Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages 2.1

Does "Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages" work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 21.97 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 400+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-dashboard-messages/
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Pages 6

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=custom-dashboard-messages%2Fcustom-dashboard.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=eb84947a45
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.274 s
Memory usage 2.67 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard Messages

Page screenshot: Dashboard Messages
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=cd_message_1
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.206 s
Memory usage 2.71 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard Messages → Add New

Page screenshot: Dashboard Messages → Add New
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=cd_message_1
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.946 s
Memory usage 2.89 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard Messages → Main message

Page screenshot: Dashboard Messages → Main message
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=cd_message_1&page=cdsm_options
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.801 s
Memory usage 2.69 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 0.261 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 0.348 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.php0.488 s0.398 s-0.090 s2.75 MiB2.79 MiB+ 35.09 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.225 s0.236 s+0.011 s2.8 MiB2.83 MiB+ 30.89 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.718 s2.179 s+0.461 s4.54 MiB4.58 MiB+ 35.08 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.633 s0.440 s-0.193 s2.63 MiB2.66 MiB+ 29.76 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.176 s0.153 s-0.023 s2.64 MiB2.64 MiB- 2.33 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.221 s0.186 s-0.035 s2.6 MiB2.63 MiB+ 29.93 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.192 s0.190 s-0.002 s2.64 MiB2.67 MiB+ 30.84 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.513 s1.539 s+0.026 s4.53 MiB4.56 MiB+ 26.66 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.375 s0.306 s-0.069 s2.61 MiB2.64 MiB+ 30.18 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.267 s0.238 s-0.029 s2.65 MiB2.68 MiB+ 29.74 KiB
/0.347 s0.220 s-0.127 s2.56 MiB2.53 MiB- 34.13 KiB
Average 0.560 s0.553 s-0.006 s3 MiB3.02 MiB+ 21.97 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.

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
cd_message_1Dashboard Messages

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "dashboard_welcome_widget": {
            "title": "Welcome, user",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "cd_dashboard_messages_1": {
            "title": "Important messages",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[05-Sep-2020 17:33:23 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/custom-dashboard-messages/single-message.php on line 226
[05-Sep-2020 17:33:25 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/custom-dashboard-messages/single-message.php on line 320
[05-Sep-2020 17:33:27 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/custom-dashboard-messages/single-message.php on line 226
[05-Sep-2020 17:33:33 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/custom-dashboard-messages/single-message.php on line 226
[05-Sep-2020 17:33:34 UTC] PHP Notice:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/custom-dashboard-messages/single-message.php on line 226
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Zedna Custom Dashboard Messages Admin Menus and Widgets