Report - WP fail2ban 5.4.1 - PluginTests.com

Does WP fail2ban work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-07-15 22:18:47 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: 436 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	6.8.2
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-04-29T15:21:00+00:00
Active installs	70,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-fail2ban/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 11

WP fail2ban ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-fail2ban-menu
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wp-fail2ban%2Fwp-fail2ban.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=58f6d698a5
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.540 s
Memory usage	3.86 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP fail2ban

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-fail2ban-menu
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.199 s
Memory usage	3.71 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP fail2ban → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpf2b-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.196 s
Memory usage	3.75 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP fail2ban → Settings → syslog

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpf2b-settings&tab=syslog
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.172 s
Memory usage	3.75 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP fail2ban → Settings → Block

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpf2b-settings&tab=block
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.176 s
Memory usage	3.75 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP fail2ban → Settings → Remote IPs

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpf2b-settings&tab=remote-ips
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.171 s
Memory usage	3.75 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP fail2ban → Settings → Plugins

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpf2b-settings&tab=plugins
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.178 s
Memory usage	3.75 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP fail2ban → Add-Ons

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-fail2ban-menu-addons
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.925 s
Memory usage	3.88 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP fail2ban → Upgrade ➤

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-fail2ban-menu-pricing
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.314 s
Memory usage	3.81 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.223 s
Memory usage	3.56 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.358 s
Memory usage	4.01 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.342 s	0.726 s	+0.384 s	3.51 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 515.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.225 s	0.253 s	+0.028 s	3.57 MiB	4.03 MiB	+ 470.38 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.859 s	1.120 s	+0.261 s	6.06 MiB	6.56 MiB	+ 514.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.796 s	0.401 s	-0.395 s	3.52 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 434.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.238 s	0.222 s	-0.016 s	3.5 MiB	3.93 MiB	+ 438.36 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.292 s	0.262 s	-0.030 s	3.49 MiB	3.93 MiB	+ 446.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.218 s	0.214 s	-0.004 s	3.5 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 452.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.781 s	0.799 s	+0.018 s	6.05 MiB	6.55 MiB	+ 510.38 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.374 s	0.559 s	+0.185 s	3.5 MiB	3.93 MiB	+ 434.86 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.456 s	0.226 s	-0.230 s	3.52 MiB	3.96 MiB	+ 449.3 KiB
/	0.327 s	0.215 s	-0.112 s	3.43 MiB	3.56 MiB	+ 130.23 KiB
Average	0.446 s	0.454 s	+0.008 s	3.97 MiB	4.4 MiB	+ 436 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
	PHP	98.7%	4,609	3,310	37
	JavaScript	0.6%	28	0	1
	Markdown	0.6%	28	0	1
	CSS	0.0%	2	0	2
	SVG	0.0%	1	0	1
Total			4,668	3,310	42

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	3,696
Total complexity	628
Median class complexity	11.0
Median method complexity	1.0
Most complex class	org\lecklider\charles\wordpress\wp_fail2ban\SiteHealth
Most complex function	plugins_loaded()

Classes	14
Methods	149
Functions	79

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

fs_accounts
fs_active_plugins
fs_api_cache
fs_debug_mode

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "wp_fail2ban_last_messages": {
            "title": "[WPf2b] Last 5 Messages",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

WP fail2ban 5.4.1