84% genesis-co-authors-plus

Code Review | Genesis Co-Authors Plus

WordPress plugin Genesis Co-Authors Plus scored 84% from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: genesis-co-author...
  • Plugin version: 1.3
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 3.0-3.7
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Jan 13, 2013
  • Latest release: Feb 23, 2014
  • Number of updates: 10
  • Update frequency: every 299.0 days
  • Top authors: jeangalea (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

2 reviews

Install metrics

100+ active / 5,625 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
Install script ran successfully

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.00MB] [CPU: ▼5.10ms] Passed 4 tests

An overview of server-side resources used by Genesis Co-Authors Plus
This plugin has minimal impact on server resources
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.47 ▲0.0157.80 ▲23.52
Dashboard /wp-admin3.31 ▲0.0038.89 ▼2.68
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.36 ▲0.0041.19 ▼22.32
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.89 ▲0.0088.42 ▲5.70
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.23 ▲0.0027.99 ▼1.10

Server storage [IO: ▲0.01MB] [DB: ▲0.00MB] Passed 3 tests

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

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

A check of browser resources used by Genesis Co-Authors Plus
Minimal impact on browser resources
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,800 ▼1113.55 ▼1.234.01 ▲1.9879.06 ▲33.38
Dashboard /wp-admin2,206 ▲35.92 ▲0.07112.48 ▼22.7442.99 ▼22.98
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,089 ▼32.00 ▼0.0234.41 ▼17.1536.43 ▼8.51
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,533 ▲12223.15 ▲5.14656.03 ▼1.8754.93 ▲3.60
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,388 ▼04.19 ▼0.03106.45 ▼19.8147.53 ▼16.88

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

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | It is important to correctly uninstall your plugin, without leaving any traces
The following items require your attention
  • Zombie WordPress options detected upon uninstall: 6 options
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • db_upgraded
    • widget_recent-posts
    • can_compress_scripts
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • widget_recent-comments

Smoke tests 75% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | A smoke test targeting 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 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_shortcode() in wp-content/plugins/genesis-co-authors-plus/genesis-coauthors.php:55

User-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | Just a short smoke test targeting errors on the browser (console and network errors and warnings)
No browser issues were found

Optimizations

Plugin configuration 96% from 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: co-authors plus, multiple authors, co authors plus, co-authors, genesis

genesis-co-authors-plus/genesis-coauthors.php 92% from 13 tests

The main PHP script in "Genesis Co-Authors Plus" version 1.3 is automatically included on every request by WordPress
It is important to fix the following:
  • Main file name: The principal plugin file should be the same as the plugin slug ("genesis-co-authors-plus.php" instead of "genesis-coauthors.php")

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | A short review of files and their extensions; it is not recommended to include executable files
No dangerous file extensions were detected56 lines of code in 1 file:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
PHP1325756

PHP code Passed 2 tests

This plugin's cyclomatic complexity and code structure detailed below
No complexity issues detected
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.29
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%
Functions5
▷ Named functions5100.00%
▷ 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
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