Blubrry PowerPress 11.14.1

Does Blubrry PowerPress work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
3PHP warnings
2PHP deprecation warnings
1JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 415.39 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.145 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 30,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/powerpress/
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Pages 13

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=powerpress%2Fpowerpress.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=ba53a652f8
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.358 s
Memory usage 3.7 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → PowerPress

Page screenshot: Settings → PowerPress
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=powerpressadmin_basic
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.170 s
Memory usage 5.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

PowerPress

Page screenshot: PowerPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpressadmin_basic
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.819 s
Memory usage 5.6 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

PowerPress → Get Started

Page screenshot: PowerPress → Get Started
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpressadmin_onboarding.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.457 s
Memory usage 3.66 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

PowerPress → Live Item

Page screenshot: PowerPress → Live Item
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpressadmin_basic&tab=live-item-tab
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress/powerpressadmin_live_item.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.816 s
Memory usage 5.61 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

PowerPress → Import Podcast

Page screenshot: PowerPress → Import Podcast
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress%2Fpowerpressadmin_import_feed.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress/powerpressadmin_import_feed.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.311 s
Memory usage 3.66 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

PowerPress → Migrate Media

Page screenshot: PowerPress → Migrate Media
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress%2Fpowerpressadmin_migrate.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress/powerpressadmin_migrate.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.205 s
Memory usage 4.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

PowerPress → Audio Player

Page screenshot: PowerPress → Audio Player
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress%2Fpowerpressadmin_player.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress/powerpressadmin_player.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.963 s
Memory usage 4.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

PowerPress → Video Player

Page screenshot: PowerPress → Video Player
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress%2Fpowerpressadmin_videoplayer.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress/powerpressadmin_videoplayer.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.385 s
Memory usage 3.66 MiB
JS errors
[
    {
        "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'addEventListener')\n    at n (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@simonwep/pickr/dist/pickr.min.js?ver=6.8.3:2:760)\n    at E._bindEvents (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@simonwep/pickr/dist/pickr.min.js?ver=6.8.3:2:18392)\n    at new E (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@simonwep/pickr/dist/pickr.min.js?ver=6.8.3:2:11024)\n    at Function.create (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@simonwep/pickr/dist/pickr.min.js?ver=6.8.3:2:11621)\n    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress%2Fpowerpressadmin_videoplayer.php:461:45)\n    at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=6.8.3:2:27028)\n    at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=6.8.3:2:27330)",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

PowerPress → Tools

Page screenshot: PowerPress → Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress%2Fpowerpressadmin_tools.php
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=powerpress/powerpressadmin_tools.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.214 s
Memory usage 3.66 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 0.276 s
Memory usage 3.51 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.985 s
Memory usage 6.29 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 1.371 s
Memory usage 5.91 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.318 s0.700 s+0.382 s3.51 MiB5.63 MiB+ 2.12 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.215 s0.238 s+0.023 s3.57 MiB3.74 MiB+ 168.34 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.830 s2.659 s+1.829 s6.06 MiB7.05 MiB+ 1015.45 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.872 s0.332 s-0.540 s3.52 MiB3.68 MiB+ 154.63 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.256 s0.367 s+0.111 s3.5 MiB3.66 MiB+ 158.94 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.329 s0.305 s-0.024 s3.49 MiB3.66 MiB+ 167.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.212 s0.220 s+0.008 s3.5 MiB3.68 MiB+ 177.8 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.749 s0.685 s-0.064 s6.05 MiB6.21 MiB+ 168.02 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.469 s0.487 s+0.018 s3.5 MiB3.66 MiB+ 156.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.258 s0.226 s-0.032 s3.52 MiB3.67 MiB+ 154.94 KiB
/0.315 s0.202 s-0.113 s3.43 MiB3.51 MiB+ 75.98 KiB
Average 0.438 s0.584 s+0.145 s3.97 MiB4.38 MiB+ 415.39 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
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP83.7%48,5346,124105
CSS12.1%6,99715713
SVG2.4%1,3993156
JavaScript1.8%1,020774
JSON0.0%1701
XML0.0%501
Total 57,972 6,389 180

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 46,906
Total complexity 10,589
Median class complexity 54.5
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class getid3_quicktime
Most complex function powerpress_admin_init()
Classes 36
Methods 411
Functions 377

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 4

User Metadata wp_usermeta 1

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
powerpress_subscribeSubscribe to Podcast

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "custom_css": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "oembed_cache": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "user_request": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "wp_template_part": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "wp_global_styles": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "wp_navigation": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "wp_font_family": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "wp_font_face": {
        "powerpress-podcast": {
            "title": "Podcast Episode",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "dashboard": {
        "powerpress_dashboard_news": {
            "title": "Podcast Insider by Blubrry",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "powerpress_dashboard_stats": {
            "title": "Blubrry Podcast Statistics",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[30-Oct-2025 12:41:43 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpressadmin-tags.php on line 160
[30-Oct-2025 12:41:43 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpress.php on line 3134
[30-Oct-2025 12:41:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpressadmin-tags.php on line 160
[30-Oct-2025 12:41:45 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpress.php on line 3134
[30-Oct-2025 12:41:48 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpressadmin-tags.php on line 160
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Blubrry PowerPress Admin Menus and More