Report - Prevent Direct Access 2.8.8.3

Does Prevent Direct Access work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-10-01 14:02:49 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: 92.28 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.051 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	6.8.3
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-09-15T11:20:00+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=06da1f5903
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.412 s
Memory usage	3.62 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	0.699 s
Memory usage	3.58 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	0.239 s
Memory usage	3.58 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	0.196 s
Memory usage	3.58 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	0.402 s
Memory usage	3.58 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.200 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.372 s	0.371 s	-0.001 s	3.51 MiB	3.6 MiB	+ 92.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.215 s	0.256 s	+0.041 s	3.57 MiB	3.64 MiB	+ 73.61 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.849 s	0.744 s	-0.105 s	6.06 MiB	6.24 MiB	+ 186.82 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.768 s	0.871 s	+0.103 s	3.52 MiB	3.6 MiB	+ 78.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.239 s	0.319 s	+0.080 s	3.5 MiB	3.58 MiB	+ 78.15 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.273 s	0.219 s	-0.054 s	3.49 MiB	3.58 MiB	+ 86.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.198 s	0.452 s	+0.254 s	3.5 MiB	3.6 MiB	+ 97.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.769 s	0.673 s	-0.096 s	6.05 MiB	6.17 MiB	+ 118.35 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.285 s	0.766 s	+0.481 s	3.5 MiB	3.58 MiB	+ 74.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.249 s	0.243 s	-0.006 s	3.52 MiB	3.6 MiB	+ 74.15 KiB
/	0.330 s	0.195 s	-0.135 s	3.43 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 54.38 KiB
Average	0.413 s	0.464 s	+0.051 s	3.97 MiB	4.06 MiB	+ 92.28 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	27.7%	3,748	1,251	42
	JavaScript	3.5%	473	10	6
	PO File	3.1%	414	151	8
Total			13,542	1,451	66

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	2,951
Total complexity	508
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 2.8.8.3