MetaSlider 3.103.0

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

Summary

Errors
4PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 309.7 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 version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 500,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider/
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Pages 8

Quick Start ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Quick Start ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=metaslider-start
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=ml-slider%2Fml-slider.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=d98af83d59
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.268 s
Memory usage 4.01 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

MetaSlider

Page screenshot: MetaSlider
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=metaslider
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.067 s
Memory usage 4.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

MetaSlider → Quick Start

Page screenshot: MetaSlider → Quick Start
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=metaslider-start
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.544 s
Memory usage 4 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

MetaSlider → Settings & Help

Page screenshot: MetaSlider → Settings & Help
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=metaslider-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.000 s
Memory usage 4 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

MetaSlider → Theme Editor

Page screenshot: MetaSlider → Theme Editor
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=upgrade-metaslider-theme-editor
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.480 s
Memory usage 4 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

MetaSlider → Upgrade to Pro

Page screenshot: MetaSlider → Upgrade to Pro
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=upgrade-metaslider
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.549 s
Memory usage 4.01 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 0.231 s
Memory usage 4.31 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 1.232 s
Memory usage 6.41 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.420 s0.432 s+0.012 s3.78 MiB4.05 MiB+ 281.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.351 s0.315 s-0.036 s3.78 MiB4.05 MiB+ 273.59 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.835 s0.962 s+0.127 s6.31 MiB6.86 MiB+ 563.96 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.623 s0.411 s-0.212 s3.74 MiB4 MiB+ 263.72 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.316 s0.329 s+0.013 s3.71 MiB3.97 MiB+ 260.85 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.503 s0.294 s-0.209 s3.7 MiB3.97 MiB+ 269.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.465 s0.279 s-0.186 s3.72 MiB3.99 MiB+ 279.41 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.677 s0.984 s+0.307 s6.3 MiB6.78 MiB+ 493.45 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.393 s0.316 s-0.077 s3.71 MiB3.97 MiB+ 257.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.327 s0.334 s+0.007 s3.73 MiB3.99 MiB+ 262.35 KiB
/0.280 s0.226 s-0.054 s4.12 MiB4.31 MiB+ 202.16 KiB
Average 0.472 s0.444 s-0.028 s4.24 MiB4.54 MiB+ 309.7 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
Sass
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP44.2%44,56314,666329
PO File29.2%29,45615,91118
Sass9.7%9,7722739
JavaScript6.9%6,9651,17268
Vuejs Component5.5%5,57930442
CSS3.6%3,63215241
Markdown0.4%35603
JSON0.3%290023
SVG0.1%115316
CoffeeScript0.1%10301
HTML0.0%3711
INI0.0%111
Total 100,869 32,237 582

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 27,254
Total complexity 5,867
Median class complexity 6.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class HTML5TreeConstructer
Most complex function HTML5TreeConstructer::inBody()
Classes 277
Methods 1,243
Functions 29

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 6

Custom Post Types 2

ID Name
ml-sliderMetaSlider
ml-slideMeta Slides

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
metaslider_widgetMetaSlider

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[02-Dec-2025 21:35:17 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 21:35:17 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 21:35:25 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 21:35:25 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide MetaSlider Admin Menus