Prevent Direct Access 2.5.1

Does Prevent Direct Access work with WordPress 5.2.4 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
34Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 137.17 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.120 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version5.2.4
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
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?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=17ed9d390b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.427 s
Memory usage 3.73 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
Load time 0.362 s
Memory usage 3.99 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
Load time 0.220 s
Memory usage 3.62 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
Load time 0.222 s
Memory usage 3.62 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
Load time 1.198 s
Memory usage 3.74 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 0.195 s
Memory usage 3.34 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.260 s0.243 s-0.017 s3.6 MiB3.7 MiB+ 99.67 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.231 s0.312 s+0.081 s3.63 MiB3.71 MiB+ 81.59 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.057 s1.554 s+0.497 s5.27 MiB5.45 MiB+ 187.45 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.481 s0.946 s+0.465 s3.46 MiB3.62 MiB+ 160.87 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.177 s0.269 s+0.092 s3.55 MiB3.62 MiB+ 75.71 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.196 s0.272 s+0.076 s3.45 MiB3.62 MiB+ 178.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.355 s0.273 s-0.082 s3.49 MiB3.64 MiB+ 157.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.849 s0.960 s+0.111 s5.25 MiB5.44 MiB+ 187.37 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.485 s0.634 s+0.149 s3.45 MiB3.62 MiB+ 174.83 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.216 s0.315 s+0.099 s3.55 MiB3.64 MiB+ 92.33 KiB
/0.478 s0.328 s-0.150 s3.23 MiB3.34 MiB+ 112.46 KiB
Average 0.435 s0.555 s+0.120 s3.81 MiB3.95 MiB+ 137.17 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 35 lines

[07-Nov-2019 07:31:47 UTC] create new table
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:47 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:47 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:47 UTC] 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:47 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:48 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:48 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:49 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:49 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:50 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:52 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:52 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:53 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:53 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:54 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:54 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:55 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:55 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:55 UTC] 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:55 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:55 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:55 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:56 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:56 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:56 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:57 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:57 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:58 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:59 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:59 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:59 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:59 UTC] 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:59 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:59 UTC] .htaccess is writeable: 1
[07-Nov-2019 07:31:59 UTC] 
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Prevent Direct Access Admin Menus