Report - Patchstack Security 2.3.0

Does Patchstack Security work with WordPress 6.7.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-03-24 12:33:30 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
2	JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 65.86 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 version	6.7.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-03-13T13:48:00+00:00
Active installs	20,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/patchstack/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 3

Security ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=patchstack&ps_activated=1&ps_autoa=1
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=patchstack%2Fpatchstack.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=a9c6088662
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.873 s
Memory usage	3.56 MiB
JS errors	`[ { "message": "ReferenceError: tippy is not defined\n at /wp-admin/admin.php?page=patchstack&ps_activated=1&ps_autoa=1:263:2", "trace": null, "code": null } ]`
Resource errors	None

Settings → Security

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=patchstack
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.211 s
Memory usage	3.56 MiB
JS errors	`[ { "message": "ReferenceError: tippy is not defined\n at /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=patchstack:263:2", "trace": null, "code": null } ]`
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.227 s
Memory usage	3.48 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.411 s	0.320 s	-0.091 s	3.48 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 71.57 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.294 s	0.242 s	-0.052 s	3.54 MiB	3.61 MiB	+ 73.06 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.866 s	0.690 s	-0.176 s	5.93 MiB	6 MiB	+ 75.95 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.686 s	0.634 s	-0.052 s	3.5 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 54.21 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.261 s	0.237 s	-0.024 s	3.47 MiB	3.53 MiB	+ 58.2 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.315 s	0.285 s	-0.030 s	3.46 MiB	3.53 MiB	+ 66.4 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.230 s	0.240 s	+0.010 s	3.48 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 77.07 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.641 s	0.638 s	-0.003 s	5.92 MiB	5.99 MiB	+ 71.46 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.335 s	0.313 s	-0.022 s	3.48 MiB	3.53 MiB	+ 54.7 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.499 s	0.247 s	-0.252 s	3.5 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 54.2 KiB
/	0.407 s	0.492 s	+0.085 s	3.41 MiB	3.48 MiB	+ 67.63 KiB
Average	0.450 s	0.394 s	-0.055 s	3.92 MiB	3.99 MiB	+ 65.86 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
	PHP	79.4%	9,645	5,125	134
	Markdown	6.8%	830	0	7
	C	4.8%	582	18	1
	CSS	4.3%	524	0	1
	JSON	3.2%	391	0	6
	JavaScript	0.6%	78	4	1
	Bourne Shell	0.3%	40	0	1
	m4	0.3%	32	0	1
	SVG	0.2%	21	0	3
	C/C++ Header	0.1%	8	12	1
Total			12,151	5,159	156

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	8,471
Total complexity	2,012
Median class complexity	6.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Patchstack\Processor
Most complex function	Patchstack\Processor::matchParameterValue()

Classes	89
Methods	424
Functions	19

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 3

wp_patchstack_event_log
wp_patchstack_firewall_log
wp_patchstack_logic

Options `wp_options` 10

patchstack_activation_secret
patchstack_activation_time
patchstack_api_token
patchstack_cron_offset
patchstack_db_version
patchstack_eventlog_lastid
patchstack_firewall_log_lastid
patchstack_first_activated
patchstack_license_free
patchstack_software_upload_attempted

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Patchstack Security 2.3.0