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NextGEN Gallery 3.59.12

Does NextGEN Gallery work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP notices
4PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 1.21 MiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.729 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment
WordPress version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 400,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/
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Pages 13

NextGEN Gallery › Onboarding Wizard

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery › Onboarding Wizard
URL /wp-admin/index.php?page=nextgen-gallery-setup-wizard
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=nextgen-gallery%2Fnggallery.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=11bd4ae399
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.457 s
Memory usage 7.96 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=nggallery-manage-gallery
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.567 s
Memory usage 5.15 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → Overview

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → Overview
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=nextgen-gallery
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 4.964 s
Memory usage 4.7 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → Add Gallery / Images

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → Add Gallery / Images
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ngg_addgallery
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.214 s
Memory usage 4.83 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → Manage Albums

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → Manage Albums
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=nggallery-manage-album
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.484 s
Memory usage 4.83 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → Manage Tags

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → Manage Tags
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=nggallery-tags
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.384 s
Memory usage 4.63 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → Ecommerce

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → Ecommerce
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=nextgen-gallery-albums
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.516 s
Memory usage 4.66 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → About Us

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → About Us
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=nextgen-gallery-about-us
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.668 s
Memory usage 4.59 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → Gallery Settings

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → Gallery Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ngg_display_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.699 s
Memory usage 5.76 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → Other Options

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → Other Options
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ngg_other_options
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.868 s
Memory usage 5.14 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

NextGEN Gallery → Extensions

Page screenshot: NextGEN Gallery → Extensions
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=ngg_pro_upgrade
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.724 s
Memory usage 4.97 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Page screenshot: Test site – Just another WordPress site
URL /
Aspect front-page
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.317 s
Memory usage 4.54 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status 200
Load time 2.191 s
Memory usage 7.15 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.551 s0.802 s+0.251 s3.78 MiB4.93 MiB+ 1.15 MiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.448 s0.783 s+0.335 s3.78 MiB4.92 MiB+ 1.14 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.796 s3.205 s+2.409 s6.31 MiB8.24 MiB+ 1.93 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.458 s1.174 s+0.716 s3.74 MiB4.92 MiB+ 1.18 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.344 s0.700 s+0.356 s3.71 MiB4.8 MiB+ 1.09 MiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.511 s0.637 s+0.126 s3.7 MiB4.79 MiB+ 1.09 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.336 s0.925 s+0.589 s3.72 MiB4.84 MiB+ 1.13 MiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.679 s2.880 s+2.201 s6.3 MiB8.22 MiB+ 1.93 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.340 s0.794 s+0.454 s3.71 MiB4.82 MiB+ 1.1 MiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.334 s0.915 s+0.581 s3.73 MiB4.86 MiB+ 1.13 MiB
/0.287 s0.283 s-0.004 s4.12 MiB4.53 MiB+ 422.86 KiB
Average 0.462 s1.191 s+0.729 s4.24 MiB5.44 MiB+ 1.21 MiB

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
JavaScript
CSS
SVG
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP46.1%56,64125,596366
JavaScript22.1%27,1092,430186
CSS14.7%18,02345473
SVG8.1%9,893028
PO File6.5%8,0237,2299
Sass1.9%2,33458
Markdown0.3%34202
JSX0.2%27134
LESS0.1%15251
JSON0.0%2901
Ruby0.0%801
XML0.0%501
Total 122,830 35,722 680

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 50,510
Total complexity 11,140
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class lsolesen\pel\PelEntrySShort
Most complex function lsolesen\pel\PelEntrySShort::getText()
Classes 341
Methods 2,632
Functions 34

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 3

Options wp_options 7

Custom Post Types 6

ID Name
ngg_albumNextGEN Gallery - Album
ngg_galleryNextGEN Gallery - Gallery
ngg_picturesNextGEN Gallery - Image
displayed_galleryNextGEN Gallery - Displayed Gallery
display_typeNextGEN Gallery - Display Type
gal_display_sourceNextGEN Gallery - Displayed Gallery Source

Sidebar Widgets 3

ID Name
ngg-imagesNextGEN Widget
slideshowNextGEN Slideshow
ngg-mrsswNextGEN Media RSS

Capabilities 10

PHP Error Log 5 lines

[02-Dec-2025 21:52:11 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 21:52:11 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 21:52:25 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 21:52:25 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 21:52:27 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function wp_enqueue_script() was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. "wp-editor" script should not be enqueued together with the new widgets editor (wp-edit-widgets or wp-customize-widgets). Please see <a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 5.8.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide NextGEN Gallery Admin Menus