Report - Prevent Direct Access 2.2.1

Does Prevent Direct Access work with WordPress 4.8.1 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on 2017-08-09 15:07:59 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 103.51 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	4.8.1
PHP version	7.0.16
MySQL version	5.7.17
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-04-23T11:58:00+00:00
Active installs	10,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-direct-access/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 3

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	0.332 s
Memory usage	3.01 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Prevent Direct Access

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=prevent-direct-access/includes/setting.php
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.083 s
Memory usage	2.92 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200 OK
Load time	0.107 s
Memory usage	2.64 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.132 s	0.039 s	-0.093 s	2.9 MiB	3.04 MiB	+ 137.67 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.099 s	0.118 s	+0.019 s	2.93 MiB	3.04 MiB	+ 117.47 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.205 s	0.070 s	-0.135 s	3 MiB	3.13 MiB	+ 131.92 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.082 s	0.090 s	+0.008 s	2.83 MiB	2.92 MiB	+ 86.43 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.080 s	0.094 s	+0.014 s	2.82 MiB	2.92 MiB	+ 94.3 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.053 s	0.117 s	+0.064 s	2.82 MiB	2.92 MiB	+ 103.35 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.097 s	0.126 s	+0.029 s	2.86 MiB	2.93 MiB	+ 71.13 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.178 s	0.175 s	-0.003 s	2.99 MiB	3.12 MiB	+ 131.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.079 s	0.091 s	+0.012 s	2.82 MiB	2.92 MiB	+ 99.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.079 s	0.104 s	+0.025 s	2.86 MiB	2.99 MiB	+ 135.82 KiB
/	0.076 s	0.084 s	+0.008 s	2.61 MiB	2.64 MiB	+ 29.48 KiB
Average	0.105 s	0.101 s	-0.005 s	2.86 MiB	2.96 MiB	+ 103.51 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

wp_prevent_direct_access

Options `wp_options` 3

jal_db_version
pda_options
updated_htaccess_success

PHP Error Log 30 lines

[09-Aug-2017 15:08:09 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:09 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:09 UTC] 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:09 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:10 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:10 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:10 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
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:11 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:11 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:12 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:13 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:13 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:13 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:13 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:14 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:14 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:14 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:14 UTC] 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:14 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:14 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[09-Aug-2017 15:08:14 UTC]

Prevent Direct Access 2.2.1