Report - Prevent Direct Access 2.8.8

Does Prevent Direct Access work with WordPress 6.7.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-02-12 09:51:35 UTC.

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: 81.37 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	6.7.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

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 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=da18022528
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.368 s
Memory usage	3.59 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	0.728 s
Memory usage	3.55 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	0.221 s
Memory usage	3.55 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	0.228 s
Memory usage	3.55 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	0.392 s
Memory usage	3.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.419 s
Memory usage	3.46 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.338 s	0.400 s	+0.062 s	3.48 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 92.69 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.185 s	0.225 s	+0.040 s	3.54 MiB	3.62 MiB	+ 74.01 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.780 s	0.676 s	-0.104 s	5.93 MiB	6.05 MiB	+ 129.75 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.543 s	0.506 s	-0.037 s	3.5 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 79.04 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.198 s	0.240 s	+0.042 s	3.47 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 78.55 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.251 s	0.234 s	-0.017 s	3.46 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 86.74 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.221 s	0.218 s	-0.003 s	3.48 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 97.41 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.621 s	0.766 s	+0.145 s	5.92 MiB	6.04 MiB	+ 124.26 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.292 s	0.404 s	+0.112 s	3.48 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 75.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.200 s	0.198 s	-0.002 s	3.5 MiB	3.57 MiB	+ 74.55 KiB
/	0.306 s	0.231 s	-0.075 s	3.48 MiB	3.46 MiB	- 16.96 KiB
Average	0.358 s	0.373 s	+0.015 s	3.93 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 81.37 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
	CSS	65.8%	8,907	39	10
	PHP	27.6%	3,740	1,251	42
	JavaScript	3.5%	473	10	6
	PO File	3.1%	414	151	8
Total			13,534	1,451	66

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	2,943
Total complexity	506
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.

Prevent Direct Access 2.8.8