SearchWP Live Ajax Search 1.8.6

Does SearchWP Live Ajax Search 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: 113.67 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/searchwp-live-ajax-search/
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Pages 6

SearchWP ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: SearchWP ‹ Test site — WordPress
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=searchwp-live-search
Requested URL /wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=searchwp-live-ajax-search%2Fsearchwp-live-ajax-search.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=489765aa99
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.863 s
Memory usage 3.81 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SearchWP

Page screenshot: SearchWP
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=searchwp-forms
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.341 s
Memory usage 3.81 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SearchWP → Algorithm

Page screenshot: SearchWP → Algorithm
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=searchwp-algorithm
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.334 s
Memory usage 3.8 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

SearchWP → Settings

Page screenshot: SearchWP → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=searchwp-live-search
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.396 s
Memory usage 3.81 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 0.248 s
Memory usage 4.2 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 1.021 s
Memory usage 6.19 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.407 s0.473 s+0.066 s3.77 MiB3.88 MiB+ 106.32 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.330 s0.309 s-0.021 s3.78 MiB3.93 MiB+ 152.93 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.811 s0.900 s+0.089 s6.3 MiB6.49 MiB+ 194.73 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.421 s0.350 s-0.071 s3.74 MiB3.82 MiB+ 88.65 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.317 s0.296 s-0.021 s3.71 MiB3.8 MiB+ 92.26 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.482 s0.398 s-0.084 s3.7 MiB3.8 MiB+ 100.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.302 s0.282 s-0.020 s3.71 MiB3.82 MiB+ 111.51 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.800 s0.855 s+0.055 s6.29 MiB6.41 MiB+ 124.52 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.309 s0.304 s-0.005 s3.71 MiB3.8 MiB+ 88.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.308 s0.303 s-0.005 s3.73 MiB3.82 MiB+ 88.95 KiB
/0.257 s0.213 s-0.044 s4.1 MiB4.2 MiB+ 101.61 KiB
Average 0.431 s0.426 s-0.006 s4.23 MiB4.34 MiB+ 113.67 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
CSS
PO File
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP50.2%5,4722,54527
CSS31.8%3,4713630
PO File8.9%9684576
JavaScript7.3%79335613
SVG1.6%174018
JSON0.3%3101
Total 10,909 3,394 95

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 6,223
Total complexity 716
Median class complexity 26.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class SearchWP_Live_Search_Notifications
Most complex function SearchWP_Live_Search_EnginesPreview::render_preview()
Classes 20
Methods 233
Functions 1

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
searchwp_live_searchSearchWP Live Search

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 02:58:32 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 02:58:32 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 02:58:40 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 02:58:40 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 SearchWP Live Ajax Search Admin Menus