84% wg-live-chat

Code Review | WG Live Chat

WordPress plugin WG Live Chat scored 84% from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: wg-live-chat
  • Plugin version: 1.1.0
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 4.5-5.9.2
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Apr 28, 2017
  • Latest release: Mar 19, 2022
  • Number of updates: 4
  • Update frequency: every 446.8 days
  • Top authors: liveadmins (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

1 review

Install metrics

10+ active / 910 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 successfully, without throwing any errors or notices

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.01MB] [CPU: ▼5.67ms] Passed 4 tests

An overview of server-side resources used by WG Live Chat
Server-side resource usage in normal parameters
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.46 ▲0.0035.11 ▼3.69
Dashboard /wp-admin3.31 ▲0.0146.15 ▼2.89
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.36 ▲0.0146.72 ▼3.68
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.91 ▲0.0282.75 ▼12.41
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.23 ▲0.0036.22 ▲1.66

Server storage [IO: ▲0.10MB] [DB: ▲0.00MB] Passed 3 tests

A short overview of filesystem and database impact
No storage issues were detected
Filesystem: 14 new files
Database: no new tables, 6 new options
New WordPress options
theysaidso_admin_options
widget_recent-posts
widget_recent-comments
db_upgraded
widget_theysaidso_widget
can_compress_scripts

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

An overview of browser requirements for WG Live Chat
Minimal impact on browser resources
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,861 ▲12613.52 ▼0.901.92 ▲0.3640.05 ▲1.52
Dashboard /wp-admin2,242 ▲545.04 ▲0.19111.12 ▼0.2772.31 ▲29.90
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,133 ▲442.30 ▲0.2538.67 ▼3.2035.99 ▲0.63
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,548 ▲1423.19 ▼0.07724.42 ▲51.1040.08 ▼18.92
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,418 ▲304.37 ▲0.15100.79 ▲1.0145.50 ▼2.49

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
These items require your attention
  • This plugin did not uninstall successfully, leaving 6 options in the database
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • db_upgraded
    • can_compress_scripts
    • widget_recent-comments
    • widget_recent-posts
    • theysaidso_admin_options

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 | A shallow check of the single-responsibility principle; PHP files should perform no action - including output of placeholder text - and trigger no errors when accessed directly
Please fix the following
  • 1× PHP files trigger server-side errors or warnings when accessed directly:
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function add_action() in wp-content/plugins/wg-live-chat/wg-live-chat.php:11

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)
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 describes your plugin functionality and requirements and it is parsed to prepare the your plugin's listing
Attributes that need to be fixed:
  • Tags: There are too many tags (14 tag instead of maximum 10)
The official readme.txt might help

wg-live-chat/wg-live-chat.php 92% from 13 tests

The primary PHP file in "WG Live Chat" version 1.1.0 is used by WordPress to initiate all plugin functionality
It is important to fix the following:
  • Description: Please don't use more than 140 characters for the plugin description (currently 311 characters long)

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
Good job! No executable or dangerous file extensions detected735 lines of code in 8 files:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
PHP33024294
CSS1211239
JavaScript225241200
SVG2002

PHP code Passed 2 tests

This plugin's cyclomatic complexity and code structure detailed below
All good! No complexity issues found
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.14
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%
Functions3
▷ Named functions3100.00%
▷ Anonymous functions00.00%
Constants0
▷ Global constants00.00%
▷ Class constants00.00%
▷ Public constants00.00%

Plugin size Passed 2 tests

Image compression Passed 2 tests

PNG files should be compressed to save space and minimize bandwidth usage
4 compressed PNG files occupy 0.01MB
Potential savings
Compression of 4 random PNG files using pngquant
FileSize - originalSize - compressedSavings
admin-area/img/wg-logo.png2.04KB2.13KB0.00%
admin-area/img/live-chat-wp.png2.47KB2.56KB0.00%
wg-icon.png0.35KB0.36KB0.00%
admin-area/img/wp-bg.png3.65KB3.98KB0.00%