tinyShield - Simple. Focused. Security. 1.1.1

Does "tinyShield - Simple. Focused. Security." work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 48.57 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 version6.8.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 700+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinyshield/
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Pages 10

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=tinyshield%2Ftinyshield.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=4a2f6af35b
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.263 s
Memory usage 3.57 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

tinyShield

Page screenshot: tinyShield
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=tinyshield.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.184 s
Memory usage 3.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

tinyShield → Permanent Allowlist

Page screenshot: tinyShield → Permanent Allowlist
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=tinyshield.php&tab=perm-allowlist
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.189 s
Memory usage 3.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

tinyShield → Permanent Allowlist → Activity Log

Page screenshot: tinyShield → Permanent Allowlist → Activity Log
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=tinyshield.php&tab=log
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.162 s
Memory usage 3.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

tinyShield → Permanent Blocklist

Page screenshot: tinyShield → Permanent Blocklist
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=tinyshield.php&tab=perm-blocklist
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.166 s
Memory usage 3.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

tinyShield → Allowlist

Page screenshot: tinyShield → Allowlist
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=tinyshield.php&tab=allowlist
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.160 s
Memory usage 3.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

tinyShield → Blocklist

Page screenshot: tinyShield → Blocklist
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=tinyshield.php&tab=blocklist
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.177 s
Memory usage 3.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

tinyShield → Settings

Page screenshot: tinyShield → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=tinyshield.php&tab=settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.181 s
Memory usage 3.54 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 0.193 s
Memory usage 3.47 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.416 s
Memory usage 3.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.341 s0.561 s+0.220 s3.51 MiB3.58 MiB+ 79.71 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.216 s0.313 s+0.097 s3.57 MiB3.62 MiB+ 53.68 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.751 s0.941 s+0.190 s6.06 MiB6.12 MiB+ 56.63 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.547 s0.329 s-0.218 s3.52 MiB3.56 MiB+ 35.54 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.215 s0.194 s-0.021 s3.5 MiB3.54 MiB+ 39.53 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.282 s0.229 s-0.053 s3.49 MiB3.54 MiB+ 47.73 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.195 s0.199 s+0.004 s3.5 MiB3.56 MiB+ 58.4 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.589 s0.771 s+0.182 s6.05 MiB6.1 MiB+ 52.16 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.512 s0.312 s-0.200 s3.5 MiB3.54 MiB+ 36.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.224 s0.198 s-0.026 s3.52 MiB3.56 MiB+ 35.53 KiB
/0.292 s0.215 s-0.077 s3.43 MiB3.47 MiB+ 39.32 KiB
Average 0.379 s0.387 s+0.009 s3.97 MiB4.02 MiB+ 48.57 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP98.1%2,56315811
JavaScript1.9%4931
CSS0.0%081
Total 2,612 169 13

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 2,497
Total complexity 488
Median class complexity 19.5
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class tinyShield
Most complex function tinyShield::display_options()
Classes 10
Methods 74
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.

Options wp_options 5

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "tinyshield_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "tinyShield Overview",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[04-Oct-2025 00:22:32 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Automatic conversion of false to array is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/tinyshield/tinyshield.php on line 378
[04-Oct-2025 00:22:32 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "registration_form_honeypot_key" in /wp-content/plugins/tinyshield/tinyshield.php on line 390
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide tinyShield - Simple. Focused. Security. Admin Menus and Widgets