Prevent Direct Access 2.4.0.2

Does Prevent Direct Access work with WordPress 4.9.8 and PHP 7.0.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
32Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 120.65 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 version4.9.8
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 6

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?action=activate&plugin=prevent-direct-access%2Fprevent-direct-access.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=a0ba64d422
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.095 s
Memory usage 3.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Prevent Direct Access

Page screenshot: Prevent Direct Access
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_pda_options
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.044 s
Memory usage 3.42 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Prevent Direct Access → IP Block

Page screenshot: Prevent Direct Access → IP Block
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_pda_options&tab=iplock
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.077 s
Memory usage 3.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Prevent Direct Access → FAQ/Troubleshooting

Page screenshot: Prevent Direct Access → FAQ/Troubleshooting
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_pda_options&tab=faq
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.045 s
Memory usage 3.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Prevent Direct Access → Go Pro

Page screenshot: Prevent Direct Access → Go Pro
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_pda_gopro
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200 OK
Load time 0.053 s
Memory usage 3.22 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 0.106 s
Memory usage 2.86 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.099 s0.046 s-0.053 s3.12 MiB3.21 MiB+ 90.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.090 s0.097 s+0.007 s3.14 MiB3.21 MiB+ 66.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.170 s0.196 s+0.026 s3.21 MiB3.29 MiB+ 83.34 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.084 s0.051 s-0.033 s2.98 MiB3.13 MiB+ 150.43 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.071 s0.103 s+0.032 s2.97 MiB3.12 MiB+ 149.33 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.064 s0.082 s+0.018 s2.96 MiB3.11 MiB+ 149.33 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.077 s0.084 s+0.007 s3.01 MiB3.15 MiB+ 149.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.142 s0.156 s+0.014 s3.22 MiB3.3 MiB+ 83.26 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.073 s0.069 s-0.004 s2.97 MiB3.12 MiB+ 149.64 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.074 s0.043 s-0.031 s3.01 MiB3.16 MiB+ 150.02 KiB
/0.075 s0.105 s+0.030 s2.75 MiB2.86 MiB+ 105.16 KiB
Average 0.093 s0.094 s+0.001 s3.03 MiB3.15 MiB+ 120.65 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 4

PHP Error Log 33 lines

[25-Oct-2018 15:52:57 UTC] create new table
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:57 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:57 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:57 UTC] 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:57 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:57 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:58 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:58 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:58 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:52:59 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:02 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:03 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:03 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:03 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:03 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:03 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:04 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:04 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:04 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:04 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:04 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:04 UTC] 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:04 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:05 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[25-Oct-2018 15:53:05 UTC] 
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Prevent Direct Access Admin Menus