Report - WP External Links 2.3

Does WP External Links work with WordPress 5.2.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on 2019-06-19 03:57:32 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors
	Looks good! No problems were detected.

Performance

Memory usage: 310.72 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 version	5.2.2
PHP version	7.2.16
MySQL version	8.0.15
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-07-12T05:35:00+00:00
Active installs	90,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-external-links/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 8

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wp-external-links%2Fwp-external-links.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=bb8760a051
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.236 s
Memory usage	3.83 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.313 s
Memory usage	4.24 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Internal Links

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=internal-links
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.258 s
Memory usage	4.24 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Excluded Links

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=excluded-links
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.225 s
Memory usage	4.24 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Exceptions

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=exceptions
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.280 s
Memory usage	3.89 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Admin Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=admin
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.168 s
Memory usage	3.89 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Support

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=support
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.194 s
Memory usage	3.92 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.324 s
Memory usage	3.49 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.368 s	0.250 s	-0.118 s	3.6 MiB	3.88 MiB	+ 288.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.256 s	0.218 s	-0.038 s	3.63 MiB	3.91 MiB	+ 285.92 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.111 s	1.459 s	+0.348 s	5.27 MiB	5.62 MiB	+ 356.55 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	1.298 s	0.531 s	-0.767 s	3.46 MiB	3.8 MiB	+ 349.38 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.217 s	0.177 s	-0.040 s	3.54 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 256.24 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.257 s	0.199 s	-0.058 s	3.44 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 349.86 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.178 s	0.344 s	+0.166 s	3.48 MiB	3.83 MiB	+ 350.92 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.006 s	1.031 s	+0.025 s	5.25 MiB	5.59 MiB	+ 349.77 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.368 s	0.390 s	+0.022 s	3.45 MiB	3.79 MiB	+ 350.44 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.236 s	0.290 s	+0.054 s	3.55 MiB	3.83 MiB	+ 284.62 KiB
/	0.345 s	0.228 s	-0.117 s	3.3 MiB	3.49 MiB	+ 195.96 KiB
Average	0.513 s	0.465 s	-0.048 s	3.82 MiB	4.12 MiB	+ 310.72 KiB

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` 7

wpel-admin-settings
wpel-exceptions-settings
wpel-excluded-link-settings
wpel-external-link-settings
wpel-first-install
wpel-internal-link-settings
wpel-version

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

WP External Links 2.3