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Guard Dog Security & Site Lock 7.5

Does Guard Dog Security & Site Lock work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP warnings
1JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 618.72 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.064 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9.4
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/folder-auditor/
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Pages 11

Guard Dog Security ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Guard Dog Security ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=setup-guide
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=folder-auditor%2Ffolder-auditor.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=e41540e359
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.838 s
Memory usage 4.86 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Guard Dog

Page screenshot: Guard Dog
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=dashboard
Requested URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=dashboard
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.498 s
Memory usage 4.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Guard Dog → Audit Folder & Files

Page screenshot: Guard Dog → Audit Folder & Files
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=audit
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.343 s
Memory usage 4.3 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Guard Dog → Audit Folder & Files → Hub

Page screenshot: Guard Dog → Audit Folder & Files → Hub
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=dashboard
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.396 s
Memory usage 4.37 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Guard Dog → Secure & Protect

Page screenshot: Guard Dog → Secure & Protect
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=security
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.556 s
Memory usage 4.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Guard Dog → Watch Dog Defense

Page screenshot: Guard Dog → Watch Dog Defense
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=watchdog
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.415 s
Memory usage 4.32 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Guard Dog → Security Tools

Page screenshot: Guard Dog → Security Tools
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=tools
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.380 s
Memory usage 4.32 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Guard Dog → Infection Scan

Page screenshot: Guard Dog → Infection Scan
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=scanner
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.412 s
Memory usage 4.74 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Guard Dog → Main Settings

Page screenshot: Guard Dog → Main Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.339 s
Memory usage 4.44 MiB
JS errors 
[
    {
        "message": "SyntaxError: Unexpected token '}'",
        "trace": null,
        "code": null
    }
]
Resource errors None

Guard Dog → Setup Guide 8%

Page screenshot: Guard Dog → Setup Guide 8%
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=guard-dog-security&tab=setup-guide
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.393 s
Memory usage 4.3 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 0.339 s
Memory usage 4.58 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.463 s0.549 s+0.086 s3.78 MiB4.43 MiB+ 669.26 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.369 s0.506 s+0.137 s3.78 MiB4.44 MiB+ 675.2 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.896 s0.981 s+0.085 s6.31 MiB6.97 MiB+ 683.97 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.469 s0.583 s+0.114 s3.74 MiB4.34 MiB+ 617.91 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.327 s0.398 s+0.071 s3.71 MiB4.29 MiB+ 591.91 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.581 s0.611 s+0.030 s3.7 MiB4.29 MiB+ 600.1 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.361 s0.383 s+0.022 s3.72 MiB4.31 MiB+ 604.61 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.734 s0.747 s+0.013 s6.3 MiB6.96 MiB+ 677.45 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.414 s0.528 s+0.114 s3.71 MiB4.29 MiB+ 592.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.320 s0.402 s+0.082 s3.74 MiB4.33 MiB+ 606.27 KiB
/0.274 s0.223 s-0.051 s4.11 MiB4.58 MiB+ 486.68 KiB
Average 0.473 s0.537 s+0.064 s4.24 MiB4.84 MiB+ 618.72 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP81.9%27,8832,87074
CSS13.8%4,7101401
JavaScript4.2%1,434982
HTML0.0%101
Total 34,028 3,108 78

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 23,480
Total complexity 4,309
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class WPFA_Security_Headers
Most complex function run_blacklist_checker()
Classes 6
Methods 42
Functions 104

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 2

Options wp_options 9

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[15-May-2026 12:54:45 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined variable $wpfa_cron_disabled in /wp-content/plugins/folder-auditor/includes/views/view-settings.php on line 71
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Guard Dog Security & Site Lock Admin Menus