Report - PublishPress Authors 4.9.0

Does PublishPress Authors work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-09-08 16:22:06 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 834.81 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	6.8.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-09-08T16:20:00+00:00
Active installs	20,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/publishpress-authors/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 13

Authors ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=author&welcome
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=publishpress-authors%2Fpublishpress-authors.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=3401b1a53b
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	23.109 s
Memory usage	4.42 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Authors

URL	/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=author
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.277 s
Memory usage	4.3 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	0.267 s
Memory usage	4.42 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	0.281 s
Memory usage	4.29 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	0.303 s
Memory usage	4.41 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Authors → Author Lists

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=ppma-author-list
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.341 s
Memory usage	4.34 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Authors → Author Pages

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=ppma-author-pages
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.437 s
Memory usage	4.52 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	0.628 s
Memory usage	4.46 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	1.417 s
Memory usage	4.36 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	0.715 s
Memory usage	4.36 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.334 s
Memory usage	3.99 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.915 s
Memory usage	7.09 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	1.525 s
Memory usage	6.59 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.484 s	0.426 s	-0.058 s	3.51 MiB	4.39 MiB	+ 901.29 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.254 s	0.314 s	+0.060 s	3.57 MiB	4.44 MiB	+ 888.22 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.915 s	1.166 s	+0.251 s	6.06 MiB	7.09 MiB	+ 1.03 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.700 s	0.472 s	-0.228 s	3.52 MiB	4.3 MiB	+ 798.76 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.279 s	0.294 s	+0.015 s	3.5 MiB	4.28 MiB	+ 802.56 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.329 s	0.214 s	-0.115 s	3.49 MiB	4.28 MiB	+ 810.76 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.232 s	0.423 s	+0.191 s	3.5 MiB	4.3 MiB	+ 818.19 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.700 s	1.042 s	+0.342 s	6.05 MiB	7.03 MiB	+ 1001.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.321 s	0.437 s	+0.116 s	3.5 MiB	4.28 MiB	+ 799.69 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.525 s	0.282 s	-0.243 s	3.52 MiB	4.3 MiB	+ 800.52 KiB
/	0.387 s	0.261 s	-0.126 s	3.5 MiB	3.99 MiB	+ 505.88 KiB
Average	0.466 s	0.485 s	+0.019 s	3.98 MiB	4.79 MiB	+ 834.81 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

JSON

JavaScript

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	39.8%	26,562	6,907	98
	PO File	25.5%	17,003	11,467	10
	JSON	14.5%	9,640	0	2
	JavaScript	11.4%	7,587	555	243
	CSS	4.6%	3,042	68	12
	HTML	2.2%	1,450	0	1
	JSX	2.0%	1,336	1	11
	SVG	0.1%	63	0	1
Total			66,683	18,998	378

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	25,721
Total complexity	4,578
Median class complexity	20.0
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	MA_Multiple_Authors
Most complex function	MA_Author_Boxes::get_rendered_author_boxes_editor_preview()

Classes	73
Methods	822
Functions	96

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

[08-Sep-2025 16:22:26 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')
[08-Sep-2025 16:22:26 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[08-Sep-2025 16:22:26 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')
[08-Sep-2025 16:22:26 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[08-Sep-2025 16:22:26 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')
[08-Sep-2025 16:22:26 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[08-Sep-2025 16:22:26 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')
[08-Sep-2025 16:22:26 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[08-Sep-2025 16:23:16 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 6121

PublishPress Authors 4.9.0