Prevent Direct Access 2.2

Does Prevent Direct Access work with WordPress 4.8 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP warnings
28Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 89.4 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 version4.8
PHP version7.0.16
MySQL version5.7.17
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 10,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-direct-access/
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Pages 3

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?activate=true&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s=
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.300 s
Memory usage 3 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Prevent Direct Access

Page screenshot: Prevent Direct Access
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=prevent-direct-access/includes/setting.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.060 s
Memory usage 2.91 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 OK
Load time 0.089 s
Memory usage 2.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.099 s0.036 s-0.063 s2.9 MiB3.03 MiB+ 133.71 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.090 s0.072 s-0.018 s2.91 MiB2.97 MiB+ 59.31 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.151 s0.063 s-0.088 s2.99 MiB3.11 MiB+ 131.94 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.088 s0.099 s+0.011 s2.82 MiB2.91 MiB+ 94.73 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.068 s0.067 s-0.001 s2.81 MiB2.91 MiB+ 102.61 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.047 s0.070 s+0.023 s2.8 MiB2.91 MiB+ 111.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.075 s0.081 s+0.006 s2.84 MiB2.91 MiB+ 72.82 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.135 s0.147 s+0.012 s2.97 MiB3.04 MiB+ 67.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.068 s0.072 s+0.004 s2.8 MiB2.91 MiB+ 107.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.084 s0.090 s+0.006 s2.84 MiB2.91 MiB+ 71.82 KiB
/0.079 s0.067 s-0.012 s2.6 MiB2.63 MiB+ 29.48 KiB
Average 0.089 s0.079 s-0.011 s2.84 MiB2.93 MiB+ 89.4 KiB

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 1

Options wp_options 3

PHP Error Log 30 lines

[27-Jun-2017 00:44:24 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:24 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:24 UTC] 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:24 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:24 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:24 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:24 UTC] PHP Warning:  call_user_func() expects parameter 1 to be a valid callback, function 'defaults_output' not found or invalid function name in /wp-admin/includes/template.php on line 1319
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:25 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:26 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:27 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:27 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:27 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:27 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:27 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:28 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:28 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:28 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:28 UTC] 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:28 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:28 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[27-Jun-2017 00:44:28 UTC] 
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Prevent Direct Access Admin Menus