Defender 5.3.1

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

Summary

Errors
11PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 1.04 MiB
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 90,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/defender-security/
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Pages 15

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=defender-security%2Fwp-defender.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=c2e122b194
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.261 s
Memory usage 5.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Scheduled Actions

Page screenshot: Tools → Scheduled Actions
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=action-scheduler
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.215 s
Memory usage 4.61 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender

Page screenshot: Defender
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.581 s
Memory usage 5.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → Recommendations

Page screenshot: Defender → Recommendations
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-hardener
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.371 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → Malware Scanning

Page screenshot: Defender → Malware Scanning
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-scan
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.330 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → Audit Logging

Page screenshot: Defender → Audit Logging
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-logging
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.326 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → Firewall

Page screenshot: Defender → Firewall
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-ip-lockout
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.304 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → WAF

Page screenshot: Defender → WAF
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-waf
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.317 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → 2FA

Page screenshot: Defender → 2FA
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-2fa
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.385 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → Tools

Page screenshot: Defender → Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-advanced-tools
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.317 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → Notifications

Page screenshot: Defender → Notifications
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-notification
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.319 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → Settings

Page screenshot: Defender → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-setting
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.510 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → Tutorials

Page screenshot: Defender → Tutorials
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-tutorial
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.297 s
Memory usage 5.29 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Defender → More free Plugins?

Page screenshot: Defender → More free Plugins?
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=defender_cross_sell
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.435 s
Memory usage 4.56 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 0.269 s
Memory usage 4.39 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.373 s0.454 s+0.081 s3.51 MiB4.59 MiB+ 1.09 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.207 s0.196 s-0.011 s3.57 MiB4.65 MiB+ 1.08 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.910 s1.110 s+0.200 s6.06 MiB7.16 MiB+ 1.1 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.546 s0.559 s+0.013 s3.52 MiB4.53 MiB+ 1.01 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.211 s0.210 s-0.001 s3.5 MiB4.51 MiB+ 1.01 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.336 s0.306 s-0.030 s3.49 MiB4.51 MiB+ 1.02 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.190 s0.199 s+0.009 s3.5 MiB4.54 MiB+ 1.03 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.650 s0.670 s+0.020 s6.05 MiB7.14 MiB+ 1.09 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.441 s0.457 s+0.016 s3.5 MiB4.51 MiB+ 1.01 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.207 s0.202 s-0.005 s3.52 MiB4.54 MiB+ 1.02 MiB
/0.301 s0.201 s-0.100 s3.43 MiB4.39 MiB+ 982.66 KiB
Average 0.397 s0.415 s+0.017 s3.97 MiB5.01 MiB+ 1.04 MiB

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
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP71.4%69,02430,933423
JavaScript25.6%24,70469034
Markdown1.1%1,01709
SVG0.7%704417
C0.7%668251
CSS0.2%185510
PO File0.1%1351211
JSON0.1%10303
XML0.1%6201
m40.0%3201
C/C++ Header0.0%8121
Total 96,642 31,790 501

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 64,838
Total complexity 11,521
Median class complexity 16.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class PHP_CodeSniffer\Tokenizers\PHP
Most complex function get_public_suffix()
Classes 332
Methods 2,831
Functions 55

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 9

Options wp_options 7

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
scheduled-actionScheduled Actions

PHP Error Log 11 lines

[15-Jul-2025 21:35:30 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:32 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:33 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:34 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:35 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:36 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:37 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:38 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:39 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:40 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
[15-Jul-2025 21:35:41 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  version_compare(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($version2) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/defender-security/src/component/security-tweaks/class-php-version.php on line 85
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Defender Admin Menus