Disqus for WordPress 3.1.2

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

Summary

Errors
6PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 36.58 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 version6.8.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 50,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-comment-system/
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Pages 8

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=disqus-comment-system%2Fdisqus.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=f0c41c96b2
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.244 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Disqus

Page screenshot: Disqus
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=disqus
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.563 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Disqus → Site Configuration

Page screenshot: Disqus → Site Configuration
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=disqus
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.212 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Disqus → Syncing

Page screenshot: Disqus → Syncing
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=disqus
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.218 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Disqus → Single Sign-on

Page screenshot: Disqus → Single Sign-on
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=disqus
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.182 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Disqus → Advanced

Page screenshot: Disqus → Advanced
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=disqus
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.186 s
Memory usage 3.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Disqus → Support

Page screenshot: Disqus → Support
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=disqus
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.177 s
Memory usage 3.52 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 0.239 s
Memory usage 3.46 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.302 s0.382 s+0.080 s3.51 MiB3.54 MiB+ 34.54 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.191 s0.183 s-0.008 s3.57 MiB3.6 MiB+ 28.51 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.695 s0.970 s+0.275 s6.06 MiB6.16 MiB+ 103.96 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.857 s0.289 s-0.568 s3.52 MiB3.53 MiB+ 11.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.206 s0.159 s-0.047 s3.5 MiB3.52 MiB+ 15.09 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.250 s0.274 s+0.024 s3.49 MiB3.51 MiB+ 23.28 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.177 s0.157 s-0.020 s3.5 MiB3.54 MiB+ 33.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.561 s0.590 s+0.029 s6.05 MiB6.15 MiB+ 99.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.239 s0.262 s+0.023 s3.5 MiB3.51 MiB+ 11.59 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.358 s0.180 s-0.178 s3.52 MiB3.53 MiB+ 11.09 KiB
/0.318 s0.170 s-0.148 s3.43 MiB3.46 MiB+ 29.83 KiB
Average 0.378 s0.329 s-0.049 s3.97 MiB4.01 MiB+ 36.58 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.

JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
JavaScript96.9%45,4446,9333
PHP2.6%1,22198113
CSS0.5%23251
Total 46,897 7,919 17

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 1,175
Total complexity 191
Median class complexity 13.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Disqus_Rest_Api
Most complex function Disqus_Rest_Api::comment_data_from_post()
Classes 7
Methods 75
Functions 3

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 1

PHP Error Log 6 lines

[01-May-2025 00:17:26 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php on line 502
[01-May-2025 00:17:27 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php on line 502
[01-May-2025 00:17:29 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php on line 502
[01-May-2025 00:17:30 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php on line 502
[01-May-2025 00:17:31 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php on line 502
[01-May-2025 00:17:33 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  trim(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/disqus-comment-system/rest-api/class-disqus-rest-api.php on line 502
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Disqus" Admin Menu