External files in Media Library 4.0.0

Does "External files in Media Library" work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
12Resource errors (CSS, JS, images, fonts and so on.)
  • 12 net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
Performance

Memory usage: 774.31 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.085 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 200+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/external-files-in-media-library/
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Pages 17

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=external-files-in-media-library%2Fexternal-files-in-media-library.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=72d1d0f64c
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.586 s
Memory usage 4.52 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Media → Add external files

Page screenshot: Media → Add external files
URL /wp-admin/upload.php?page=efml_local_directories
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.334 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Media → Directory Archives

Page screenshot: Media → Directory Archives
URL /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=edlfw_archive&post_type=attachment
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.247 s
Memory usage 4.28 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → External files in Medias Library

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.206 s
Memory usage 4.3 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Permissions

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Permissions
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_permissions
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.206 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Audio

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Audio
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_audio
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.224 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Images

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Images
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_images
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.217 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Videos

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Videos
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_video
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.205 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Proxy

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Proxy
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_proxy
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.232 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Advanced

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Advanced
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_advanced
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.295 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Logs

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Logs
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_logs
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.227 s
Memory usage 4.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Questions? Check our forum

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Questions? Check our forum
URL https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/external-files-in-media-library/
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.420 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Queue

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Queue
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_queue_table
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.554 s
Memory usage 4.37 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Synchronization

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Synchronization
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=synchronization
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.222 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Google Drive

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Google Drive
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_googledrive
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.538 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Settings → External files in Medias Library → Statistics

Page screenshot: Settings → External files in Medias Library → Statistics
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=eml_settings&tab=eml_statistics
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.227 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors
[
    {
        "status": null,
        "statusText": null,
        "url": "[testSite]files/import.js?ver=1747219200",
        "errorString": "net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"
    }
]

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.298 s
Memory usage 3.87 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.337 s0.440 s+0.103 s3.51 MiB4.34 MiB+ 849.4 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.186 s0.282 s+0.096 s3.57 MiB4.37 MiB+ 822.56 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.716 s0.828 s+0.112 s6.06 MiB6.9 MiB+ 862.56 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.555 s0.526 s-0.029 s3.52 MiB4.29 MiB+ 784.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.188 s0.543 s+0.355 s3.5 MiB4.25 MiB+ 770.08 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.268 s0.306 s+0.038 s3.49 MiB4.26 MiB+ 790.18 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.167 s0.259 s+0.092 s3.5 MiB4.28 MiB+ 794.69 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.568 s0.602 s+0.034 s6.05 MiB6.89 MiB+ 858.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.265 s0.449 s+0.184 s3.5 MiB4.25 MiB+ 767.2 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.194 s0.255 s+0.061 s3.52 MiB4.28 MiB+ 775.33 KiB
/0.278 s0.172 s-0.106 s3.43 MiB3.87 MiB+ 442.48 KiB
Average 0.338 s0.424 s+0.085 s3.97 MiB4.73 MiB+ 774.31 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP91.8%11,11910,80384
JavaScript5.0%6071295
CSS2.4%29202
JSON0.5%6601
SVG0.2%2701
Total 12,111 10,932 93

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 11,073
Total complexity 2,210
Median class complexity 18.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class ExternalFilesInMediaLibrary\ExternalFiles\Files
Most complex function ExternalFilesInMediaLibrary\ExternalFiles\Protocols\Http::get_url_infos()
Classes 76
Methods 900
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.

Database Tables 2

Options wp_options 34

Capabilities 1

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide External files in Media Library Admin Menus