Report - NextGEN Gallery 4.0.1

Does NextGEN Gallery work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-12-11 15:10:28 UTC.

Summary

Errors

8	Database errors
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 1016.43 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.794 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	6.9
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-02-12T20:38:00+00:00
Active installs	400,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 9

Imagely › 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=fa9d543990
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.394 s
Memory usage	8.04 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Imagely

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=imagely
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.986 s
Memory usage	4.73 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Imagely → Add New Gallery

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=imagely
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=imagely&create_gallery=1
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.701 s
Memory usage	4.73 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Imagely → Albums

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=imagely-albums
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.732 s
Memory usage	4.73 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Imagely → Tags

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=imagely-tags
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.572 s
Memory usage	4.73 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Imagely → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=imagely-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.450 s
Memory usage	4.73 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Imagely → About Us

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=imagely-about-us
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.693 s
Memory usage	4.73 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.252 s
Memory usage	4.54 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	2.099 s
Memory usage	7.23 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.373 s	1.293 s	+0.920 s	3.77 MiB	4.77 MiB	+ 1018.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.353 s	0.976 s	+0.623 s	3.78 MiB	4.76 MiB	+ 1007.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.848 s	3.847 s	+2.999 s	6.3 MiB	7.64 MiB	+ 1.33 MiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.714 s	0.976 s	+0.262 s	3.74 MiB	4.77 MiB	+ 1.04 MiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.339 s	1.050 s	+0.711 s	3.71 MiB	4.65 MiB	+ 966.32 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.532 s	0.678 s	+0.146 s	3.7 MiB	4.64 MiB	+ 965.68 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.455 s	0.667 s	+0.212 s	3.71 MiB	4.69 MiB	+ 1002.89 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.679 s	2.780 s	+2.101 s	6.29 MiB	7.62 MiB	+ 1.33 MiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.321 s	0.690 s	+0.369 s	3.71 MiB	4.67 MiB	+ 979.75 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.337 s	0.563 s	+0.226 s	3.73 MiB	4.71 MiB	+ 1004.47 KiB
/	0.275 s	0.443 s	+0.168 s	4.1 MiB	4.53 MiB	+ 445.47 KiB
Average	0.475 s	1.269 s	+0.794 s	4.23 MiB	5.22 MiB	+ 1016.43 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

JavaScript

CSS

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	48.8%	62,859	27,252	385
	JavaScript	21.0%	27,111	2,432	187
	CSS	14.0%	18,050	456	73
	SVG	7.7%	9,875	0	27
	PO File	6.2%	8,023	7,229	9
	Sass	1.8%	2,334	5	8
	Markdown	0.3%	342	0	2
	LESS	0.1%	152	5	1
	JSON	0.1%	87	0	3
	Ruby	0.0%	8	0	1
	XML	0.0%	5	0	1
Total			128,846	37,379	697

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	56,724
Total complexity	12,070
Median class complexity	12.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	lsolesen\pel\PelEntrySShort
Most complex function	lsolesen\pel\PelEntrySShort::getText()

Classes	356
Methods	2,807
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

wp_ngg_album
wp_ngg_gallery
wp_ngg_pictures

Options `wp_options` 8

imagely_dates_migrated
nextgen_over_time
ngg_options
ngg_transient_groups
ngg_wizard
widget_ngg-images
widget_ngg-mrssw
widget_slideshow

Custom Post Types 6

ID	Name
ngg_album	NextGEN Gallery - Album
ngg_gallery	NextGEN Gallery - Gallery
ngg_pictures	NextGEN Gallery - Image
displayed_gallery	NextGEN Gallery - Displayed Gallery
display_type	NextGEN Gallery - Display Type
gal_display_source	NextGEN Gallery - Displayed Gallery Source

Sidebar Widgets 3

ID	Name
ngg-images	NextGEN Widget
slideshow	NextGEN Slideshow
ngg-mrssw	NextGEN Media RSS

Capabilities 10

NextGEN Attach Interface
NextGEN Change options
NextGEN Change style
NextGEN Edit album
NextGEN Gallery overview
NextGEN Manage gallery
NextGEN Manage others gallery
NextGEN Manage tags
NextGEN Upload images
NextGEN Use TinyMCE

PHP Error Log 8 lines

[11-Dec-2025 15:10:46 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_gallery' doesn't exist for query SHOW COLUMNS FROM `wp_ngg_gallery` made by activate_plugin, plugin_sandbox_scrape, include_once('/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'), C_NextGEN_Bootstrap->__construct, Imagely\NGG\Migrations\AddGalleryDates::migrate
[11-Dec-2025 15:10:46 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_gallery' doesn't exist for query ALTER TABLE `wp_ngg_gallery` ADD COLUMN `date_created` DATETIME made by activate_plugin, plugin_sandbox_scrape, include_once('/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'), C_NextGEN_Bootstrap->__construct, Imagely\NGG\Migrations\AddGalleryDates::migrate
[11-Dec-2025 15:10:46 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_gallery' doesn't exist for query ALTER TABLE `wp_ngg_gallery` ADD COLUMN `date_modified` DATETIME made by activate_plugin, plugin_sandbox_scrape, include_once('/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'), C_NextGEN_Bootstrap->__construct, Imagely\NGG\Migrations\AddGalleryDates::migrate
[11-Dec-2025 15:10:46 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_album' doesn't exist for query SHOW COLUMNS FROM `wp_ngg_album` made by activate_plugin, plugin_sandbox_scrape, include_once('/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'), C_NextGEN_Bootstrap->__construct, Imagely\NGG\Migrations\AddGalleryDates::migrate
[11-Dec-2025 15:10:46 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_album' doesn't exist for query ALTER TABLE `wp_ngg_album` ADD COLUMN `date_created` DATETIME made by activate_plugin, plugin_sandbox_scrape, include_once('/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'), C_NextGEN_Bootstrap->__construct, Imagely\NGG\Migrations\AddGalleryDates::migrate
[11-Dec-2025 15:10:46 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_album' doesn't exist for query ALTER TABLE `wp_ngg_album` ADD COLUMN `date_modified` DATETIME made by activate_plugin, plugin_sandbox_scrape, include_once('/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'), C_NextGEN_Bootstrap->__construct, Imagely\NGG\Migrations\AddGalleryDates::migrate
[11-Dec-2025 15:10:46 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_gallery' doesn't exist for query UPDATE `wp_ngg_gallery` g INNER JOIN `wp_posts` p ON p.ID = g.extras_post_id SET g.date_created = CASE WHEN p.post_modified_gmt = "0000-00-00 00:00:00" THEN p.post_modified ELSE p.post_modified_gmt END, g.date_modified = CASE WHEN p.post_modified_gmt = "0000-00-00 00:00:00" THEN p.post_modified ELSE p.post_modified_gmt END made by activate_plugin, plugin_sandbox_scrape, include_once('/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'), C_NextGEN_Bootstrap->__construct, Imagely\NGG\Migrations\AddGalleryDates::migrate
[11-Dec-2025 15:10:46 UTC] WordPress database error Table 'wordpress.wp_ngg_album' doesn't exist for query UPDATE `wp_ngg_album` a INNER JOIN `wp_posts` p ON p.ID = a.extras_post_id SET a.date_created = CASE WHEN p.post_modified_gmt = "0000-00-00 00:00:00" THEN p.post_modified ELSE p.post_modified_gmt END, a.date_modified = CASE WHEN p.post_modified_gmt = "0000-00-00 00:00:00" THEN p.post_modified ELSE p.post_modified_gmt END made by activate_plugin, plugin_sandbox_scrape, include_once('/plugins/nextgen-gallery/nggallery.php'), C_NextGEN_Bootstrap->__construct, Imagely\NGG\Migrations\AddGalleryDates::migrate

NextGEN Gallery 4.0.1