ctct_forms&page=ctct_options_about
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.654 s
Memory usage 3.99 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 0.575 s
Memory usage 3.64 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.366 s
Memory usage 6.21 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.367 s0.495 s+0.128 s3.51 MiB3.98 MiB+ 489.59 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.211 s0.238 s+0.027 s3.57 MiB4.01 MiB+ 452.71 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.845 s1.170 s+0.325 s6.06 MiB6.76 MiB+ 717.69 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.790 s0.643 s-0.147 s3.52 MiB3.93 MiB+ 415.28 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.233 s0.274 s+0.041 s3.5 MiB3.91 MiB+ 419.27 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.262 s0.240 s-0.022 s3.49 MiB3.91 MiB+ 427.47 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.195 s0.207 s+0.012 s3.5 MiB3.93 MiB+ 432.64 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.752 s0.687 s-0.065 s6.05 MiB6.75 MiB+ 713.22 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.472 s0.274 s-0.198 s3.5 MiB3.91 MiB+ 415.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.268 s0.219 s-0.049 s3.52 MiB3.93 MiB+ 415.27 KiB
/0.309 s0.186 s-0.123 s3.5 MiB3.64 MiB+ 145.38 KiB
Average 0.428 s0.421 s-0.006 s3.98 MiB4.42 MiB+ 458.57 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
Sass
JavaScript
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP67.5%9,7516,58644
Sass11.5%1,6587719
JavaScript10.3%1,49265324
CSS10.3%1,48625
SVG0.2%3426
JSON0.2%2601
Markdown0.1%802
Total 14,455 7,320 101

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 9,774
Total complexity 1,931
Median class complexity 19.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ConstantContact_Display
Most complex function ConstantContact_Process_Form::process_form()
Classes 39
Methods 513
Functions 71

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.

Options wp_options 8

Custom Post Types 2

ID Name
ctct_formsForms
ctct_listsLists

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
ctct_formConstant Contact Form

Meta Boxes

{
    "ctct_lists": {
        "ctct_list_metabox": {
            "title": "List Information",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "ctct_forms": {
        "ctct_0_description_metabox": {
            "title": "Form Description",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "ctct_0_list_metabox": {
            "title": "Constant Contact Lists",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "ctct_1_optin_metabox": {
            "title": "Form Options",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "ctct_2_fields_metabox": {
            "title": "Form Fields",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "ctct_2_generated_metabox": {
            "title": "Embed Shortcode",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "email_settings": {
            "title": "Email settings",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "ctct_1_custom_form_css_metabox": {
            "title": "Form Design",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "ctct_1_custom_input_css_metabox": {
            "title": "Input Design",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "ctct_3_reset_css_metabox": {
            "title": "Reset Styles",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[11-Aug-2025 16:40:48 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
[11-Aug-2025 16:40:49 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
[11-Aug-2025 16:40:50 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
[11-Aug-2025 16:40:51 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
[11-Aug-2025 16:40:52 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strip_tags(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-admin/admin-header.php on line 41
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Constant Contact Forms for WordPress Admin Menus and Meta Boxes