Amber 1.4.4

Does Amber work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 69.38 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 version6.9.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 200+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/amberlink/
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Pages 6

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=amberlink%2Famber.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=8feaaa8a70
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.454 s
Memory usage 3.8 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Amber Dashboard

Page screenshot: Tools → Amber Dashboard
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=amber-dashboard
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.284 s
Memory usage 3.77 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Amber Settings

Page screenshot: Settings → Amber Settings
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=amber-setting-admin
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.307 s
Memory usage 3.79 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 0.295 s
Memory usage 4.14 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.678 s
Memory usage 6.4 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.870 s
Memory usage 6.39 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.524 s0.431 s-0.093 s3.78 MiB3.84 MiB+ 69.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.367 s0.352 s-0.015 s3.78 MiB3.85 MiB+ 70.54 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.877 s1.049 s+0.172 s6.31 MiB6.45 MiB+ 145.77 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.613 s0.428 s-0.185 s3.74 MiB3.79 MiB+ 51.66 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.343 s0.331 s-0.012 s3.71 MiB3.77 MiB+ 55.65 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.520 s0.313 s-0.207 s3.7 MiB3.77 MiB+ 63.84 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.331 s0.301 s-0.030 s3.72 MiB3.79 MiB+ 74.52 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.709 s0.847 s+0.138 s6.3 MiB6.39 MiB+ 92.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.343 s0.429 s+0.086 s3.71 MiB3.77 MiB+ 52.15 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.339 s0.340 s+0.001 s3.73 MiB3.79 MiB+ 51.65 KiB
/0.286 s0.217 s-0.069 s4.11 MiB4.14 MiB+ 35.8 KiB
Average 0.477 s0.458 s-0.019 s4.24 MiB4.3 MiB+ 69.38 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP87.0%5,5311,09731
JavaScript7.3%467321
CSS4.1%26332
Bourne Shell1.3%8561
XML0.2%1401
Total 6,360 1,138 36

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 5,564
Total complexity 995
Median class complexity 13.5
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class Amber
Most complex function robotstxtparser::step()
Classes 34
Methods 407
Functions 1

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 4

Options wp_options 2

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "amber_sectionid": {
            "title": "Amber",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "amber_sectionid": {
            "title": "Amber",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[16-Feb-2026 20:20:49 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function screen_icon is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.8.0 with no alternative available. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[16-Feb-2026 20:20:49 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function get_screen_icon is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.8.0 with no alternative available. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Amber Admin Menus and Meta Boxes