Alternative Site Settings 1.3.0

Does Alternative Site Settings work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
17PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 306.41 KiB
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 version6.9.4
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs <10
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/alternative-site-settings/
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Pages 12

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=alternative-site-settings%2Faltss.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=4020823fb7
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.431 s
Memory usage 4.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sitesetadmmenu
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.341 s
Memory usage 4.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Custom records

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Custom records
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sitesetadmmenu&tab=1
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.375 s
Memory usage 4.05 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Text blocks

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Text blocks
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sitesetadmmenu&tab=2
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.413 s
Memory usage 4.11 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Cookie Banner

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Cookie Banner
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sitesetadmmenu&tab=3
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.213 s
Memory usage 4.19 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Contact forms

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Contact forms
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cform_settings_page
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.316 s
Memory usage 4.02 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Contact forms → Form sets

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Contact forms → Form sets
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cform_settings_page&tab=1
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.378 s
Memory usage 4.22 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Contact forms → Forms fields

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Contact forms → Forms fields
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cform_settings_page&tab=2
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.331 s
Memory usage 4.02 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Contact forms → Additional settings

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Contact forms → Additional settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=cform_settings_page&tab=3
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.281 s
Memory usage 4.02 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Reviews

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Reviews
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=reviews_page
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.286 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Alt Site Settings → Special Settings

Page screenshot: Alt Site Settings → Special Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=special_settings_page
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.276 s
Memory usage 4.02 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 0.304 s
Memory usage 4.15 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.415 s0.434 s+0.019 s3.78 MiB4.1 MiB+ 333.46 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.416 s0.331 s-0.085 s3.78 MiB4.12 MiB+ 343.48 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.820 s0.940 s+0.120 s6.31 MiB6.66 MiB+ 358.98 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.523 s0.488 s-0.035 s3.74 MiB4.05 MiB+ 315.47 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.344 s0.307 s-0.037 s3.71 MiB4.02 MiB+ 319.46 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.548 s0.291 s-0.257 s3.7 MiB4.02 MiB+ 327.66 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.328 s0.307 s-0.021 s3.72 MiB4.06 MiB+ 348.93 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.722 s0.821 s+0.099 s6.3 MiB6.63 MiB+ 345.27 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.342 s0.413 s+0.071 s3.72 MiB4.02 MiB+ 315.96 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.347 s0.365 s+0.018 s3.74 MiB4.04 MiB+ 315.46 KiB
/0.287 s0.257 s-0.030 s4.11 MiB4.15 MiB+ 46.38 KiB
Average 0.463 s0.450 s-0.013 s4.24 MiB4.54 MiB+ 306.41 KiB

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
CSS
JavaScript
PO File
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP53.8%5,38827241
CSS22.7%2,273246
JavaScript11.8%1,185411
PO File11.5%1,148262
SVG0.1%1004
JSON0.0%505
Total 10,009 326 69

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 3,844
Total complexity 665
Median class complexity 34.5
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class ALTSS_Post_List_Table_Ext
Most complex function Altss_Cookie_Banner::render_banner_styles()
Classes 8
Methods 67
Functions 87

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.

Database Tables 3

PHP Error Log 17 lines

[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:49 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
[12-May-2026 09:55:50 UTC] PHP Warning:  Attempt to read property "post_type" on null in /wp-content/plugins/alternative-site-settings/includes/post-metaboxes.php on line 6
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Alternative Site Settings Admin Menus