Report - List category posts 0.85

Does List category posts work with WordPress 5.8.1 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2021-09-09 05:49:29 UTC.

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: 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	5.8.1
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/
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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=1a1f9b2e68
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.372 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	0.150 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	0.287 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	1.746 s
Memory usage	4.48 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.284 s	0.244 s	-0.040 s	3.08 MiB	3.1 MiB	+ 19.12 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.182 s	0.194 s	+0.012 s	3.11 MiB	3.19 MiB	+ 83.12 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.744 s	0.940 s	+0.196 s	5.27 MiB	5.29 MiB	+ 23.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.805 s	0.274 s	-0.531 s	3.03 MiB	3.05 MiB	+ 17.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.221 s	0.130 s	-0.091 s	3.02 MiB	3.03 MiB	+ 1.96 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.267 s	0.167 s	-0.100 s	3.01 MiB	3.02 MiB	+ 18.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.171 s	0.153 s	-0.018 s	3.04 MiB	3.06 MiB	+ 19.06 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.050 s	0.750 s	-0.300 s	5.26 MiB	5.28 MiB	+ 18.89 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.262 s	0.238 s	-0.024 s	3 MiB	3.02 MiB	+ 18.47 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.210 s	0.192 s	-0.018 s	3.04 MiB	3.06 MiB	+ 17.97 KiB
/	0.320 s	0.265 s	-0.055 s	2.96 MiB	2.92 MiB	- 34.3 KiB
Average	0.411 s	0.322 s	-0.088 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	61.4%	2,142	675	16
	PO File	38.5%	1,342	487	12
	CSS	0.2%	6	0	1
Total			3,490	1,162	29

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	1,851
Total complexity	450
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 0.85