Ad Inserter 2.8.9

Does Ad Inserter work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 1.52 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: insignificant.
The plugin didn't make the site noticeably slower.

Environment
WordPress version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 300,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter/
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Pages 4

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=ad-inserter%2Fad-inserter.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=e591106d75
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.612 s
Memory usage 5.27 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Ad Inserter

Page screenshot: Settings → Ad Inserter
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=ad-inserter.php
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.169 s
Memory usage 5.57 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.442 s
Memory usage 5.62 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.099 s
Memory usage 7.67 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.421 s0.392 s-0.029 s3.78 MiB5.27 MiB+ 1.5 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.364 s0.315 s-0.049 s3.78 MiB5.35 MiB+ 1.57 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.864 s0.831 s-0.033 s6.31 MiB7.89 MiB+ 1.59 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.735 s0.470 s-0.265 s3.74 MiB5.24 MiB+ 1.5 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.340 s0.509 s+0.169 s3.71 MiB5.21 MiB+ 1.5 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.537 s0.354 s-0.183 s3.7 MiB5.21 MiB+ 1.51 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.433 s0.320 s-0.113 s3.72 MiB5.24 MiB+ 1.52 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.687 s0.701 s+0.014 s6.3 MiB7.88 MiB+ 1.58 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.329 s0.455 s+0.126 s3.71 MiB5.21 MiB+ 1.5 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.327 s0.356 s+0.029 s3.73 MiB5.23 MiB+ 1.5 MiB
/0.292 s0.207 s-0.085 s4.12 MiB5.62 MiB+ 1.5 MiB
Average 0.484 s0.446 s-0.038 s4.24 MiB5.76 MiB+ 1.52 MiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
PO File
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP44.2%42,4798,88145
PO File30.6%29,43217,97612
JavaScript21.7%20,8414,655106
CSS2.1%2,010407
Markdown1.5%1,44107
HTML0.0%101
Total 96,204 31,552 178

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 43,376
Total complexity 12,606
Median class complexity 4.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ai_CodeBlock
Most complex function generate_settings_form()
Classes 116
Methods 1,276
Functions 349

Additions

Things that the plugin adds to the site. This section is not intended to be comprehensive. The test tool only looks for a few specific types of added content.

Options wp_options 3

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
ai_widgetAd Inserter

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[02-Dec-2025 22:07:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:07:02 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:07:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:07:12 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Ad Inserter" Admin Menu