Report - WP External Links 2.46

Does WP External Links work with WordPress 5.5.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2020-09-01 22:47:19 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: 329.5 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	5.5.1
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
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=3ea5cb36e4
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.360 s
Memory usage	2.99 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	0.433 s
Memory usage	3.44 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	0.210 s
Memory usage	3.44 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	0.215 s
Memory usage	3.44 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	0.203 s
Memory usage	2.99 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	0.187 s
Memory usage	2.99 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	0.167 s
Memory usage	3.02 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.264 s
Memory usage	2.79 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.453 s	0.301 s	-0.152 s	2.75 MiB	3.04 MiB	+ 289.15 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.230 s	0.226 s	-0.004 s	2.8 MiB	3.08 MiB	+ 288.41 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.571 s	1.923 s	+0.352 s	4.54 MiB	4.9 MiB	+ 365.27 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.721 s	0.429 s	-0.292 s	2.63 MiB	2.97 MiB	+ 352.53 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.181 s	0.172 s	-0.009 s	2.64 MiB	2.96 MiB	+ 320.45 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.244 s	0.191 s	-0.053 s	2.6 MiB	2.95 MiB	+ 352.7 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.198 s	0.195 s	-0.003 s	2.64 MiB	2.99 MiB	+ 352.78 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.354 s	1.348 s	-0.006 s	4.53 MiB	4.88 MiB	+ 356.86 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.343 s	0.252 s	-0.091 s	2.61 MiB	2.95 MiB	+ 353.27 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.263 s	0.207 s	-0.056 s	2.65 MiB	2.99 MiB	+ 351.73 KiB
/	0.313 s	0.221 s	-0.092 s	2.56 MiB	2.79 MiB	+ 241.32 KiB
Average	0.534 s	0.497 s	-0.037 s	3 MiB	3.32 MiB	+ 329.5 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 2.46