Report - No External Links 5.1.8

Does No External Links work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-12 18:30:21 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 240.77 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	6.9.4
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

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/
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Pages 12

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-no-external-links.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=bb04bb4983
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.418 s
Memory usage	3.97 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

No External Links

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.627 s
Memory usage	3.94 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'value')\n at Function.fg [as fromTextArea] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:32:31506)\n at Object.d.codeEditor.initialize (/wp-admin/js/code-editor.min.js?ver=6.9.4:2:1977)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (code-editor-js-after:51:36)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27028)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27330)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

No External Links → Links

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links&tab=links
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.353 s
Memory usage	3.94 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'value')\n at Function.fg [as fromTextArea] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:32:31506)\n at Object.d.codeEditor.initialize (/wp-admin/js/code-editor.min.js?ver=6.9.4:2:1977)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (code-editor-js-after:51:36)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27028)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27330)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

No External Links → SEO hide

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links&tab=seo_hide
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.507 s
Memory usage	3.94 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'value')\n at Function.fg [as fromTextArea] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:32:31506)\n at Object.d.codeEditor.initialize (/wp-admin/js/code-editor.min.js?ver=6.9.4:2:1977)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (code-editor-js-after:51:36)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27028)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27330)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

No External Links → Include / Exclude

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links&tab=include_exclude
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.324 s
Memory usage	3.94 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'value')\n at Function.fg [as fromTextArea] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:32:31506)\n at Object.d.codeEditor.initialize (/wp-admin/js/code-editor.min.js?ver=6.9.4:2:1977)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (code-editor-js-after:51:36)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27028)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27330)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

No External Links → Advanced

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links&tab=advanced
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.338 s
Memory usage	3.94 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'value')\n at Function.fg [as fromTextArea] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:32:31506)\n at Object.d.codeEditor.initialize (/wp-admin/js/code-editor.min.js?ver=6.9.4:2:1977)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (code-editor-js-after:51:36)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27028)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27330)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

No External Links → Plugins

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links&tab=plugins
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.603 s
Memory usage	4.27 MiB
JS errors	[ { "message": "TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'value')\n at Function.fg [as fromTextArea] (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:32:31506)\n at Object.d.codeEditor.initialize (/wp-admin/js/code-editor.min.js?ver=6.9.4:2:1977)\n at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (code-editor-js-after:51:36)\n at e (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27028)\n at t (/wp-admin/load-scripts.php?c=0&load%5Bchunk_0%5D=jquery-core,jquery-migrate,utils,underscore,wp-codemirror&ver=6.9.4:2:27330)", "trace": null, "code": null } ]
Resource errors	None

No External Links → Masks

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links-masks
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.282 s
Memory usage	3.94 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

No External Links → Logs

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mihdan-no-external-links-logs
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.271 s
Memory usage	3.94 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.231 s
Memory usage	4.17 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Add Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.789 s
Memory usage	6.61 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Add Page ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.713 s
Memory usage	6.59 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.446 s	0.396 s	-0.050 s	3.78 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 238.38 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.372 s	0.413 s	+0.041 s	3.78 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 358.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.875 s	0.882 s	+0.007 s	6.31 MiB	6.61 MiB	+ 308.73 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.676 s	0.538 s	-0.138 s	3.74 MiB	3.96 MiB	+ 225.76 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.324 s	0.317 s	-0.007 s	3.71 MiB	3.93 MiB	+ 224.39 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.507 s	0.566 s	+0.059 s	3.7 MiB	3.93 MiB	+ 232.57 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.343 s	0.343 s	+0.000 s	3.72 MiB	3.95 MiB	+ 242.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.695 s	0.684 s	-0.011 s	6.3 MiB	6.59 MiB	+ 302.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.355 s	0.581 s	+0.226 s	3.71 MiB	3.93 MiB	+ 220.89 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.341 s	0.364 s	+0.023 s	3.74 MiB	3.96 MiB	+ 225.89 KiB
/	0.289 s	0.198 s	-0.091 s	4.11 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 67.66 KiB
Average	0.475 s	0.480 s	+0.005 s	4.24 MiB	4.47 MiB	+ 240.77 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

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	95.8%	3,916	1,539	19
	JavaScript	2.8%	116	11	2
	CSS	1.1%	45	0	2
	Markdown	0.2%	10	0	1
Total			4,087	1,550	24

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	3,623
Total complexity	480
Median class complexity	20.0
Median method complexity	1.0
Most complex class	Mihdan\No_External_Links\Frontend
Most complex function	Mihdan\No_External_Links\Upgrader::upgrade()

Classes	12
Methods	134
Functions	0

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 5.1.8