Report - List category posts 0.94.0

Does List category posts work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-02-16 20:55:05 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: 13.26 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	6.9.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

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=dc21dcd7a1
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.358 s
Memory usage	3.76 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	0.326 s
Memory usage	3.75 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.245 s
Memory usage	4.14 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	1.370 s
Memory usage	6.17 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.467 s	0.344 s	-0.123 s	3.78 MiB	3.8 MiB	+ 19.58 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.367 s	0.335 s	-0.032 s	3.79 MiB	3.81 MiB	+ 19.59 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.885 s	1.172 s	+0.287 s	6.31 MiB	6.33 MiB	+ 23.17 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.456 s	0.469 s	+0.013 s	3.74 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 2.18 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.343 s	0.318 s	-0.025 s	3.72 MiB	3.72 MiB	+ 6.16 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.545 s	0.343 s	-0.202 s	3.71 MiB	3.72 MiB	+ 14.37 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.339 s	0.286 s	-0.053 s	3.72 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 25.04 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.691 s	0.715 s	+0.024 s	6.3 MiB	6.32 MiB	+ 18.73 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.825 s	0.412 s	-0.413 s	3.72 MiB	3.72 MiB	+ 2.67 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.512 s	0.342 s	-0.170 s	3.74 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 2.16 KiB
/	0.301 s	0.197 s	-0.104 s	4.12 MiB	4.14 MiB	+ 12.17 KiB
Average	0.521 s	0.448 s	-0.073 s	4.24 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 13.26 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

Markdown

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	55.0%	2,441	860	17
	PO File	30.3%	1,342	487	12
	Markdown	14.6%	647	0	1
	CSS	0.1%	6	0	1
Total			4,436	1,347	31

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	2,148
Total complexity	532
Median class complexity	24.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	CatList
Most complex function	ListCategoryPostsWidget::widget()

Classes	11
Methods	125
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 0.94.0