84% disable-pingbacks

Code Review | Disable Pingbacks

WordPress plugin Disable Pingbacks scored84%from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: disable-pingbacks
  • Plugin version: 1.0
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Mar 12, 2014
  • Latest release: Nov 12, 2017
  • Number of updates: 9
  • Update frequency: every 149.0 days
  • Top authors: glen_scott (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

1 review

Install metrics

200+ active /2,347 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
The plugin installed gracefully, with no errors

Server metrics [RAM: ▼0.01MB] [CPU: ▼6.98ms] Passed 4 tests

A check of server-side resources used by Disable Pingbacks
Server-side resource usage in normal parameters
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.46 ▲0.0038.14 ▼4.75
Dashboard /wp-admin3.31 ▼0.0443.00 ▼16.77
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.36 ▲0.0043.42 ▼1.30
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.89 ▲0.0087.98 ▼5.08
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.23 ▲0.0035.08 ▼1.11

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

How much does this plugin use your filesystem and database?
There were no storage issued detected upon installing this plugin
Filesystem: 2 new files
Database: no new tables, 6 new options
New WordPress options
widget_recent-posts
widget_recent-comments
widget_theysaidso_widget
can_compress_scripts
db_upgraded
theysaidso_admin_options

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

An overview of browser requirements for Disable Pingbacks
There were no issues detected in relation to browser resource usage
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,825 ▲7913.27 ▼0.962.10 ▲0.0537.76 ▼6.11
Dashboard /wp-admin2,209 ▲205.86 ▲0.8797.74 ▼21.9040.17 ▼7.58
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,089 ▼02.03 ▼0.0239.96 ▲5.8235.75 ▲1.89
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,542 ▲2818.23 ▲0.78613.29 ▼81.3757.93 ▲3.24
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,388 ▲94.22 ▲0.0495.72 ▼12.3041.14 ▼4.25

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

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | The uninstall procedure must remove all plugin files and extra database tables
It is recommended to fix the following
  • Zombie WordPress options were found after uninstall: 6 options
    • can_compress_scripts
    • widget_recent-comments
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • db_upgraded
    • widget_recent-posts

Smoke tests 75% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | A smoke test targeting server-side errors
Everything seems fine, however this is by no means an exhaustive test

SRP 50% 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
The following issues need your attention
  • 1× PHP files trigger server-side errors or warnings when accessed directly:
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_filter() in wp-content/plugins/disable-pingbacks/disable-pingbacks.php:12

User-side errors Passed 1 test

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

Optimizations

Plugin configuration Passed 29 tests

readme.txt Passed 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
3 plugin tags: xmlrpc, security, ping backs

disable-pingbacks/disable-pingbacks.php Passed 13 tests

The main file in "Disable Pingbacks" v. 1.0 serves as a complement to information provided in readme.txt and as the entry point to the plugin
61 characters long description:
This plugin disables the Pingback functionality in your blog.

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | Executable files are not allowed as they can serve as attack vectors
There were no executable files found in this plugin5 lines of code in 1 file:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
PHP1195

PHP code Passed 2 tests

A brief analysis of cyclomatic complexity and code structure for this plugin
All good! No complexity issues found
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%
Functions1
▷ Named functions00.00%
▷ Anonymous functions1100.00%
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
There are no PNG files in this plugin