Report - Kirki 6.0.0 - PluginTests.com

Does Kirki work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-04-29 11:47:08 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
15	JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 2.04 MiB
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 version	6.9.4
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-06-12T13:00:00+00:00
Active installs	500,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/kirki/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 7

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=kirki%2Fkirki.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=650ec88f9c
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.615 s
Memory usage	6.64 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Kirki

URL	/?action=kirki&screen=dashboard&toolbar=home
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=kirki
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.522 s
Memory usage	5.98 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Kirki → Canvas

URL	/?action=kirki&screen=dashboard&toolbar=home
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=kirki-home
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.693 s
Memory usage	5.9 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Kirki → Submissions

URL	/?action=kirki&screen=dashboard&toolbar=submissions
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=kirki-submissions
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.513 s
Memory usage	5.9 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Kirki → Role Managers

URL	/?action=kirki&screen=dashboard&toolbar=role-manager
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=kirki-role-manager
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.638 s
Memory usage	5.9 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Kirki → Settings

URL	/?action=kirki&screen=dashboard&toolbar=settings
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=kirki-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.456 s
Memory usage	5.9 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'getBoundingClientRect')\n at /wp-content/plugins/kirki/assets/js/kirki-editor.min.js?ver=6.0.0:2:2105098", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.268 s
Memory usage	6.1 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.503 s	0.677 s	+0.174 s	3.78 MiB	5.75 MiB	+ 1.97 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.380 s	0.339 s	-0.041 s	3.79 MiB	5.81 MiB	+ 2.03 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.817 s	0.908 s	+0.091 s	6.31 MiB	8.65 MiB	+ 2.34 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.520 s	0.492 s	-0.028 s	3.74 MiB	5.71 MiB	+ 1.97 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.348 s	0.344 s	-0.004 s	3.72 MiB	5.68 MiB	+ 1.97 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.525 s	0.361 s	-0.164 s	3.71 MiB	5.68 MiB	+ 1.98 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.329 s	0.298 s	-0.031 s	3.72 MiB	5.7 MiB	+ 1.98 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.732 s	0.650 s	-0.082 s	6.3 MiB	8.63 MiB	+ 2.33 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.392 s	0.360 s	-0.032 s	3.72 MiB	5.68 MiB	+ 1.97 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.348 s	0.324 s	-0.024 s	3.74 MiB	5.7 MiB	+ 1.96 MiB
/	0.298 s	0.277 s	-0.021 s	4.12 MiB	6.1 MiB	+ 1.98 MiB
Average	0.472 s	0.457 s	-0.015 s	4.24 MiB	6.28 MiB	+ 2.04 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.

PHP

JSON

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	77.7%	29,965	13,992	238
	JSON	21.6%	8,318	0	4
	JavaScript	0.6%	220	6	1
	CSS	0.1%	31	0	1
	SVG	0.0%	11	0	3
Total			38,545	13,998	247

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	29,331
Total complexity	7,133
Median class complexity	11.0
Median method complexity	3.0
Most complex class	Kirki\HelperFunctions
Most complex function	Kirki\API\Frontend\Controllers\FormController::save_form_data()

Classes	215
Methods	1,311
Functions	14

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 8

wp_kirki_cm_reference
wp_kirki_collaborations
wp_kirki_collaborations_connected
wp_kirki_collaborations_sent
wp_kirki_comments
wp_kirki_comments_seen
wp_kirki_forms
wp_kirki_forms_data

Options `wp_options` 8

kirki_administrator
kirki_author
kirki_contributor
kirki_editor
KIRKI_GLOBAL_DATA_POST_TYPE_ID
kirki_installed
kirki_subscriber
kirki_version

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Kirki 6.0.0