Report - RankShield — Ranking & Ad-Spend Attack Protection 2.7.2

Does "RankShield — Ranking & Ad-Spend Attack Protection" work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-06-30 04:47:28 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: 44.45 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	7.0
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-06-30T14:42:00+00:00
Active installs	<10
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/rankshield-ranking-ad-spend-attack-protection/
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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=rankshield-ranking-ad-spend-attack-protection%2Frankshield.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=ec54abc554
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.662 s
Memory usage	3.93 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

RankShield

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rankshield
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.607 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

RankShield → SEO

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rankshield-seo
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.754 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

RankShield → Audience

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rankshield-audience
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.656 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

RankShield → Live Traffic

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rankshield-traffic
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.614 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

RankShield → Ad Protection

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rankshield-ads
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.827 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

RankShield → Plans

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rankshield-plans
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.702 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

RankShield → Connections

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rankshield-connections
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.527 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

RankShield → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rankshield-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.860 s
Memory usage	3.9 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.248 s
Memory usage	4.25 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.754 s	0.657 s	-0.097 s	3.92 MiB	3.97 MiB	+ 49.5 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.535 s	0.485 s	-0.050 s	3.98 MiB	4.03 MiB	+ 48.79 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	2.220 s	1.828 s	-0.392 s	6.56 MiB	6.63 MiB	+ 73.16 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.711 s	0.734 s	+0.023 s	3.89 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 32.09 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.544 s	0.493 s	-0.051 s	3.86 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 36.09 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.984 s	0.918 s	-0.066 s	3.85 MiB	3.89 MiB	+ 44.28 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.518 s	0.516 s	-0.002 s	3.86 MiB	3.91 MiB	+ 49.45 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.436 s	1.429 s	-0.007 s	6.55 MiB	6.61 MiB	+ 68.69 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.764 s	0.568 s	-0.196 s	3.86 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 32.59 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.534 s	0.536 s	+0.002 s	3.88 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 32.09 KiB
/	0.304 s	0.192 s	-0.112 s	4.23 MiB	4.25 MiB	+ 22.21 KiB
Average	0.846 s	0.760 s	-0.086 s	4.4 MiB	4.45 MiB	+ 44.45 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
	PHP	81.4%	1,571	316	5
	JavaScript	12.0%	231	28	3
	CSS	6.6%	127	13	2
Total			1,929	357	10

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	1,571
Total complexity	585
Median class complexity	107.5
Median method complexity	4.0
Most complex class	RankShield_Admin
Most complex function	RankShield_Defense::check_request()

Classes	4
Methods	81
Functions	5

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 1

wp_rankshield_helix

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.