Report - List category posts 0.84.2

Does List category posts work with WordPress 5.8 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2021-07-20 20:09:12 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 18.52 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 version	5.8
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-02-16T20:33:00+00:00
Active installs	80,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/list-category-posts/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 4

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=list-category-posts%2Flist-category-posts.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=d2a3d7988d
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.275 s
Memory usage	3.06 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → List Category Posts

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=list-category-posts
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.159 s
Memory usage	3.02 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.168 s
Memory usage	2.92 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.704 s
Memory usage	4.47 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'top' of undefined\n at belowEntryMetaClass (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=20190121:1:2802)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=20190121:1:4104)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.8:2:30038)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.8:2:30340)", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'top' of undefined\n at belowEntryMetaClass (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=20190121:1:2802)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=20190121:1:4104)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.8:2:30038)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.8:2:30340)", "trace": null, "code": null }, { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read property 'top' of undefined\n at belowEntryMetaClass (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=20190121:1:2802)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (/wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/js/global.js?ver=20190121:1:4104)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.8:2:30038)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils&ver=5.8:2:30340)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.303 s	0.252 s	-0.051 s	3.08 MiB	3.1 MiB	+ 19.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.177 s	0.177 s	+0.000 s	3.11 MiB	3.19 MiB	+ 83.12 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.868 s	1.086 s	+0.218 s	5.27 MiB	5.29 MiB	+ 23.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.389 s	0.435 s	+0.046 s	3.03 MiB	3.05 MiB	+ 17.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.147 s	0.161 s	+0.014 s	3.02 MiB	3.03 MiB	+ 1.96 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.252 s	0.188 s	-0.064 s	3.01 MiB	3.02 MiB	+ 18.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.153 s	0.171 s	+0.018 s	3.04 MiB	3.06 MiB	+ 19.06 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.817 s	0.595 s	-0.222 s	5.26 MiB	5.27 MiB	+ 18.89 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.335 s	0.226 s	-0.109 s	3 MiB	3.02 MiB	+ 18.47 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.223 s	0.262 s	+0.039 s	3.04 MiB	3.06 MiB	+ 17.97 KiB
/	0.268 s	0.245 s	-0.023 s	2.96 MiB	2.92 MiB	- 34.3 KiB
Average	0.357 s	0.345 s	-0.012 s	3.44 MiB	3.46 MiB	+ 18.52 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

PO File

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	61.2%	2,125	670	16
	PO File	38.6%	1,342	487	12
	CSS	0.2%	6	0	1
Total			3,473	1,157	29

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	1,834
Total complexity	447
Median class complexity	23.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	CatList
Most complex function	ListCategoryPostsWidget::widget()

Classes	11
Methods	112
Functions	8

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.

Options `wp_options` 2

numberposts
widget_listcategorypostswidget

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
listcategorypostswidget	List Category Posts

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

List category posts 0.84.2