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Developer 1.2.6

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

Summary

Errors
2PHP deprecation warnings
2JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 26.78 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 4,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/developer/
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Pages 3

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=developer%2Fdeveloper.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=cfe3adeba0
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.251 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: a(...).live is not a function\n    at bg (/wp-content/plugins/developer/colorbox/jquery.colorbox-min.js?ver=1.3.19:4:3211)\n    at Function.a.fn.<computed>.a.<computed> [as colorbox] (/wp-content/plugins/developer/colorbox/jquery.colorbox-min.js?ver=1.3.19:4:4346)\n    at make_colorbox (/wp-content/plugins/developer/developer.js?ver=1.2.6:4:6)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/developer/developer.js?ver=1.2.6:14:3\n    at a8c_developer_lightbox (/wp-content/plugins/developer/developer.js?ver=1.2.6:46:4)\n    at /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s:399:34",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Tools → Developer

Page screenshot: Tools → Developer
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=a8c_developer
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 24.166 s
Memory usage 3.88 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: a(...).live is not a function\n    at bg (/wp-content/plugins/developer/colorbox/jquery.colorbox-min.js?ver=1.3.19:4:3211)\n    at Function.a.fn.<computed>.a.<computed> [as colorbox] (/wp-content/plugins/developer/colorbox/jquery.colorbox-min.js?ver=1.3.19:4:4346)\n    at make_colorbox (/wp-content/plugins/developer/developer.js?ver=1.2.6:4:6)\n    at /wp-content/plugins/developer/developer.js?ver=1.2.6:14:3\n    at a8c_developer_lightbox (/wp-content/plugins/developer/developer.js?ver=1.2.6:46:4)\n    at /wp-admin/tools.php?page=a8c_developer:217:34",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
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 0.201 s
Memory usage 3.45 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.342 s0.264 s-0.078 s3.51 MiB3.54 MiB+ 35.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.184 s0.180 s-0.004 s3.57 MiB3.6 MiB+ 34.31 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.748 s0.659 s-0.089 s6.06 MiB6.1 MiB+ 37.05 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.528 s0.339 s-0.189 s3.52 MiB3.54 MiB+ 16.59 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.193 s0.187 s-0.006 s3.5 MiB3.52 MiB+ 20.59 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.256 s0.391 s+0.135 s3.49 MiB3.52 MiB+ 28.78 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.187 s0.230 s+0.043 s3.5 MiB3.54 MiB+ 39.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.596 s0.537 s-0.059 s6.05 MiB6.08 MiB+ 32.58 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.473 s0.245 s-0.228 s3.5 MiB3.52 MiB+ 17.71 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.193 s0.202 s+0.009 s3.52 MiB3.54 MiB+ 16.59 KiB
/0.284 s0.193 s-0.091 s3.43 MiB3.45 MiB+ 15.16 KiB
Average 0.362 s0.312 s-0.051 s3.97 MiB4 MiB+ 26.78 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
PO File
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP58.6%632953
PO File20.9%225801
JavaScript16.2%17531
CSS4.4%4792
Total 1,079 187 7

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 644
Total complexity 152
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Automattic_Developer
Most complex function Automattic_Developer::ajax_handler()
Classes 3
Methods 48
Functions 0

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.

No new entries found.

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[17-Jul-2025 08:30:36 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function screen_icon is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.8.0 with no alternative available. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[17-Jul-2025 08:30:36 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function get_screen_icon is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.8.0 with no alternative available. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Developer" Admin Menu