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PublishPress Authors 4.7.3

Does PublishPress Authors work with WordPress 6.7.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-02-12 05:02:44 UTC.

Summary

Pages 13

Authors ‹ Test site — WordPress

Authors

Authors → Author Boxes

Authors → Author Categories

Authors → Author Fields

Authors → Author Lists

Authors → Author Pages

Authors → Settings

Author Profile

Author Profile → Avatar

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.325 s	0.444 s	+0.119 s	3.48 MiB	4.35 MiB	+ 887.95 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.177 s	0.264 s	+0.087 s	3.54 MiB	4.4 MiB	+ 877.71 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.728 s	0.944 s	+0.216 s	5.93 MiB	6.82 MiB	+ 913.58 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.504 s	0.361 s	-0.143 s	3.5 MiB	4.26 MiB	+ 786.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.187 s	0.246 s	+0.059 s	3.47 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 791.09 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.250 s	0.388 s	+0.138 s	3.46 MiB	4.24 MiB	+ 799.29 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.156 s	0.211 s	+0.055 s	3.48 MiB	4.26 MiB	+ 805.25 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.577 s	0.967 s	+0.390 s	5.92 MiB	6.74 MiB	+ 842.74 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.287 s	0.292 s	+0.005 s	3.48 MiB	4.24 MiB	+ 788.22 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.181 s	0.204 s	+0.023 s	3.5 MiB	4.26 MiB	+ 787.91 KiB
/	0.289 s	0.218 s	-0.071 s	3.48 MiB	3.96 MiB	+ 495.48 KiB
Average	0.333 s	0.413 s	+0.080 s	3.93 MiB	4.71 MiB	+ 797.84 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
	PHP	38.2%	24,274	6,676	97
	PO File	26.1%	16,606	11,269	10
	JSON	15.2%	9,640	0	2
	JavaScript	11.8%	7,506	554	243
	CSS	4.5%	2,867	66	12
	HTML	2.3%	1,450	0	1
	JSX	1.8%	1,141	1	10
	SVG	0.1%	63	0	1
Total			63,547	18,566	376

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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 21

• multiple_authors_author_boxes_options
• multiple_authors_author_categories_options
• multiple_authors_author_custom_fields_options
• multiple_authors_author_list_options
• multiple_authors_author_pages_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 61 lines

[12-Feb-2025 05:02:59 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')
[12-Feb-2025 05:02:59 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[12-Feb-2025 05:02:59 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')
[12-Feb-2025 05:02:59 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[12-Feb-2025 05:02:59 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')
[12-Feb-2025 05:02:59 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[12-Feb-2025 05:02:59 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')
[12-Feb-2025 05:02:59 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[12-Feb-2025 05:03:45 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function wp_enqueue_script() was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. "wp-editor" script should not be enqueued together with the new widgets editor (wp-edit-widgets or wp-customize-widgets). Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 5.8.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114

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