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Code Review | Notification Box Pro

WordPress plugin Notification Box Pro scored84%from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: notification-box-pro
  • Plugin version: 1.1.5
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 3.0.1-6.2.2
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Oct 27, 2016
  • Latest release: Jul 25, 2023
  • Number of updates: 25
  • Update frequency: every 98.3 days
  • Top authors: zotabox (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

2 reviews

Install metrics

40+ active /4,669 total downloads

Benchmarks

Plugin footprint 83% from 16 tests

Installer Passed 1 test

🔺 Critical test (weight: 50) | The install procedure must perform silently
Install script ran successfully

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.05MB] [CPU: ▼3.96ms] Passed 4 tests

Analyzing server-side resources used by Notification Box Pro
This plugin does not affect your website's performance
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.52 ▲0.0539.01 ▲1.75
Dashboard /wp-admin3.35 ▲0.0545.43 ▼3.72
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.41 ▲0.0548.58 ▼4.80
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.94 ▲0.0590.24 ▼9.08
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.28 ▲0.0537.65 ▲3.88

Server storage [IO: ▲0.18MB] [DB: ▲0.00MB] Passed 3 tests

Filesystem and database footprint
No storage issues were detected
Filesystem: 10 new files
Database: no new tables, 14 new options
New WordPress options
widget_recent-comments
widget_theysaidso_widget
ztb_source
ztb_domainid
ztb_status_message
ztb_status_disconnect
ztb_email
ztb_id
theysaidso_admin_options
ztb_access_key
...

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

A check of browser resources used by Notification Box Pro
Minimal impact on browser resources
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,819 ▲7313.63 ▼1.045.00 ▲3.2143.72 ▼2.79
Dashboard /wp-admin2,228 ▲405.88 ▲0.03100.54 ▼7.5677.08 ▲35.15
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,111 ▲192.03 ▲0.0441.25 ▼0.5234.38 ▲1.92
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,694 ▲15724.89 ▲1.78706.70 ▲89.0550.66 ▼4.80
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,410 ▲224.27 ▼0.00114.65 ▲15.7845.45 ▲0.74

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
It is recommended to fix the following
  • This plugin did not uninstall successfully, leaving 14 options in the database
    • ztb_email
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • access_key
    • db_upgraded
    • ztb_source
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • ztb_status_disconnect
    • ztb_id
    • ztb_access_key
    • can_compress_scripts
    • ...

Smoke tests 75% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is a short smoke test looking for server-side errors
Good news, no errors were detected

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
Please fix the following items
  • 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/notification-box-pro/notification-box.php:15

User-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is a smoke test targeting browser errors/issues
Everything seems fine, but this is not an exhaustive test

Optimizations

Plugin configuration 93% from 29 tests

readme.txt 94% from 16 tests

The readme.txt file is important because it is parsed by WordPress.org for the public listing of your plugin
Please fix the following attributes:
  • Donate link: Invalid url: ""
Please take inspiration from this readme.txt

notification-box-pro/notification-box.php 92% from 13 tests

The principal PHP file in "Notification Box Pro" v. 1.1.5 is loaded by WordPress automatically on each request
Please make the necessary changes and fix the following:
  • Main file name: It is recommended to name the main PHP file as the plugin slug ("notification-box-pro.php" instead of "notification-box.php")

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | A short check of programming languages and file extensions; no executable files are allowed
Everything looks great! No dangerous files found in this plugin501 lines of code in 4 files:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
CSS234273
PHP11915188
JavaScript14040

PHP code Passed 2 tests

This plugin's cyclomatic complexity and code structure detailed below
This plugin has no cyclomatic complexity problems
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.22
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%
Functions10
▷ Named functions10100.00%
▷ 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
4 PNG files occupy 0.03MB with 0.02MB in potential savings
Potential savings
Compression of 4 random PNG files using pngquant
FileSize - originalSize - compressedSavings
assets/images/bg_body.png22.84KB9.83KB▼ 56.98%
assets/images/logo-zotabox.png5.45KB2.43KB▼ 55.35%
assets/images/check.png2.96KB0.37KB▼ 87.47%
zotabox.png3.19KB0.44KB▼ 86.31%