84% a-random-number

Code Review | A Random Number

WordPress plugin A Random Number scored84%from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: a-random-number
  • Plugin version: 1.1
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 3.0.1-5.2
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Jan 12, 2016
  • Latest release: May 22, 2019
  • Number of updates: 7
  • Update frequency: every 175.6 days
  • Top authors: macardam (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

4 reviews

Install metrics

1,000+ active /9,795 total downloads

Benchmarks

Plugin footprint 83% from 16 tests

Installer Passed 1 test

🔺 Critical test (weight: 50) | Checking the installer triggered no errors
The plugin installed gracefully, with no errors

Server metrics [RAM: ▼0.01MB] [CPU: ▼7.27ms] Passed 4 tests

Server-side resources used by A Random Number
No issues were detected with server-side resource usage
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.47 ▲0.0037.89 ▼2.37
Dashboard /wp-admin3.31 ▼0.0449.52 ▼7.87
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.36 ▲0.0046.65 ▼1.76
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.89 ▲0.0080.39 ▼17.08
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.23 ▲0.0038.26 ▲5.77

Server storage [IO: ▲0.01MB] [DB: ▲0.00MB] Passed 3 tests

How much does this plugin use your filesystem and database?
This plugin was installed successfully
Filesystem: 3 new files
Database: no new tables, 6 new options
New WordPress options
widget_theysaidso_widget
can_compress_scripts
theysaidso_admin_options
db_upgraded
widget_recent-comments
widget_recent-posts

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

A Random Number: an overview of browser usage
This plugin renders optimally with no browser resource issues detected
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,792 ▲4614.28 ▼0.091.67 ▲0.1948.24 ▲10.38
Dashboard /wp-admin2,192 ▲185.56 ▼0.1084.81 ▼1.5836.01 ▼3.83
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,100 ▼02.00 ▼0.0233.24 ▼9.9235.38 ▼3.79
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,529 ▼123.37 ▲0.49677.82 ▲20.4256.35 ▼2.97
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,394 ▼94.18 ▼0.03100.48 ▼2.9339.20 ▼6.37

Uninstaller [IO: ▲0.00MB] [DB: ▲0.00MB] 75% from 4 tests

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | Verifying that this plugin uninstalls completely without leaving any traces
The following items require your attention
  • Zombie WordPress options detected upon uninstall: 6 options
    • widget_recent-comments
    • widget_recent-posts
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • db_upgraded
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • can_compress_scripts

Smoke tests 75% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | A shallow check that no server-side errors were triggered
The smoke test was a success, however most plugin functionality was not tested

SRP 50% from 2 tests

🔹 Tests weight: 20 | SRP (Single-Responsibility Principle) - PHP files must act as libraries and never output text or perform any action when accessed directly in a browser
Almost there! Just fix the following items
  • 1× PHP files trigger server errors when accessed directly:
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_shortcode() in wp-content/plugins/a-random-number/a-random-number.php:31

User-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is a smoke test targeting browser errors/issues
No browser issues were found

Optimizations

Plugin configuration 97% from 29 tests

readme.txt 94% from 16 tests

Perhaps the most important file in your plugin readme.txt gets parsed in order to generate the public listing of your plugin
Please fix the following attributes:
  • Plugin Name: Please specify the plugin name on the first line ( === a-random-number === )
Please take inspiration from this readme.txt

a-random-number/a-random-number.php Passed 13 tests

The main PHP script in "A Random Number" version 1.1 is automatically included on every request by WordPress
51 characters long description:
Outputs a random number via shortcode. It's magic.

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | A short check of programming languages and file extensions; no executable files are allowed
No dangerous file extensions were detected84 lines of code in 2 files:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
PHP1111649
JavaScript10035

PHP code Passed 2 tests

This is a very shot review of cyclomatic complexity and code structure
Everything seems fine, there were no complexity issues found
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.35
Average class complexity0.00
▷ Minimum class complexity0.00
▷ Maximum class complexity0.00
Average method complexity0.00
▷ Minimum method complexity0.00
▷ Maximum method complexity0.00
Code structure
Namespaces0
Interfaces0
Traits0
Classes0
▷ Abstract classes00.00%
▷ Concrete classes00.00%
▷ Final classes00.00%
Methods0
▷ Static methods00.00%
▷ Public methods00.00%
▷ Protected methods00.00%
▷ Private methods00.00%
Functions5
▷ Named functions5100.00%
▷ Anonymous functions00.00%
Constants0
▷ Global constants00.00%
▷ Class constants00.00%
▷ Public constants00.00%

Plugin size Passed 2 tests

Image compression Passed 2 tests

Often times overlooked, PNG files can occupy unnecessary space in your plugin
There are no PNG files in this plugin