Ginger - EU Cookie Law 4.2.1

Does Ginger - EU Cookie Law work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
8PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 71.54 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 20,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/ginger/
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Pages 16

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=ginger%2Fginger-eu-cookie-law.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=9f7f9eefbd
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.290 s
Memory usage 3.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-setup
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.364 s
Memory usage 3.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Banner Setup

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Banner Setup
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-setup&tab=banner
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.276 s
Memory usage 3.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Privacy Policy

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Privacy Policy
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-setup&tab=policy
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.474 s
Memory usage 3.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Admin Permission

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Admin Permission
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-setup&tab=admin-permission
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.173 s
Memory usage 3.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Shortcode

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Shortcode
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-setup&tab=shortcode
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.184 s
Memory usage 3.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Need More?

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Need More?
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-setup&tab=need_more
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.164 s
Memory usage 3.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Ginger Policy

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Ginger Policy
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-setup&tab=ginger_policy
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.184 s
Memory usage 3.56 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Google Analytics

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Google Analytics
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-analytics
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.203 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Custom JS

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Custom JS
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-jscustom
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.201 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Custom Iframe

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Custom Iframe
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-iframe
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.215 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Activity Logger

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Activity Logger
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-logger
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.167 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Polylang

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Polylang
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-polylang
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.162 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → WPML

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → WPML
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-wpml
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.101 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Ginger Cookie → Import/Export

Page screenshot: Ginger Cookie → Import/Export
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ginger-export
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.177 s
Memory usage 3.55 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 0.337 s
Memory usage 3.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.352 s0.495 s+0.143 s3.51 MiB3.57 MiB+ 65.28 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.207 s0.409 s+0.202 s3.57 MiB3.64 MiB+ 66.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.834 s1.001 s+0.167 s6.06 MiB6.15 MiB+ 88.79 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.845 s0.355 s-0.490 s3.52 MiB3.57 MiB+ 47.91 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.249 s0.200 s-0.049 s3.5 MiB3.55 MiB+ 51.91 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.296 s0.327 s+0.031 s3.49 MiB3.55 MiB+ 60.1 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.211 s0.204 s-0.007 s3.5 MiB3.57 MiB+ 70.77 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.747 s0.714 s-0.033 s6.05 MiB6.13 MiB+ 84.31 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.321 s0.453 s+0.132 s3.5 MiB3.55 MiB+ 49.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.488 s0.221 s-0.267 s3.52 MiB3.57 MiB+ 47.91 KiB
/0.344 s0.664 s+0.320 s3.43 MiB3.58 MiB+ 154.91 KiB
Average 0.445 s0.458 s+0.014 s3.97 MiB4.04 MiB+ 71.54 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
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP58.4%3,18122138
PO File15.1%8204072
JavaScript14.2%774215
CSS12.4%673223
Total 5,448 671 48

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Lines of code 2,028
Total complexity 443
Median class complexity 7.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class gingerSimpleNote
Most complex function ginger_script()
Classes 1
Methods 5
Functions 70

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 1

PHP Error Log 8 lines

[16-Jul-2025 07:55:44 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/ginger/front/gingerfront.utils.php on line 16
[16-Jul-2025 07:55:44 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/ginger/addon/analytics/ginger.analytics.php on line 105
[16-Jul-2025 07:55:44 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/ginger/front/gingerfront.utils.php on line 32
[16-Jul-2025 07:55:44 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/ginger/front/gingerfront.utils.php on line 106
[16-Jul-2025 07:55:53 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/ginger/front/gingerfront.utils.php on line 16
[16-Jul-2025 07:55:53 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/ginger/addon/analytics/ginger.analytics.php on line 105
[16-Jul-2025 07:55:53 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/ginger/front/gingerfront.utils.php on line 32
[16-Jul-2025 07:55:53 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/ginger/front/gingerfront.utils.php on line 106
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Ginger - EU Cookie Law Admin Menus