Polylang 3.7.5

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

Summary

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

Memory usage: 289.97 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 version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 800,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/polylang/
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Pages 6

Polylang › Setup

Page screenshot: Polylang › Setup
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=mlang_wizard
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=polylang%2Fpolylang.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=251bafabb9
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.859 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Languages

Page screenshot: Languages
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=mlang
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.404 s
Memory usage 4.35 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Languages → Settings

Page screenshot: Languages → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=mlang_settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.275 s
Memory usage 3.97 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Languages → Setup

Page screenshot: Languages → Setup
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=mlang_wizard
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.160 s
Memory usage N/A
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 0.166 s
Memory usage 4.25 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 1.095 s
Memory usage 6.47 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.559 s0.515 s-0.044 s3.78 MiB4.04 MiB+ 268.39 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.351 s0.300 s-0.051 s3.78 MiB4.09 MiB+ 314.56 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.818 s0.908 s+0.090 s6.31 MiB6.75 MiB+ 450.13 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.625 s0.434 s-0.191 s3.74 MiB3.99 MiB+ 255.99 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.302 s0.294 s-0.008 s3.71 MiB3.97 MiB+ 260.37 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.499 s0.486 s-0.013 s3.7 MiB3.96 MiB+ 268.5 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.300 s0.329 s+0.029 s3.72 MiB3.98 MiB+ 273.1 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.792 s0.664 s-0.128 s6.3 MiB6.73 MiB+ 448.95 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.342 s0.315 s-0.027 s3.71 MiB3.96 MiB+ 256.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.309 s0.327 s+0.018 s3.73 MiB3.98 MiB+ 256.37 KiB
/0.269 s0.183 s-0.086 s4.12 MiB4.25 MiB+ 136.75 KiB
Average 0.470 s0.432 s-0.037 s4.24 MiB4.52 MiB+ 289.97 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP84.9%18,77416,614205
JavaScript8.4%1,86965212
CSS6.7%1,476384
Total 22,119 17,304 221

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 16,058
Total complexity 4,408
Median class complexity 17.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class PLL_WPML_Config
Most complex function PLL_Widget_Calendar::get_calendar()
Classes 160
Methods 1,110
Functions 55

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 4

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
polylangLanguage switcher

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[02-Dec-2025 21:22:04 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 21:22:04 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 21:22:13 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 21:22:13 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
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Polylang Admin Menus