NGG Smart Image Search 3.4.3

Does NGG Smart Image Search work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1Database errors
1JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 23.65 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 version6.8.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 500+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/ngg-smart-image-search/
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Pages 4

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=ngg-smart-image-search%2Fngg-smart-image-search.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=53be54fc2f
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.505 s
Memory usage 3.62 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → NGG Smart Image Search

Page screenshot: Settings → NGG Smart Image Search
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ngg_smart_image_search
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.332 s
Memory usage 3.55 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'style')\n    at /wp-content/plugins/ngg-smart-image-search/admin/js/hide-nextgen-header.js?ver=1.0.0:1:42",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
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 0.309 s
Memory usage 3.46 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 1.579 s
Memory usage 5.85 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.596 s0.318 s-0.278 s3.51 MiB3.54 MiB+ 36.17 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.218 s0.201 s-0.017 s3.57 MiB3.61 MiB+ 35.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.834 s1.137 s+0.303 s6.06 MiB6.1 MiB+ 39.58 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.653 s0.652 s-0.001 s3.52 MiB3.54 MiB+ 18.86 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.221 s0.220 s-0.001 s3.5 MiB3.52 MiB+ 22.54 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.277 s0.403 s+0.126 s3.49 MiB3.52 MiB+ 30.73 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.182 s0.252 s+0.070 s3.5 MiB3.54 MiB+ 41.41 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.120 s0.794 s-0.326 s6.05 MiB6.08 MiB+ 35.11 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.344 s0.340 s-0.004 s3.5 MiB3.52 MiB+ 19.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.265 s0.216 s-0.049 s3.52 MiB3.54 MiB+ 18.54 KiB
/0.348 s0.275 s-0.073 s3.5 MiB3.46 MiB- 37.73 KiB
Average 0.460 s0.437 s-0.023 s3.98 MiB4 MiB+ 23.65 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.

Perl
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
Perl98.4%296,85735,158235
PHP0.8%2,4611,03212
SVG0.4%1,24233
CSS0.1%431404
PO File0.1%4251951
Oracle Forms0.1%19504
JavaScript0.1%168716
Total 301,779 36,499 265

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 2,478
Total complexity 597
Median class complexity 11.5
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class NGG_Smart_Image_Search_Public
Most complex function NGG_Smart_Image_Search_Public::hr_SIS_display_images_handler()
Classes 8
Methods 37
Functions 24

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 2

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
hrsis_widgetNGG Smart Image Search

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[18-Jun-2025 01:48:41 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_pictures' doesn't exist for query SHOW COLUMNS FROM wp_ngg_pictures LIKE 'uploader'  made by require_once('wp-admin/admin.php'), do_action('settings_page_ngg_smart_image_search'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, hr_SIS_options_page, do_settings_sections, do_settings_fields, hr_SIS_checkbox_enable_uploader_render
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "NGG Smart Image Search" Admin Menu