Prevent Direct Access 2.8.6
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: 83.25 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 | 6.5.3 |
|---|---|
| PHP version | 8.1.12 |
| MySQL version | 10.6.10 |
| PHP memory limit | 512M |
Plugin Info
| Last updated | |
|---|---|
| Active installs | 10,000+ |
| WordPress.org page | https://wordpress.org/plugins/prevent-direct-access/ |
| Badges |
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Pages 6
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=9bbb6939b8 |
| Aspect | after-activation |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.400 s |
| Memory usage | 3.47 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Prevent Direct Access
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_pda_options |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.685 s |
| Memory usage | 3.47 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
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 | 0.227 s |
| Memory usage | 3.43 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
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 | 0.234 s |
| Memory usage | 3.47 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Prevent Direct Access → Go Pro
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp_pda_gopro |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.341 s |
| Memory usage | 3.51 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Test site – Just another WordPress site
| URL | / |
|---|---|
| Aspect | front-page |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.186 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.php | 0.362 s | 0.370 s | +0.008 s | 3.44 MiB | 3.53 MiB | + 92.4 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit.php | 0.210 s | 0.240 s | +0.030 s | 3.46 MiB | 3.53 MiB | + 73.72 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php | 0.996 s | 1.016 s | +0.020 s | 5.59 MiB | 5.72 MiB | + 129.09 KiB |
| /wp-admin/upload.php | 0.557 s | 0.643 s | +0.086 s | 3.38 MiB | 3.46 MiB | + 80.3 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-writing.php | 0.222 s | 0.208 s | -0.014 s | 3.37 MiB | 3.44 MiB | + 65.91 KiB |
| /wp-admin/media-new.php | 0.293 s | 0.243 s | -0.050 s | 3.35 MiB | 3.44 MiB | + 86.77 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category | 0.197 s | 0.216 s | +0.019 s | 3.37 MiB | 3.48 MiB | + 111.31 KiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page | 0.556 s | 0.575 s | +0.019 s | 5.59 MiB | 5.71 MiB | + 123.97 KiB |
| /wp-admin/options-discussion.php | 0.239 s | 0.409 s | +0.170 s | 3.36 MiB | 3.43 MiB | + 76.32 KiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-comments.php | 0.517 s | 0.227 s | -0.290 s | 3.39 MiB | 3.46 MiB | + 73.96 KiB |
| / | 0.295 s | 0.191 s | -0.104 s | 3.42 MiB | 3.42 MiB | + 2.03 KiB |
| Average | 0.404 s | 0.394 s | -0.010 s | 3.79 MiB | 3.87 MiB | + 83.25 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.
| Language | % | Lines of code | Comment lines | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSS | 66.2% | 8,907 | 39 | 10 | |
| PHP | 27.2% | 3,668 | 1,248 | 42 | |
| JavaScript | 3.5% | 473 | 10 | 6 | |
| PO File | 3.1% | 414 | 151 | 8 | |
| Total | 13,462 | 1,448 | 66 | ||
PHP Code Analysis | More results »
| Lines of code | 2,843 |
|---|---|
| Total complexity | 505 |
| 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 | 155 |
| 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
- wp_prevent_direct_access_free
Options wp_options 4
- FREE_PDA_SETTINGS
- pda_jal_db_version_free
- pda_options
- updated_htaccess_success
PHP Error Log
The log file is empty.