Report - PublishPress Authors 4.5.0

Does PublishPress Authors work with WordPress 6.5.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2024-05-15 13:59:19 UTC.

Summary

Errors

18	Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 783.1 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	2025-04-22T12:35:00+00:00
Active installs	20,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress-authors/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 11

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=publishpress-authors%2Fpublishpress-authors.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=40b7d87976
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	22.932 s
Memory usage	5.46 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Authors

URL	/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=author
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.351 s
Memory usage	4.19 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Authors → Author Boxes

URL	/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ppma_boxes
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.260 s
Memory usage	4.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Authors → Author Categories

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=ppma-author-categories
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.256 s
Memory usage	4.11 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Authors → Author Fields

URL	/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=ppmacf_field
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.273 s
Memory usage	4.26 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Authors → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=ppma-modules-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.861 s
Memory usage	4.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Author Profile

URL	/wp-admin/term.php?taxonomy=author&tag_ID=5
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.539 s
Memory usage	4.2 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Author Profile → Avatar

URL	/wp-admin/term.php?taxonomy=author&tag_ID=5
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.371 s
Memory usage	4.19 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.297 s
Memory usage	3.88 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.655 s
Memory usage	6.5 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200
Load time	2.293 s
Memory usage	6.35 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.367 s	0.394 s	+0.027 s	3.44 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 837.64 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.277 s	0.316 s	+0.039 s	3.46 MiB	4.31 MiB	+ 870.09 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.927 s	0.987 s	+0.060 s	5.59 MiB	6.5 MiB	+ 933.58 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.623 s	0.479 s	-0.144 s	3.38 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 764.71 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.244 s	0.424 s	+0.180 s	3.37 MiB	4.11 MiB	+ 759.54 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.312 s	0.297 s	-0.015 s	3.35 MiB	4.09 MiB	+ 756.3 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.216 s	0.238 s	+0.022 s	3.37 MiB	4.14 MiB	+ 789.53 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.559 s	0.673 s	+0.114 s	5.59 MiB	6.45 MiB	+ 885.77 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.389 s	0.291 s	-0.098 s	3.36 MiB	4.11 MiB	+ 771.22 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.258 s	0.264 s	+0.006 s	3.39 MiB	4.14 MiB	+ 770.94 KiB
/	0.327 s	0.247 s	-0.080 s	3.42 MiB	3.88 MiB	+ 474.72 KiB
Average	0.409 s	0.419 s	+0.010 s	3.79 MiB	4.56 MiB	+ 783.1 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.

PHP

PO File

JavaScript

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	43.9%	21,753	6,193	93
	PO File	31.3%	15,506	10,566	10
	JavaScript	14.3%	7,099	488	242
	CSS	5.2%	2,564	66	11
	HTML	2.9%	1,450	0	1
	JSX	2.2%	1,075	0	9
	SVG	0.1%	63	0	1
Total			49,510	17,313	367

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	20,986
Total complexity	3,681
Median class complexity	17.5
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	MA_Multiple_Authors
Most complex function	MA_Author_Boxes::get_rendered_author_boxes_editor_preview()

Classes	68
Methods	717
Functions	88

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 3

wp_ppma_author_categories
wp_ppma_author_categories_meta
wp_ppma_author_relationships

Options `wp_options` 19

multiple_authors_author_boxes_options
multiple_authors_author_categories_options
multiple_authors_author_custom_fields_options
multiple_authors_default_layouts_options
multiple_authors_modules_settings_options
multiple_authors_multiple_authors_options
multiple_authors_polylang_integration_options
multiple_authors_rest_api_options
multiple_authors_reviews_options
multiple_authors_settings_options
multiple_authors_version
PP_AUTHORS_VERSION
ppma_author_categories_cap_upgrade
ppma_author_categories_installed
ppma_author_categories_meta_installed
publishpress_multiple_authors_settings_migrated_3_0_0
publishpress-authors_wp_reviews_installed_on
widget_multiple_authors_list_widget
widget_multiple_authors_widget

Custom Post Types 2

ID	Name
ppma_boxes	Author Boxes
ppmacf_field	Author Fields

Sidebar Widgets 2

ID	Name
multiple_authors_widget	Post Author
multiple_authors_list_widget	Authors List

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "ppma_authorsdiv": {
            "title": "Authors",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "ppma_boxes": {
        "ppma_boxes_preview_area": {
            "title": "Author Box Preview",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "ppma_boxes_editor_area": {
            "title": "Author Box Editor",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "ppma_boxes_layout_slug": {
            "title": "Layout Slug",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "ppma_boxes_shortcode": {
            "title": "Shortcode",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "ppma_boxes_banner": {
            "title": "Banner",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "ppmacf_field": {
        "ppmacf_sidebar_banner": {
            "title": "Banner",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "ppmacf_details": {
            "title": "Details",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "ppma_authorsdiv": {
            "title": "Authors",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "customize_changeset": {
        "ppma_authorsdiv": {
            "title": "Authors",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "wp_template": {
        "ppma_authorsdiv": {
            "title": "Authors",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "wp_template_part": {
        "ppma_authorsdiv": {
            "title": "Authors",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

Capabilities 6

ppma_manage_authors
ppma_edit_post_authors
ppma_manage_layouts
ppma_manage_custom_fields
ppma_edit_own_profile
ppma_manage_author_categories

PHP Error Log 135 lines

[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] A term with the name provided already exists in this taxonomy. MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create

  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::createAuthorTermsForPostsWithLegacyCoreAuthors
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::runInstallTasks
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('multiple_authors_install')
  - MultipleAuthors\Plugin->manage_installation
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('admin_init')
  - require_once('wp-admin/admin.php')
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] A term with the name provided already exists in this taxonomy. MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create

  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::createAuthorTermsForPostsWithLegacyCoreAuthors
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::runInstallTasks
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('multiple_authors_install')
  - MultipleAuthors\Plugin->manage_installation
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('admin_init')
  - require_once('wp-admin/admin.php')
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] A term with the name provided already exists in this taxonomy. MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create

  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::createAuthorTermsForPostsWithLegacyCoreAuthors
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::runInstallTasks
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('multiple_authors_install')
  - MultipleAuthors\Plugin->manage_installation
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('admin_init')
  - require_once('wp-admin/admin.php')
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] A term with the name provided already exists in this taxonomy. MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create

  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::createAuthorTermsForPostsWithLegacyCoreAuthors
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::runInstallTasks
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('multiple_authors_install')
  - MultipleAuthors\Plugin->manage_installation
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('admin_init')
  - require_once('wp-admin/admin.php')
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] A term with the name provided already exists in this taxonomy. MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create

  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::createAuthorTermsForPostsWithLegacyCoreAuthors
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::runInstallTasks
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('multiple_authors_install')
  - MultipleAuthors\Plugin->manage_installation
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('admin_init')
  - require_once('wp-admin/admin.php')
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] A term with the name provided already exists in this taxonomy. MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create

  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::createAuthorTermsForPostsWithLegacyCoreAuthors
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::runInstallTasks
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('multiple_authors_install')
  - MultipleAuthors\Plugin->manage_installation
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('admin_init')
  - require_once('wp-admin/admin.php')
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[15-May-2024 13:59:39 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] A term with the name provided already exists in this taxonomy. MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create

  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::createAuthorTermsForPostsWithLegacyCoreAuthors
  - MultipleAuthors\Classes\Installer::runInstallTasks
  - WP_Hook->apply_filters
  - WP_Hook->do_action
  - do_action('multiple_authors_install')
  - MultipleAuthors\Plugin->manage_installation

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PublishPress Authors 4.5.0