Squirrly SEO (Newton) 12.4.12

Does Squirrly SEO (Newton) work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 406.74 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.048 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.8.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 100,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/
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Pages 13

First Step ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: First Step ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_dashboard
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=squirrly-seo%2Fsquirrly.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=23a59d407e
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.971 s
Memory usage 4.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_dashboard
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.358 s
Memory usage 3.9 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO → All Features

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO → All Features
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_features
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.684 s
Memory usage 4.17 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO → AI Research

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO → AI Research
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_research
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.288 s
Memory usage 3.9 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO → Optimize

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO → Optimize
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_assistant
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.817 s
Memory usage 4.3 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO → Focus Pages

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO → Focus Pages
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_focuspages
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.348 s
Memory usage 3.9 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO → Auto-Indexing

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO → Auto-Indexing
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_indexnow
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.295 s
Memory usage 3.98 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO → Technical SEO

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO → Technical SEO
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_seosettings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.455 s
Memory usage 4.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO → SEO Audit

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO → SEO Audit
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_audits
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.301 s
Memory usage 3.9 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Squirrly SEO → Google Rankings

Page screenshot: Squirrly SEO → Google Rankings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sq_rankings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.291 s
Memory usage 3.9 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 0.246 s
Memory usage 3.79 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.717 s
Memory usage 6.49 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.949 s
Memory usage 6.47 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.339 s0.445 s+0.106 s3.51 MiB3.93 MiB+ 429.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.194 s0.224 s+0.030 s3.57 MiB3.99 MiB+ 432.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.752 s1.353 s+0.601 s6.06 MiB6.49 MiB+ 436.39 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.543 s0.462 s-0.081 s3.52 MiB3.92 MiB+ 406.68 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.217 s0.231 s+0.014 s3.5 MiB3.9 MiB+ 404.95 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.248 s0.281 s+0.033 s3.49 MiB3.9 MiB+ 413.14 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.219 s0.209 s-0.010 s3.5 MiB3.91 MiB+ 418.38 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.570 s0.725 s+0.155 s6.05 MiB6.47 MiB+ 433.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.477 s0.281 s-0.196 s3.5 MiB3.89 MiB+ 400.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.250 s0.232 s-0.018 s3.52 MiB3.91 MiB+ 401.41 KiB
/0.289 s0.179 s-0.110 s3.43 MiB3.72 MiB+ 296.33 KiB
Average 0.373 s0.420 s+0.048 s3.97 MiB4.37 MiB+ 406.74 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 File55.4%59,28724,7827
PHP42.8%45,7386,209207
JavaScript1.0%1,0752341
XSLT0.7%76845
CSS0.1%6502
Total 106,933 31,229 222

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 28,844
Total complexity 7,336
Median class complexity 30.0
Median method complexity 4.0
Most complex class SQ_Models_ImportExport
Most complex function SQ_Models_ImportExport::importDBSeo()
Classes 121
Methods 1,113
Functions 0

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 1

Options wp_options 2

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "postsquirrly": {
            "title": "Squirrly Live Assistant",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "sq_blocksnippet": {
            "title": "SEO Snippet",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "postsquirrly": {
            "title": "Squirrly Live Assistant",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "sq_blocksnippet": {
            "title": "SEO Snippet",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "attachment": {
        "postsquirrly": {
            "title": "Squirrly Live Assistant",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

Roles 2

ID Name
sq_seo_editorSquirrly SEO Editor
sq_seo_adminSquirrly SEO Admin

Capabilities 4

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[22-Jul-2025 09:25:09 UTC] PHP Warning:  Array to string conversion in /wp-content/plugins/squirrly-seo/view/SeoSettings/Tweaks.php on line 519
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Squirrly SEO (Newton) Admin Menus and Meta Boxes