Friends 3.6.0

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

Summary

Errors
5PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 745.44 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.024 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.2
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/friends/
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Pages 11

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=friends%2Ffriends.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=505e807dc2
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.572 s
Memory usage 4.26 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Friends

Page screenshot: Friends
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=friends
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.178 s
Memory usage 4.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Friends → Add New Friend

Page screenshot: Friends → Add New Friend
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=add-friend
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.190 s
Memory usage 4.15 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Friends → Settings

Page screenshot: Friends → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=friends-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.916 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Friends → Friends & Requests

Page screenshot: Friends → Friends & Requests
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=friends-list
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.162 s
Memory usage 4.17 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Friends → Plugins

Page screenshot: Friends → Plugins
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=friends-plugins
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.474 s
Memory usage 4.49 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Posts → Post from Feed

Page screenshot: Posts → Post from Feed
URL /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=friend-post-feed
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.199 s
Memory usage 4.15 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 0.235 s
Memory usage 4.05 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 0.296 s
Memory usage 4.17 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.880 s
Memory usage 7.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.366 s
Memory usage 6.71 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.322 s0.353 s+0.031 s3.51 MiB4.17 MiB+ 684.33 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.198 s0.207 s+0.009 s3.57 MiB4.27 MiB+ 711.34 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.762 s1.042 s+0.280 s6.06 MiB7.16 MiB+ 1.1 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.587 s0.293 s-0.294 s3.52 MiB4.16 MiB+ 650.16 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.218 s0.196 s-0.022 s3.5 MiB4.14 MiB+ 653.84 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.297 s0.194 s-0.103 s3.49 MiB4.14 MiB+ 662.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.191 s0.334 s+0.143 s3.5 MiB4.16 MiB+ 666.9 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.588 s0.789 s+0.201 s6.05 MiB7.14 MiB+ 1.09 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.313 s0.611 s+0.298 s3.5 MiB4.14 MiB+ 650.97 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.412 s0.221 s-0.191 s3.52 MiB4.16 MiB+ 649.84 KiB
/0.285 s0.200 s-0.085 s3.43 MiB4.05 MiB+ 626.74 KiB
Average 0.379 s0.404 s+0.024 s3.97 MiB4.7 MiB+ 745.44 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
PHP86.6%23,0366,672150
JavaScript5.7%1,5144313
JSON5.1%1,350013
Markdown1.5%41103
CSS1.0%27603
Total 26,587 6,715 182

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 18,946
Total complexity 4,211
Median class complexity 23.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class Friends\Admin
Most complex function Friends\Mf2\Parser::parseH()
Classes 51
Methods 871
Functions 27

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 13

User Metadata wp_usermeta 1

Custom Post Types 3

ID Name
friend_messageFriend Messages
friends_logFriends Logs
friend_post_cacheFriend Posts

Sidebar Widgets 9

ID Name
friends-widget-refreshFriend Posts Refresh
friends-widget-friend-listFriend List
friends-widget-starred-friend-listStarred Friends
friends-widget-recent-friend-listRecent Friend List
friends-widget-friend-requestFriend request
friends-widget-statsFriend Stats
friends-widget-new-private-postNew Private Post
friends-widget-post-formatsPost Formats
friends-widget-headerFriends Header

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "friends_dashboard_widget0": {
            "title": "Friends: Latest Posts",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "post": {
        "tagsdiv-friend-post-feed": {
            "title": "Posts from Feed",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

Roles 5

ID Name
friendFriend
acquaintanceAcquaintance
friend_requestFriend Request
pending_friend_requestPending Friend Request
subscriptionSubscription

Capabilities 5

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[18-Jul-2025 12:44:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "widget_id" in /wp-content/plugins/friends/widgets/class-widget-friend-stats.php on line 65
[18-Jul-2025 12:44:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "widget_id" in /wp-content/plugins/friends/widgets/class-widget-friend-stats.php on line 67
[18-Jul-2025 12:44:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "widget_id" in /wp-content/plugins/friends/widgets/class-widget-post-formats.php on line 44
[18-Jul-2025 12:44:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "widget_id" in /wp-content/plugins/friends/widgets/class-widget-post-formats.php on line 46
[18-Jul-2025 12:44:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "widget_id" in /wp-content/plugins/friends/widgets/class-widget-friends-list.php on line 54
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Friends Admin Menus and More