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Code Review | Access Control by Category

WordPress plugin Access Control by Category scored84%from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: access-control-by...
  • Plugin version: 1.2.1
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 3.0.1-4.1
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Dec 25, 2012
  • Latest release: Dec 26, 2014
  • Number of updates: 21
  • Update frequency: every 34.8 days
  • Top authors: narin1975 (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

2 reviews

Install metrics

20+ active /5,481 total downloads

Benchmarks

Plugin footprint 83% from 16 tests

Installer Passed 1 test

🔺 Critical test (weight: 50) | Checking the installer triggered no errors
This plugin's installer ran successfully

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.01MB] [CPU: ▼2.94ms] Passed 4 tests

This is a short check of server-side resources used by Access Control by Category
Server-side resource usage in normal parameters
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.47 ▲0.0141.66 ▼1.24
Dashboard /wp-admin3.31 ▲0.0160.60 ▲8.80
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.36 ▲0.0149.91 ▼2.53
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.89 ▲0.0185.91 ▼10.08
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.23 ▲0.0039.17 ▲2.11

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

Analyzing filesystem and database footprints of this plugin
This plugin was installed successfully
Filesystem: 2 new files
Database: no new tables, 6 new options
New WordPress options
widget_theysaidso_widget
widget_recent-posts
can_compress_scripts
widget_recent-comments
theysaidso_admin_options
db_upgraded

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

Checking browser requirements for Access Control by Category
This plugin has a minimal impact on browser resources
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,800 ▲5413.58 ▼0.741.91 ▲0.1643.16 ▼1.66
Dashboard /wp-admin2,209 ▲214.79 ▼1.06103.83 ▼7.2240.77 ▼4.44
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,086 ▼32.00 ▼0.0433.34 ▼8.4335.20 ▲1.80
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,533 ▲523.16 ▲5.00679.27 ▲31.9456.89 ▲1.35
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,388 ▼04.20 ▲0.00100.42 ▼5.4544.92 ▼3.00

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

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | Checking the uninstaller removed all traces of the plugin
Please fix the following items
  • This plugin does not fully uninstall, leaving 6 options in the database
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • db_upgraded
    • can_compress_scripts
    • widget_recent-posts
    • widget_recent-comments
    • theysaidso_admin_options

Smoke tests 75% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is a short smoke test looking for server-side errors
Good news, no errors were detected

SRP 50% from 2 tests

🔹 Tests weight: 20 | The single-responsibility principle applies for WordPress plugins as well - please make sure your PHP files perform no actions when accessed directly
Please fix the following
  • 1× GET requests to PHP files have triggered server-side errors or warnings:
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_shortcode() in wp-content/plugins/access-control-by-category/access-control-by-category.php:20

User-side errors Passed 1 test

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

Optimizations

Plugin configuration 93% from 29 tests

readme.txt 94% from 16 tests

Often overlooked, readme.txt is one of the most important files in your plugin
Attributes that require attention:
  • Tags: You are using too many tags: 15 tag instead of maximum 10
You can take inspiration from this readme.txt

access-control-by-category/access-control-by-category.php 92% from 13 tests

This is the main PHP file of "Access Control by Category" version 1.2.1, providing information about the plugin in the header fields and serving as the principal entry point to the plugin's functions
The following require your attention:
  • Description: The description should be shorter than 140 characters (currently 368 characters long)

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | There should be no dangerous file extensions present in any WordPress plugin
There were no executable files found in this plugin29 lines of code in 1 file:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
PHP1141529

PHP code Passed 2 tests

A short review of cyclomatic complexity and code structure
No complexity issues detected
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.36
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%
Functions2
▷ Named functions2100.00%
▷ Anonymous functions00.00%
Constants0
▷ Global constants00.00%
▷ Class constants00.00%
▷ Public constants00.00%

Plugin size Passed 2 tests

Image compression Passed 2 tests

Using a strong compression for your PNG files is a great way to speed-up your plugin
There are no PNG files in this plugin