Search Exclude 2.6.0

Does Search Exclude 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: 302.53 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 50,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-exclude/
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Pages 4

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=search-exclude%2Fsearch-exclude.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=88ab2cbccf
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.416 s
Memory usage 4.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Settings → Search Exclude

Page screenshot: Settings → Search Exclude
URL /wp-admin/options-general.php?page=search_exclude
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.464 s
Memory usage 4.03 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 0.196 s
Memory usage 4.31 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/index.php
Aspect new-meta-boxes
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.411 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.430 s0.389 s-0.041 s3.77 MiB4.1 MiB+ 337.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.417 s0.440 s+0.023 s3.78 MiB4.17 MiB+ 397.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.806 s0.743 s-0.063 s6.3 MiB6.66 MiB+ 365.53 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.499 s0.479 s-0.020 s3.74 MiB3.99 MiB+ 264.88 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.309 s0.329 s+0.020 s3.71 MiB3.98 MiB+ 276.35 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.465 s0.361 s-0.104 s3.7 MiB3.98 MiB+ 284.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.308 s0.454 s+0.146 s3.71 MiB4 MiB+ 292.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.696 s0.615 s-0.081 s6.29 MiB6.64 MiB+ 359.33 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.313 s0.399 s+0.086 s3.71 MiB3.97 MiB+ 267.03 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.316 s0.326 s+0.010 s3.73 MiB4 MiB+ 272.45 KiB
/0.257 s0.185 s-0.072 s4.1 MiB4.31 MiB+ 210.7 KiB
Average 0.438 s0.429 s-0.009 s4.23 MiB4.53 MiB+ 302.53 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
Markdown
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP69.7%3,6152,24265
Markdown29.1%1,507011
JavaScript1.2%60158
CSS0.1%303
Total 5,185 2,257 87

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 3,156
Total complexity 741
Median class complexity 10.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Automattic\Jetpack\Assets
Most complex function QuadLayers\QLSE\Controllers\Frontend::search_filter()
Classes 39
Methods 217
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.

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "wp-dashboard-widget-news": {
            "title": "QuadLayers News",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 12:52:55 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
[03-Dec-2025 12:52:55 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
[03-Dec-2025 12:53:04 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
[03-Dec-2025 12:53:04 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
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Search Exclude Admin Menus and Widgets