Smart Slider 3 3.5.1.28

Does Smart Slider 3 work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 962.61 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.037 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 900,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-slider-3/
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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=smart-slider-3%2Fsmart-slider-3.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=08628165b3
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.671 s
Memory usage 5.85 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Smart Slider

Page screenshot: Smart Slider
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=smart-slider3
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.933 s
Memory usage 4.88 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Smart Slider → Help center

Page screenshot: Smart Slider → Help center
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=smart-slider3-help
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.739 s
Memory usage 4.74 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Smart Slider → Go Pro

Page screenshot: Smart Slider → Go Pro
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=smart-slider3-go-pro
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.336 s
Memory usage 4.66 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 0.221 s
Memory usage 4.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.220 s
Memory usage 7.04 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.351 s0.297 s-0.054 s3.51 MiB4.44 MiB+ 951.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.191 s0.190 s-0.001 s3.57 MiB4.59 MiB+ 1.02 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.695 s1.137 s+0.442 s6.06 MiB7.29 MiB+ 1.23 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.526 s0.390 s-0.136 s3.52 MiB4.41 MiB+ 903.71 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.197 s0.167 s-0.030 s3.5 MiB4.37 MiB+ 885.61 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.245 s0.240 s-0.005 s3.49 MiB4.36 MiB+ 885.61 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.176 s0.172 s-0.004 s3.5 MiB4.4 MiB+ 916.88 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.547 s0.649 s+0.102 s6.05 MiB7.23 MiB+ 1.18 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.277 s0.267 s-0.010 s3.5 MiB4.37 MiB+ 885.61 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.194 s0.312 s+0.118 s3.52 MiB4.39 MiB+ 885.61 KiB
/0.284 s0.264 s-0.020 s3.5 MiB4.25 MiB+ 764.39 KiB
Average 0.335 s0.371 s+0.037 s3.98 MiB4.92 MiB+ 962.61 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.

PO File
PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PO File58.2%79,3476,31317
PHP36.6%49,9606,873742
JavaScript4.9%6,6851,05222
SVG0.3%414027
JSON0.0%3802
CSS0.0%603
Total 136,450 14,238 813

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 47,142
Total complexity 8,334
Median class complexity 6.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class Nextend\Framework\Asset\Css\Less\LessCompiler
Most complex function Nextend\SmartSlider3\Slider\Feature\Responsive::__construct()
Classes 640
Methods 3,646
Functions 13

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 6

Options wp_options 2

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
smartslider3Smart Slider

Capabilities 4

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[20-May-2025 06:30:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  json_decode(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($json) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/smart-slider-3/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Settings.php on line 17
[20-May-2025 06:30:04 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  preg_match(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($subject) of type string is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/smart-slider-3/Nextend/SmartSlider3/Install/Install.php on line 21
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Smart Slider 3 Admin Menus