Defender 5.3.0
Does Defender work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .
Summary
Errors
| No PHP errors, warnings or notices | |
| No JavaScript exceptions | |
| All test pages loaded successfully | |
| No resource errors | |
| Looks good! No problems were detected. |
Performance
Memory usage: 1.04 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.
Page speed impact:
0.072 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.
Environment
| WordPress version | 6.8.1 |
|---|---|
| PHP version | 8.1.12 |
| MySQL version | 10.6.10 |
| PHP memory limit | 512M |
Plugin Info
| Last updated | |
|---|---|
| Active installs | 90,000+ |
| WordPress.org page | https://wordpress.org/plugins/defender-security/ |
| Badges |
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Pages 15
Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
| URL | /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=defender-security%2Fwp-defender.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=04251b1c91 |
| Aspect | after-activation |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.633 s |
| Memory usage | 5.91 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Tools → Scheduled Actions
| URL | /wp-admin/tools.php?page=action-scheduler |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.177 s |
| Memory usage | 4.61 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.487 s |
| Memory usage | 5.27 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → Recommendations
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-hardener |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.306 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → Malware Scanning
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-scan |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.312 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → Audit Logging
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-logging |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.306 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → Firewall
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-ip-lockout |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.285 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → WAF
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-waf |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.362 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → 2FA
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-2fa |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.277 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → Tools
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-advanced-tools |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.267 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → Notifications
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-notification |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.254 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → Settings
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-setting |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.253 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → Tutorials
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-defender |
|---|---|
| Requested URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wdf-tutorial |
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.306 s |
| Memory usage | 5.29 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Defender → More free Plugins?
| URL | /wp-admin/admin.php?page=defender_cross_sell |
|---|---|
| Aspect | menu-item |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.426 s |
| Memory usage | 4.56 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Test site – Just another WordPress site
| URL | / |
|---|---|
| Aspect | front-page |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Load time | 0.267 s |
| Memory usage | 4.39 MiB |
| JS errors | None |
| Resource errors | None |
Benchmark
| URL | Load time | Memory usage | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inactive | Active | Change | Inactive | Active | Change | |
| /wp-admin/index.php | 0.276 s | 0.499 s | +0.223 s | 3.51 MiB | 4.59 MiB | + 1.09 MiB |
| /wp-admin/edit.php | 0.175 s | 0.187 s | +0.012 s | 3.57 MiB | 4.65 MiB | + 1.08 MiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php | 0.668 s | 1.309 s | +0.641 s | 6.06 MiB | 7.16 MiB | + 1.1 MiB |
| /wp-admin/upload.php | 0.656 s | 0.501 s | -0.155 s | 3.52 MiB | 4.53 MiB | + 1.01 MiB |
| /wp-admin/options-writing.php | 0.205 s | 0.215 s | +0.010 s | 3.5 MiB | 4.51 MiB | + 1.01 MiB |
| /wp-admin/media-new.php | 0.230 s | 0.244 s | +0.014 s | 3.49 MiB | 4.51 MiB | + 1.02 MiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category | 0.179 s | 0.174 s | -0.005 s | 3.5 MiB | 4.54 MiB | + 1.03 MiB |
| /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page | 0.652 s | 0.667 s | +0.015 s | 6.05 MiB | 7.14 MiB | + 1.09 MiB |
| /wp-admin/options-discussion.php | 0.399 s | 0.401 s | +0.002 s | 3.5 MiB | 4.51 MiB | + 1.01 MiB |
| /wp-admin/edit-comments.php | 0.237 s | 0.185 s | -0.052 s | 3.52 MiB | 4.54 MiB | + 1.02 MiB |
| / | 0.249 s | 0.340 s | +0.091 s | 3.43 MiB | 4.39 MiB | + 982.17 KiB |
| Average | 0.357 s | 0.429 s | +0.072 s | 3.97 MiB | 5.01 MiB | + 1.04 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.
| Language | % | Lines of code | Comment lines | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHP | 71.4% | 69,012 | 30,928 | 423 | |
| JavaScript | 25.6% | 24,704 | 690 | 34 | |
| Markdown | 1.1% | 1,017 | 0 | 9 | |
| SVG | 0.7% | 704 | 4 | 17 | |
| C | 0.7% | 668 | 25 | 1 | |
| CSS | 0.2% | 185 | 5 | 10 | |
| PO File | 0.1% | 135 | 121 | 1 | |
| JSON | 0.1% | 103 | 0 | 3 | |
| XML | 0.1% | 62 | 0 | 1 | |
| m4 | 0.0% | 32 | 0 | 1 | |
| C/C++ Header | 0.0% | 8 | 12 | 1 | |
| Total | 96,630 | 31,785 | 501 | ||
PHP Code Analysis | More results »
| Lines of code | 64,826 |
|---|---|
| Total complexity | 11,519 |
| Median class complexity | 16.0 |
| Median method complexity | 2.0 |
| Most complex class | PHP_CodeSniffer\Tokenizers\PHP |
| Most complex function | get_public_suffix() |
| Classes | 332 |
|---|---|
| Methods | 2,830 |
| Functions | 55 |
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 9
- wp_defender_antibot
- wp_defender_audit_log
- wp_defender_email_log
- wp_defender_lockout
- wp_defender_lockout_log
- wp_defender_quarantine
- wp_defender_scan
- wp_defender_scan_item
- wp_defender_unlockout
Options wp_options 7
- action_scheduler_lock_async-request-runner
- defender_free_install_date
- hardener_settings
- wd_db_version
- wd_show_feature_antibot_protection_mode
- wpmudev_notices
- wpmudev_recommended_plugins_registered
Custom Post Types 1
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| scheduled-action | Scheduled Actions |
PHP Error Log
The log file is empty.