WP .htaccess Editor 1.73

Does WP .htaccess Editor work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 22.36 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 version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 40,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-htaccess-editor/
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Pages 3

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=wp-htaccess-editor%2Fwp-htaccess-editor.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=a5bf0134dc
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.364 s
Memory usage 3.75 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → WP .htaccess Editor

Page screenshot: Settings → WP .htaccess Editor
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=wp-htaccess-editor
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.801 s
Memory usage 3.76 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 0.185 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.420 s0.373 s-0.047 s3.77 MiB3.8 MiB+ 27.59 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.357 s0.420 s+0.063 s3.78 MiB3.81 MiB+ 26.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.892 s0.931 s+0.039 s6.31 MiB6.35 MiB+ 37.78 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.663 s0.449 s-0.214 s3.74 MiB3.74 MiB+ 8.87 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.332 s0.315 s-0.017 s3.71 MiB3.72 MiB+ 13.17 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.508 s0.296 s-0.212 s3.7 MiB3.73 MiB+ 34.13 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.423 s0.480 s+0.057 s3.71 MiB3.74 MiB+ 31.73 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.687 s0.695 s+0.008 s6.29 MiB6.34 MiB+ 46.6 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.341 s0.305 s-0.036 s3.71 MiB3.72 MiB+ 9.67 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.320 s0.327 s+0.007 s3.73 MiB3.74 MiB+ 9.17 KiB
/0.292 s0.192 s-0.100 s4.1 MiB4.1 MiB+ 1008 bytes
Average 0.476 s0.435 s-0.041 s4.23 MiB4.25 MiB+ 22.36 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.

PHP
CSS
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP56.0%1,2052603
CSS26.7%57392
JavaScript17.3%372283
Total 2,150 297 8

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 1,204
Total complexity 141
Median class complexity 70.5
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class WP_Htaccess_Editor
Most complex function WP_Htaccess_Editor::wp_kses_wf()
Classes 2
Methods 45
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 1

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 03:50:51 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 03:50:51 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 03:51:00 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 03:51:00 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
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "WP .htaccess Editor" Admin Menu