Blubrry PowerPress 11.12.9

Does Blubrry PowerPress work with WordPress 6.8.1 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: 423.37 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.244 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.1
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=efdacfb46b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.353 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 1.075 s
Memory usage 5.79 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 0.807 s
Memory usage 5.76 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 0.379 s
Memory usage 3.65 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 0.837 s
Memory usage 5.76 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 0.340 s
Memory usage 3.65 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 0.206 s
Memory usage 4.1 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 0.846 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 0.405 s
Memory usage 3.65 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=6.8.1:2:760)\n    at E._bindEvents (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@simonwep/pickr/dist/pickr.min.js?ver=6.8.1:2:18392)\n    at new E (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@simonwep/pickr/dist/pickr.min.js?ver=6.8.1:2:11024)\n    at Function.create (https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@simonwep/pickr/dist/pickr.min.js?ver=6.8.1:2:11621)\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=6.8.1:2:27028)\n    at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=6.8.1:2:27330)",
        "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 0.209 s
Memory usage 3.65 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 0.246 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 1.094 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 1.419 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.php0.354 s0.638 s+0.284 s3.51 MiB5.79 MiB+ 2.28 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.209 s0.266 s+0.057 s3.57 MiB3.73 MiB+ 164.84 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.838 s2.631 s+1.793 s6.06 MiB7.01 MiB+ 968.77 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.773 s0.524 s-0.249 s3.52 MiB3.67 MiB+ 151.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.235 s0.232 s-0.003 s3.5 MiB3.65 MiB+ 155.44 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.283 s0.451 s+0.168 s3.49 MiB3.65 MiB+ 163.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.256 s0.223 s-0.033 s3.5 MiB3.67 MiB+ 174.3 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.757 s1.329 s+0.572 s6.05 MiB6.21 MiB+ 164.52 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.283 s0.474 s+0.191 s3.5 MiB3.65 MiB+ 152.56 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.238 s0.246 s+0.008 s3.52 MiB3.67 MiB+ 151.44 KiB
/0.313 s0.205 s-0.108 s3.43 MiB3.51 MiB+ 76.48 KiB
Average 0.413 s0.656 s+0.244 s3.97 MiB4.38 MiB+ 423.37 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
PHP83.6%48,2086,122105
CSS12.1%6,99715713
SVG2.4%1,3993156
JavaScript1.8%1,020774
JSON0.0%1701
XML0.0%501
Total 57,646 6,387 180

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 46,568
Total complexity 10,524
Median class complexity 54.5
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class getid3_quicktime
Most complex function powerpress_admin_jquery_init()
Classes 36
Methods 411
Functions 376

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

[01-May-2025 01:49:56 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpressadmin-tags.php on line 160
[01-May-2025 01:49:56 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpress.php on line 3084
[01-May-2025 01:49:58 UTC] PHP Warning:  Trying to access array offset on value of type bool in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpressadmin-tags.php on line 160
[01-May-2025 01:49:58 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/powerpress/powerpress.php on line 3084
[01-May-2025 01:50:01 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