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PublishPress Authors 4.7.6

Does PublishPress Authors work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-05-01 05:56:31 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 Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.307 s	0.380 s	+0.073 s	3.51 MiB	4.37 MiB	+ 889.2 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.176 s	0.234 s	+0.058 s	3.57 MiB	4.43 MiB	+ 876.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.673 s	0.829 s	+0.156 s	6.06 MiB	7.04 MiB	+ 1005.41 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.488 s	0.377 s	-0.111 s	3.52 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 788.18 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.180 s	0.414 s	+0.234 s	3.5 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 791.98 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.235 s	0.169 s	-0.066 s	3.49 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 800.18 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.150 s	0.188 s	+0.038 s	3.5 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 806.14 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.560 s	0.617 s	+0.057 s	6.05 MiB	6.98 MiB	+ 951.03 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.365 s	0.315 s	-0.050 s	3.5 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 789.11 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.214 s	0.296 s	+0.082 s	3.52 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 789.9 KiB
/	0.257 s	0.175 s	-0.082 s	3.43 MiB	3.99 MiB	+ 566.65 KiB
Average	0.328 s	0.363 s	+0.035 s	3.97 MiB	4.77 MiB	+ 823.12 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	38.4%	24,740	6,713	97
	PO File	26.4%	17,003	11,467	10
	JSON	15.0%	9,640	0	2
	JavaScript	11.7%	7,535	555	243
	CSS	4.5%	2,890	66	12
	HTML	2.2%	1,450	0	1
	JSX	1.8%	1,141	1	10
	SVG	0.1%	63	0	1
Total			64,462	18,802	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

[01-May-2025 05:56:45 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')
[01-May-2025 05:56:45 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[01-May-2025 05:56:45 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')
[01-May-2025 05:56:45 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[01-May-2025 05:56:45 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')
[01-May-2025 05:56:45 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[01-May-2025 05:56:45 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')
[01-May-2025 05:56:45 UTC] [PublishPress Authors] The method MultipleAuthors\Classes\Objects\Author::create_from_user found an error trying to create an author
[01-May-2025 05:57:30 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

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