Prevent Direct Access 2.8.8.3

Does Prevent Direct Access work with WordPress 6.8.1 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: 92.28 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 version6.8.1
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=8ee4ae8f8f
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.372 s
Memory usage 3.62 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 0.833 s
Memory usage 3.58 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 0.190 s
Memory usage 3.58 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 0.146 s
Memory usage 3.58 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 0.316 s
Memory usage 3.58 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 0.180 s
Memory usage 3.49 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.255 s0.288 s+0.033 s3.51 MiB3.6 MiB+ 92.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.168 s0.191 s+0.023 s3.57 MiB3.64 MiB+ 73.61 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.647 s0.593 s-0.054 s6.06 MiB6.24 MiB+ 186.83 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.765 s0.751 s-0.014 s3.52 MiB3.6 MiB+ 78.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.163 s0.310 s+0.147 s3.5 MiB3.58 MiB+ 78.15 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.222 s0.195 s-0.027 s3.49 MiB3.58 MiB+ 86.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.138 s0.153 s+0.015 s3.5 MiB3.6 MiB+ 97.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.522 s0.548 s+0.026 s6.05 MiB6.17 MiB+ 118.35 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.357 s0.261 s-0.096 s3.5 MiB3.58 MiB+ 74.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.160 s0.210 s+0.050 s3.52 MiB3.6 MiB+ 74.15 KiB
/0.248 s0.218 s-0.030 s3.43 MiB3.49 MiB+ 54.38 KiB
Average 0.331 s0.338 s+0.007 s3.97 MiB4.06 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
CSS65.8%8,9073910
PHP27.7%3,7481,25142
JavaScript3.5%473106
PO File3.1%4141518
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

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