84% wp-recent-posts

Code Review | WP Recent Posts

WordPress plugin WP Recent Posts scored 84% from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: wp-recent-posts
  • Plugin version: 1.3
  • PHP compatiblity: 5.2.4+
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 4.3-5.8.1
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Sep 24, 2018
  • Latest release: Sep 16, 2021
  • Number of updates: 15
  • Update frequency: every 72.6 days
  • Top authors: boopathi0001 (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

1 review

Install metrics

20+ active / 925 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
This plugin's installer ran successfully

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.01MB] [CPU: ▼6.36ms] Passed 4 tests

Server-side resources used by WP Recent Posts
This plugin does not affect your website's performance
PageMemory (MB)CPU Time (ms)
Home /3.47 ▲0.0240.58 ▲4.58
Dashboard /wp-admin3.32 ▲0.0142.05 ▼7.34
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php3.37 ▲0.0144.87 ▼5.20
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php5.90 ▲0.0182.78 ▼15.31
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php3.24 ▲0.0134.86 ▲2.43

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

Analyzing filesystem and database footprints 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
db_upgraded
can_compress_scripts
widget_theysaidso_widget
theysaidso_admin_options
widget_recent-posts

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

This is an overview of browser requirements for WP Recent Posts
This plugin has a minimal impact on browser resources
PageNodesMemory (MB)Script (ms)Layout (ms)
Home /2,800 ▲6513.35 ▼1.051.79 ▲0.1245.39 ▼6.50
Dashboard /wp-admin2,206 ▲155.82 ▲0.9194.32 ▼8.1840.00 ▼6.24
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php2,089 ▼02.02 ▼0.0139.81 ▲3.3334.40 ▲1.76
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php1,514 ▼2217.86 ▼5.43631.99 ▲33.9160.48 ▲10.25
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php1,388 ▼04.22 ▼0.01100.45 ▲6.3645.91 ▲3.19

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
You still need to fix the following
  • This plugin did not uninstall successfully, leaving 6 options in the database
    • db_upgraded
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • 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 | This is a shallow check for server-side errors
Even though no errors were found, this is by no means an exhaustive test

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/wp-recent-posts/wp-recent-posts.php:109

User-side errors Passed 1 test

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

Optimizations

Plugin configuration Passed 29 tests

readme.txt Passed 16 tests

The readme.txt file uses markdown syntax to describe your plugin to the world
3 plugin tags: recent post widget, recent posts, wordpres recent posts

wp-recent-posts/wp-recent-posts.php Passed 13 tests

"WP Recent Posts" version 1.3's primary PHP file adds more information about the plugin and serves as the entry point for WordPress
126 characters long description:
WP Recent Posts plugin will displays recent posts with date, excerpt and title in Posts, Pages, Widgets and custom post types.

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | This is an overview of programming languages used in this plugin; dangerous file extensions are not allowed
Everything looks great! No dangerous files found in this plugin87 lines of code in 1 file:
LanguageFilesBlank linesComment linesLines of code
PHP1121187

PHP code Passed 2 tests

Analyzing logical lines of code, cyclomatic complexity, and other code metrics
There were no cyclomatic complexity issued detected
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code0.20
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 functions1100.00%
▷ 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
There are no PNG files in this plugin