WebDefender Security 5.0.1.57

Does WebDefender Security work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP notices
24PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 228.23 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.133 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 1,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/
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Pages 4

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=cwis-antivirus-malware-detected%2Fcwis-antivirus-malware-detected.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=e3ae399dcd
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 12.458 s
Memory usage 3.66 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WebDefender Security

Page screenshot: WebDefender Security
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cwis-scanner
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.534 s
Memory usage 3.6 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 0.169 s
Memory usage 3.49 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 1.922 s
Memory usage 4.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.369 s1.988 s+1.619 s3.51 MiB4.91 MiB+ 1.41 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.185 s0.185 s+0.000 s3.57 MiB3.7 MiB+ 129.91 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.743 s0.928 s+0.185 s6.06 MiB6.23 MiB+ 177.84 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.634 s0.480 s-0.154 s3.52 MiB3.61 MiB+ 92.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.321 s0.211 s-0.110 s3.5 MiB3.59 MiB+ 96.13 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.256 s0.253 s-0.003 s3.49 MiB3.59 MiB+ 104.32 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.181 s0.191 s+0.010 s3.5 MiB3.62 MiB+ 114.99 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.589 s0.597 s+0.008 s6.05 MiB6.16 MiB+ 109.36 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.424 s0.241 s-0.183 s3.5 MiB3.59 MiB+ 92.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.229 s0.419 s+0.190 s3.52 MiB3.61 MiB+ 92.13 KiB
/0.292 s0.192 s-0.100 s3.43 MiB3.49 MiB+ 61.61 KiB
Average 0.384 s0.517 s+0.133 s3.97 MiB4.19 MiB+ 228.23 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
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP56.6%21,1376,062121
CSS33.7%12,588273
SVG7.9%2,95902
JSON1.5%54501
HTML0.4%13533
JavaScript0.0%202
Total 37,366 6,092 132

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 20,287
Total complexity 5,522
Median class complexity 23.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class App\Library\CwisSecRipsScan
Most complex function App\Library\CwisSecRipsScan::parse()
Classes 103
Methods 833
Functions 58

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 2

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "cobwebsec": {
            "title": "WebDefender Security (formely CWIS Antivirus)",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 28 lines

[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 321
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 321
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 321
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:26:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 321
[03-May-2025 07:27:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 321
[03-May-2025 07:27:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:27:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:27:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:27:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:27:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 321
[03-May-2025 07:27:05 UTC] PHP Notice: https://cobweb-security.com/laboratory/feed is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: XML_ERR_NAME_REQUIRED at line 1, column 2 in /wp-includes/SimplePie/src/SimplePie.php on line 1698
[03-May-2025 07:27:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 321
[03-May-2025 07:27:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:27:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:27:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:27:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_replace(): Passing null to parameter #3 ($subject) of type array|string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 423
[03-May-2025 07:27:06 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/cwis-antivirus-malware-detected/cwis-scan/app/Library/CwisLicensing.php on line 321
[03-May-2025 07:27:09 UTC] PHP Notice: https://cobweb-security.com/laboratory/feed is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: XML_ERR_NAME_REQUIRED at line 1, column 2 in /wp-includes/SimplePie/src/SimplePie.php on line 1698
[03-May-2025 07:27:18 UTC] PHP Notice: https://cobweb-security.com/laboratory/feed is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: XML_ERR_NAME_REQUIRED at line 1, column 2 in /wp-includes/SimplePie/src/SimplePie.php on line 1698
[03-May-2025 07:27:20 UTC] PHP Notice: https://cobweb-security.com/laboratory/feed is invalid XML, likely due to invalid characters. XML error: XML_ERR_NAME_REQUIRED at line 1, column 2 in /wp-includes/SimplePie/src/SimplePie.php on line 1698
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide WebDefender Security Admin Menus and Widgets