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Guard Dog Security & Site Lock 7.5.1

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: 631.31 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 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=b8b718e0b0
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.740 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 0.467 s
Memory usage 4.64 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 0.354 s
Memory usage 4.31 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 0.531 s
Memory usage 4.38 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 0.435 s
Memory usage 4.37 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 0.406 s
Memory usage 4.33 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 0.387 s
Memory usage 4.34 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 0.393 s
Memory usage 4.75 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 0.349 s
Memory usage 4.45 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 0.409 s
Memory usage 4.31 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 4.6 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.440 s0.481 s+0.041 s3.78 MiB4.47 MiB+ 711.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.369 s0.384 s+0.015 s3.79 MiB4.46 MiB+ 692.18 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.876 s0.908 s+0.032 s6.31 MiB6.98 MiB+ 685.58 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.447 s0.451 s+0.004 s3.74 MiB4.35 MiB+ 627.2 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.326 s0.362 s+0.036 s3.72 MiB4.31 MiB+ 606.67 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.513 s0.529 s+0.016 s3.71 MiB4.3 MiB+ 609.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.309 s0.341 s+0.032 s3.72 MiB4.33 MiB+ 621.59 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.678 s0.710 s+0.032 s6.3 MiB6.96 MiB+ 679.07 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.352 s0.395 s+0.043 s3.72 MiB4.31 MiB+ 601.84 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.309 s0.372 s+0.063 s3.74 MiB4.35 MiB+ 623.24 KiB
/0.297 s0.198 s-0.099 s4.12 MiB4.6 MiB+ 486.31 KiB
Average 0.447 s0.466 s+0.020 s4.24 MiB4.86 MiB+ 631.31 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
PHP81.4%28,4272,90274
CSS13.9%4,8641411
JavaScript4.7%1,6281002
HTML0.0%101
Total 34,920 3,143 78

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 24,036
Total complexity 4,411
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 22:44:16 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