Report - No External Links 4.5.1

Does Mihdan: No External Links work with WordPress 5.4 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on 2020-04-02 13:20:53 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: 168.61 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	5.4
PHP version	7.2.16
MySQL version	8.0.15
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-11-29T11:53:00+00:00
Active installs	8,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/mihdan-no-external-links/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 10

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=mihdan-no-external-links%2Fmihdan-noexternallinks.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=3efb4130d1
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.501 s
Memory usage	3.71 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.154 s
Memory usage	3.78 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Logs

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links-logs
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.152 s
Memory usage	3.78 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.157 s
Memory usage	3.79 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Settings → Links

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links-settings&tab=links
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.150 s
Memory usage	3.67 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Settings → Include / Exclude

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links-settings&tab=include_exclude
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.230 s
Memory usage	3.67 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

External Links → Settings → Advanced

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links-settings&tab=advanced
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.153 s
Memory usage	3.67 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.258 s
Memory usage	3.41 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.113 s
Memory usage	5.62 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Add New Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.119 s
Memory usage	5.61 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.294 s	0.242 s	-0.052 s	3.64 MiB	3.83 MiB	+ 198.51 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.225 s	0.228 s	+0.003 s	3.67 MiB	3.91 MiB	+ 247.89 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.202 s	1.495 s	+0.293 s	5.43 MiB	5.62 MiB	+ 199.63 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.431 s	0.482 s	+0.051 s	3.5 MiB	3.69 MiB	+ 197.4 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.281 s	0.168 s	-0.113 s	3.58 MiB	3.68 MiB	+ 103.93 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.387 s	0.209 s	-0.178 s	3.48 MiB	3.67 MiB	+ 199.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.174 s	0.203 s	+0.029 s	3.58 MiB	3.71 MiB	+ 134.54 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.035 s	1.069 s	+0.034 s	5.42 MiB	5.61 MiB	+ 196.82 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.361 s	0.256 s	-0.105 s	3.48 MiB	3.68 MiB	+ 197.85 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.229 s	0.208 s	-0.021 s	3.59 MiB	3.78 MiB	+ 197.41 KiB
/	0.320 s	0.230 s	-0.090 s	3.43 MiB	3.41 MiB	- 18.66 KiB
Average	0.449 s	0.435 s	-0.014 s	3.89 MiB	4.06 MiB	+ 168.61 KiB

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

wp_external_links_logs
wp_external_links_masks

Options `wp_options` 3

mihdan_noexternallinks_compatibility_check
mihdan_noexternallinks_encryption_key
mihdan_noexternallinks_version

Meta Boxes

{
    "post": {
        "mihdan-no-external-links-meta-box": {
            "title": "Link Masking",
            "context": "side"
        }
    },
    "page": {
        "mihdan-no-external-links-meta-box": {
            "title": "Link Masking",
            "context": "side"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

No External Links 4.5.1