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WP Carousel 2.7.9

Does WP Carousel work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-12-03 01:44:13 UTC.

Summary

Pages 7

WP Carousel Help ‹ Test site — WordPress

WP Carousel

WP Carousel → Add New Carousel

WP Carousel → Settings

WP Carousel → Tools

WP Carousel → Recommended

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.461 s	0.523 s	+0.062 s	3.78 MiB	4.2 MiB	+ 430.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.409 s	0.401 s	-0.008 s	3.78 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 481.02 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.849 s	0.964 s	+0.115 s	6.31 MiB	6.79 MiB	+ 495.67 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.516 s	0.662 s	+0.146 s	3.74 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 425.39 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.376 s	0.599 s	+0.223 s	3.71 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 429.38 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.620 s	0.484 s	-0.136 s	3.7 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 437.58 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.362 s	0.367 s	+0.005 s	3.72 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 441.81 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.735 s	0.842 s	+0.107 s	6.3 MiB	6.77 MiB	+ 489.48 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.364 s	0.609 s	+0.245 s	3.71 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 425.57 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.339 s	0.594 s	+0.255 s	3.73 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 425.38 KiB
/	0.475 s	0.280 s	-0.195 s	4.12 MiB	4.48 MiB	+ 373.18 KiB
Average	0.501 s	0.575 s	+0.074 s	4.24 MiB	4.67 MiB	+ 441.36 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
	JavaScript	37.0%	16,961	1,468	14
	PHP	24.3%	11,143	3,982	100
	CSS	16.6%	7,590	720	6
	JSON	11.4%	5,231	0	3
	SVG	10.6%	4,865	4	127
Total			45,790	6,174	250

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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.

Options wp_options 4

• sp_wp_carousel_free_review_notice_dismiss
• sp_wpcp_settings
• wp_carousel_free_db_version
• wp_carousel_free_version

Custom Post Types 1

ID	Name
sp_wp_carousel	All Carousels

Meta Boxes

{
    "sp_wp_carousel": {
        "sp_wpcf_live_preview": {
            "title": "Live Preview",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "sp_wpcp_upload_options": {
            "title": "WordPress Carousel",
            "context": "normal"
        },
        "sp_wpcp_shortcode_options": {
            "title": "Shortcode Section",
            "context": "advanced"
        },
        "sp_wpcp_display_shortcodes": {
            "title": "How To Use",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "sp_wpcp_display_builders": {
            "title": "Page Builders",
            "context": "side"
        },
        "sp_wpcp_notice": {
            "title": "Unlock Pro Feature",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 01:44:49 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 01:44:49 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 01:45:01 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[03-Dec-2025 01:45:01 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

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