Cool Author Box 3.0.2

Does Cool Author Box work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP warnings
1PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 242.08 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.160 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 600+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/hm-cool-author-box-widget/
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Pages 11

Cool Author Box ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hm-cool-author-box
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=hm-cool-author-box-widget%2Fhm-cool-author-box-widget.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=d1a9edea11
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.853 s
Memory usage 4.08 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cool Author Box

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hm-cool-author-box
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.052 s
Memory usage 3.93 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cool Author Box →  Social

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box → 
                 Social
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hmcab-settings&tab=social
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.553 s
Memory usage 3.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cool Author Box →  Template

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box → 
                 Template
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hmcab-settings&tab=template
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.583 s
Memory usage 3.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cool Author Box →  Styles

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box → 
                 Styles
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hmcab-settings&tab=styles
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.462 s
Memory usage 3.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cool Author Box → Settings

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hmcab-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.959 s
Memory usage 3.93 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cool Author Box → Post Layout

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box → Post Layout
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hmcab-post-layout
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.467 s
Memory usage 3.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cool Author Box → How it works

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box → How it works
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hmcab-help-usage
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.165 s
Memory usage 3.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Cool Author Box → Upgrade  ➤

Page screenshot: Cool Author Box → Upgrade  ➤
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=hm-cool-author-box-pricing
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.962 s
Memory usage 3.91 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 0.315 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 1.132 s
Memory usage 6.34 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.429 s0.586 s+0.157 s3.77 MiB4.06 MiB+ 289.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.377 s0.725 s+0.348 s3.78 MiB4.08 MiB+ 305.81 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.814 s0.926 s+0.112 s6.3 MiB6.58 MiB+ 288.49 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.458 s0.513 s+0.055 s3.74 MiB3.91 MiB+ 183.7 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.360 s0.508 s+0.148 s3.71 MiB3.92 MiB+ 219.64 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.527 s0.719 s+0.192 s3.7 MiB3.91 MiB+ 215.72 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.340 s0.532 s+0.192 s3.71 MiB4 MiB+ 292.32 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.716 s0.782 s+0.066 s6.29 MiB6.55 MiB+ 257.67 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.343 s0.567 s+0.224 s3.71 MiB3.91 MiB+ 208.1 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.341 s0.637 s+0.296 s3.73 MiB4.02 MiB+ 293.99 KiB
/0.296 s0.266 s-0.030 s4.1 MiB4.2 MiB+ 107.69 KiB
Average 0.455 s0.615 s+0.160 s4.23 MiB4.47 MiB+ 242.08 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
PHP92.8%36,29617,766152
SVG2.8%1,07944
PO File2.2%8464396
CSS1.9%7614816
JavaScript0.3%114396
Total 39,096 18,296 184

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 25,265
Total complexity 6,290
Median class complexity 17.5
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Freemius
Most complex function FS_Plugin_Info_Dialog::install_plugin_information()
Classes 60
Methods 1,344
Functions 106

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 5

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
hm-cool-author-box-widgetHM Cool Author Box

PHP Error Log 3 lines

[06-Dec-2025 12:49:02 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "HTTP_HOST" in /wp-config.php on line 174
[06-Dec-2025 12:49:02 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "HTTP_HOST" in /wp-config.php on line 175
[06-Dec-2025 12:49:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  strtolower(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /wp-includes/link-template.php on line 4881
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Cool Author Box Admin Menus