84% comments-shortcode

Code Review | Comments Shortcode

WordPress plugin Comments Shortcode scored84%from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: comments-shortcode
  • Plugin version: 1.1
  • PHP compatiblity: 5.6.20+
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 3.0-6.3
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Dec 22, 2020
  • Latest release: Jul 21, 2023
  • Number of updates: 21
  • Update frequency: every 44.8 days
  • Top authors: siriusproio (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

7 reviews

Install metrics

1,000+ active /4,954 total downloads

Benchmarks

Plugin footprint 83% from 16 tests

Installer Passed 1 test

🔺 Critical test (weight: 50) | Verifying that this plugin installs correctly without errors
Installer ran successfully

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.01MB] [CPU: ▼12.60ms] Passed 4 tests

This is a short check of server-side resources used by Comments Shortcode
Normal server usage
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.47 ▲0.0135.29 ▼8.41
Dashboard /wp-admin3.31 ▲0.0146.92 ▼2.83
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.36 ▲0.0142.21 ▼13.29
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.89 ▲0.0187.49 ▼25.85
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.23 ▲0.0043.60 ▲2.83

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

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

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

Checking browser requirements for Comments Shortcode
Normal browser usage
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,789 ▲2814.26 ▼0.101.78 ▼0.5046.62 ▲3.21
Dashboard /wp-admin2,195 ▲185.54 ▼0.14100.19 ▲6.0143.06 ▲0.51
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,097 ▼32.03 ▼0.0336.27 ▼0.1933.15 ▼2.29
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,545 ▲523.69 ▲0.58659.04 ▲16.9559.14 ▲9.71
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,400 ▼34.23 ▲0.01101.50 ▼6.5143.92 ▼3.22

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

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | Checking the uninstaller removed all traces of the plugin
You still need to fix the following
  • The uninstall procedure has failed, leaving 6 options in the database
    • db_upgraded
    • can_compress_scripts
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • widget_recent-posts
    • widget_recent-comments

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
Even though everything seems fine, this is not an exhaustive test

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
Please take a closer look at the following
  • 1× PHP files trigger errors when accessed directly with GET requests:
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_action() in wp-content/plugins/comments-shortcode/comments-shortcode.php:15

User-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is a shallow check for browser errors
No browser errors were detected

Optimizations

Plugin configuration 97% from 29 tests

readme.txt 94% from 16 tests

The readme.txt file is an important file in your plugin as it is parsed by WordPress.org to prepare the public listing of your plugin
Attributes that require attention:
  • Tags: There are too many tags (12 tag instead of maximum 10)
You can take inspiration from this readme.txt

comments-shortcode/comments-shortcode.php Passed 13 tests

The entry point to "Comments Shortcode" version 1.1 is a PHP file that has certain tags in its header comment area
103 characters long description:
Use a shortcode anywhere and display comments on WordPress pages and posts along with the comment form.

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | A short glimpse at programming languages used with this plugin and a check that no dangerous files are present
There were no executable files found in this plugin16 lines of code in 1 file:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
PHP131116

PHP code Passed 2 tests

This plugin's cyclomatic complexity and code structure detailed below
Although this was not an exhaustive test, there were no cyclomatic complexity issues detected
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.00
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 functions00.00%
▷ Anonymous functions2100.00%
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
No PNG images were found in this plugin