Prevent Direct Access 2.8.5

Does Prevent Direct Access work with WordPress 6.5.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
No PHP errors, warnings or notices
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Looks good! No problems were detected.
Performance

Memory usage: 83.27 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 version6.5.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
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=4fdb0a4bbf
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.527 s
Memory usage 3.47 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 0.704 s
Memory usage 3.47 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Prevent Direct Access → IP Restriction

Page screenshot: Prevent Direct Access → IP Restriction
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_pda_options&tab=iplock
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.250 s
Memory usage 3.43 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 0.221 s
Memory usage 3.47 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 0.408 s
Memory usage 3.51 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 3.42 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.378 s0.369 s-0.009 s3.44 MiB3.53 MiB+ 92.4 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.210 s0.243 s+0.033 s3.46 MiB3.53 MiB+ 73.72 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.959 s0.657 s-0.302 s5.59 MiB5.72 MiB+ 129.19 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.541 s0.646 s+0.105 s3.38 MiB3.46 MiB+ 80.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.241 s0.296 s+0.055 s3.37 MiB3.44 MiB+ 65.91 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.303 s0.257 s-0.046 s3.35 MiB3.44 MiB+ 86.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.193 s0.219 s+0.026 s3.37 MiB3.48 MiB+ 111.31 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.549 s0.598 s+0.049 s5.59 MiB5.71 MiB+ 124.06 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.369 s0.519 s+0.150 s3.36 MiB3.43 MiB+ 76.32 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.262 s0.223 s-0.039 s3.39 MiB3.46 MiB+ 73.96 KiB
/0.296 s0.197 s-0.099 s3.42 MiB3.42 MiB+ 2.03 KiB
Average 0.391 s0.384 s-0.007 s3.79 MiB3.87 MiB+ 83.27 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.

CSS
PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
CSS66.1%8,9073910
PHP27.3%3,6731,24842
JavaScript3.5%473106
PO File3.1%4141518
Total 13,467 1,448 66

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 2,848
Total complexity 503
Median class complexity 13.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Pda_Admin
Most complex function PDA_ViewLoader::render_helpers()
Classes 15
Methods 154
Functions 35

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

The log file is empty.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Prevent Direct Access Admin Menus