79% backlink-checker-seo

Code Review | Backlink Checker SEO

WordPress plugin Backlink Checker SEO scored 79% from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: backlink-checker-seo
  • Plugin version: 1.0
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 3.0.1-4.5
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Nov 14, 2016
  • Latest release: Nov 23, 2016
  • Number of updates: 10
  • Update frequency: every 2.6 days
  • Top authors: metricbuzz (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

1 review

Install metrics

10+ active / 1,743 total downloads

Benchmarks

Plugin footprint 83% from 16 tests

Installer Passed 1 test

🔺 Critical test (weight: 50) | All plugins must install correctly, without throwing any errors, warnings, or notices
The plugin installed successfully, without throwing any errors or notices

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.02MB] [CPU: ▼4.84ms] Passed 4 tests

An overview of server-side resources used by Backlink Checker SEO
Normal server usage
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.48 ▲0.0239.39 ▲0.75
Dashboard /wp-admin3.32 ▲0.0243.63 ▼6.87
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.37 ▲0.0245.11 ▲0.03
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.90 ▲0.0292.70 ▼10.37
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.24 ▲0.0233.29 ▼2.13

Server storage [IO: ▲1.65MB] [DB: ▲0.00MB] Passed 3 tests

Analyzing filesystem and database footprints of this plugin
The plugin installed successfully
Filesystem: 12 new files
Database: no new tables, 6 new options
New WordPress options
can_compress_scripts
widget_recent-comments
widget_recent-posts
db_upgraded
theysaidso_admin_options
widget_theysaidso_widget

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

Checking browser requirements for Backlink Checker SEO
This plugin renders optimally with no browser resource issues detected
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,817 ▲8213.27 ▼1.021.91 ▲0.1544.00 ▼5.04
Dashboard /wp-admin2,223 ▲314.94 ▼0.02100.70 ▼7.9575.43 ▲34.27
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,112 ▲262.02 ▲0.0037.16 ▲1.5635.61 ▲2.78
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,531 ▲1723.22 ▲5.49725.61 ▲89.6358.78 ▲2.98
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,405 ▲144.25 ▲0.1895.90 ▼6.7069.17 ▲24.71

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

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | All plugins must uninstall correctly, removing their source code and extra database tables they might have created
The following items require your attention
  • The uninstall procedure has failed, leaving 6 options in the database
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • db_upgraded
    • widget_recent-posts
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • widget_recent-comments
    • can_compress_scripts

Smoke tests 50% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | Just a short smoke test targeting errors on the server (in the Apache logs)
Even though everything seems fine, this is not an exhaustive test

SRP 0% from 2 tests

🔹 Tests weight: 20 | It is important to ensure that your PHP files perform no action when accessed directly, respecting the single-responsibility principle
Almost there! Just fix the following items
  • 1× PHP files output non-empty strings when accessed directly via GET requests:
    • > /wp-content/plugins/backlink-checker-seo/includes/footer.php
  • 1× GET requests to PHP files have triggered server-side errors or warnings:
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_action() in wp-content/plugins/backlink-checker-seo/backlink-checker-seo.php:12

User-side errors Passed 1 test

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

Optimizations

Plugin configuration Passed 29 tests

readme.txt Passed 16 tests

Don't ignore readme.txt as it is the file that instructs WordPress.org on how to present your plugin to the world
5 plugin tags: backlink checker tool, backlink checker seo, backlink checker, backlink watch, seo

backlink-checker-seo/backlink-checker-seo.php Passed 13 tests

This is the main PHP file of "Backlink Checker SEO" version 1.0, providing information about the plugin in the header fields and serving as the principal entry point to the plugin's functions
70 characters long description:
Backlink Checker show instant result of earned backlinks to your site.

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | This is an overview of file extensions present in this plugin and a short test that no dangerous files are bundled with this plugin
Success! There were no dangerous files found in this plugin6,511 lines of code in 4 files:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
CSS11,512146,181
PHP33113330

PHP code Passed 2 tests

Cyclomatic complexity and code structure are the fingerprint of this plugin
Everything seems fine, there were no complexity issues found
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.26
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
4 PNG files occupy 0.34MB with 0.21MB in potential savings
Potential savings
Compression of 4 random PNG files using pngquant
FileSize - originalSize - compressedSavings
images/rankoffer.com logo.png11.08KB4.99KB▼ 54.97%
images/backlink checker.png289.81KB76.20KB▼ 73.71%
images/your-site-backlinks-report.png48.72KB20.22KB▼ 58.49%
images/icon.png1.78KB0.79KB▼ 55.76%