Search Exclude 2.6.2

Does Search Exclude work with WordPress 6.9.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
12Unrecognized messages in the PHP error log
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 254.87 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 version6.9.1
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=99ad8a42e2
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.477 s
Memory usage 4.02 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 0.514 s
Memory usage 3.99 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 0.185 s
Memory usage 4.25 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 0.401 s
Memory usage 4.06 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.425 s0.439 s+0.014 s3.78 MiB4.06 MiB+ 290.89 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.363 s0.484 s+0.121 s3.78 MiB4.13 MiB+ 351.16 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.870 s0.928 s+0.058 s6.31 MiB6.62 MiB+ 319.63 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.777 s0.583 s-0.194 s3.74 MiB3.95 MiB+ 218.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.333 s0.355 s+0.022 s3.71 MiB3.94 MiB+ 230.45 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.508 s0.382 s-0.126 s3.7 MiB3.94 MiB+ 238.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.407 s0.321 s-0.086 s3.72 MiB3.96 MiB+ 247.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.694 s0.825 s+0.131 s6.3 MiB6.6 MiB+ 313.43 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.340 s0.395 s+0.055 s3.71 MiB3.93 MiB+ 221.14 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.335 s0.359 s+0.024 s3.74 MiB3.96 MiB+ 226.55 KiB
/0.301 s0.194 s-0.107 s4.11 MiB4.25 MiB+ 145.67 KiB
Average 0.487 s0.479 s-0.008 s4.24 MiB4.48 MiB+ 254.87 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
PHP69.1%3,6192,23965
Markdown29.7%1,555011
JavaScript1.1%60158
CSS0.1%303
Total 5,237 2,254 87

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 3,160
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 312 lines

[25-Feb-2026 14:47:42 UTC] args: {
    "entries": {
        "post": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        },
        "page": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        },
        "attachment": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        }
    },
    "taxonomies": {
        "category": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        }
    },
    "author": {
        "all": false,
        "ids": []
    }
}
[25-Feb-2026 14:47:44 UTC] args: {
    "entries": {
        "post": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        },
        "page": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        },
        "attachment": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        }
    },
    "taxonomies": {
        "category": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        }
    },
    "author": {
        "all": false,
        "ids": []
    }
}
[25-Feb-2026 14:47:45 UTC] args: {
    "entries": {
        "post": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        },
        "page": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        },
        "attachment": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        }
    },
    "taxonomies": {
        "category": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        }
    },
    "author": {
        "all": false,
        "ids": []
    }
}
[25-Feb-2026 14:47:45 UTC] args: {
    "entries": {
        "post": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        },
        "page": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        },
        "attachment": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        }
    },
    "taxonomies": {
        "category": {
            "all": false,
            "ids": []
        }
    },
    "author": {

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See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Search Exclude Admin Menus and Widgets