84% block-spam-comments

Code Review | Block Spam Comments

WordPress plugin Block Spam Comments scored84%from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: block-spam-comments
  • Plugin version: 1.0
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 3.0.1-4.1.1
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Mar 5, 2015
  • Latest release: Mar 5, 2015
  • Number of updates: 2
  • Update frequency: every 0.5 days
  • Top authors: hizbul (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

2 reviews

Install metrics

30+ active /1,800 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
Install script ran successfully

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.00MB] [CPU: ▼3.22ms] Passed 4 tests

Analyzing server-side resources used by Block Spam Comments
Normal server usage
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.46 ▲0.0140.81 ▼2.72
Dashboard /wp-admin3.31 ▲0.0045.66 ▼6.64
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.36 ▲0.0047.13 ▼0.91
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.89 ▲0.0095.03 ▼2.59
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.23 ▲0.0036.16 ▲1.23

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

Filesystem and database footprint
No storage issues were detected
Filesystem: 2 new files
Database: no new tables, 6 new options
New WordPress options
widget_recent-posts
widget_theysaidso_widget
db_upgraded
can_compress_scripts
widget_recent-comments
theysaidso_admin_options

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

An overview of browser requirements for Block Spam Comments
Minimal impact on browser resources
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,803 ▲6813.30 ▼1.452.33 ▲0.4641.50 ▼8.95
Dashboard /wp-admin2,209 ▲244.84 ▼1.02109.92 ▼3.5441.77 ▼5.00
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,089 ▲32.00 ▼0.0438.95 ▲3.1836.63 ▲1.32
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,547 ▲3318.30 ▲0.73628.16 ▲31.1673.80 ▲30.67
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,382 ▼34.21 ▼0.0297.96 ▼10.7041.85 ▼3.75

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

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | Checking the uninstaller removed all traces of the plugin
It is recommended to fix the following
  • Zombie WordPress options were found after uninstall: 6 options
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • widget_recent-posts
    • widget_recent-comments
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • can_compress_scripts
    • db_upgraded

Smoke tests 75% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is a shallow check for server-side errors
Everything seems fine, however this is by no means an exhaustive test

SRP 50% from 2 tests

🔹 Tests weight: 20 | The single-responsibility principle: PHP files have to remain inert when accessed directly, throwing no errors and performing no actions
Almost there! Just fix the following items
  • 1× PHP files perform the action of outputting non-empty strings when accessed directly:
    • > /wp-content/plugins/block-spam-comments/block-spam-comments.php

User-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | A shallow check that no browser errors were triggered
No browser issues were found

Optimizations

Plugin configuration Passed 29 tests

readme.txt Passed 16 tests

It's important to format your readme.txt file correctly as it is parsed for the public listing of your plugin
5 plugin tags: spam comments, no-spam, block-spam, stop spam, block spam comments

block-spam-comments/block-spam-comments.php Passed 13 tests

The main PHP script in "Block Spam Comments" version 1.0 is automatically included on every request by WordPress
91 characters long description:
Detect spam comments and block before submit. No need extra work just activate this plugin.

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | This is an overview of programming languages used in this plugin; dangerous file extensions are not allowed
No dangerous file extensions were detected21 lines of code in 1 file:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
PHP17821

PHP code Passed 2 tests

A brief analysis of cyclomatic complexity and code structure for this plugin
Although this was not an exhaustive test, there were no cyclomatic complexity issues detected
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.33
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

It is recommended to compress PNG files in your plugin to minimize bandwidth usage
PNG images were not found in this plugin