Report - Rank Math SEO 1.0.258

Does Rank Math SEO work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-12-02 20:54:54 UTC.

Summary

Errors

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

Performance

Memory usage: 236.74 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	6.9
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-02-12T14:21:00+00:00
Active installs	3,000,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-by-rank-math/
Badges	$WordPress compatibility badge$ $PHP compatibility badge$ Get badge code

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=seo-by-rank-math%2Frank-math.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=58c84e5af5
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.622 s
Memory usage	3.95 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Tools → Scheduled Actions

$Page screenshot: Tools → Scheduled Actions$

URL	/wp-admin/tools.php?page=action-scheduler
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.285 s
Memory usage	3.97 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Rank Math SEO

$Page screenshot: Rank Math SEO$

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=rank-math-registration
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.556 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	0.175 s
Memory usage	4.29 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.367 s	0.350 s	-0.017 s	3.77 MiB	4 MiB	+ 231.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.341 s	0.405 s	+0.064 s	3.78 MiB	4.05 MiB	+ 276.4 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.823 s	0.802 s	-0.021 s	6.3 MiB	6.59 MiB	+ 297.54 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.610 s	0.399 s	-0.211 s	3.74 MiB	3.94 MiB	+ 213.5 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.314 s	0.290 s	-0.024 s	3.71 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 216.87 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.467 s	0.325 s	-0.142 s	3.7 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 225.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.313 s	0.309 s	-0.004 s	3.71 MiB	3.94 MiB	+ 230.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.802 s	0.682 s	-0.120 s	6.29 MiB	6.58 MiB	+ 291.05 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.326 s	0.374 s	+0.048 s	3.71 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 213.37 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.311 s	0.310 s	-0.001 s	3.73 MiB	3.94 MiB	+ 212.87 KiB
/	0.263 s	0.181 s	-0.082 s	4.1 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 195.57 KiB
Average	0.449 s	0.402 s	-0.046 s	4.23 MiB	4.46 MiB	+ 236.74 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

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	95.2%	50,631	26,320	430
	JavaScript	3.4%	1,827	354	76
	Sass	0.5%	264	6	5
	JSON	0.4%	234	0	5
	SVG	0.2%	114	0	5
	XML	0.1%	76	0	1
	CSS	0.1%	32	72	32
Total			53,178	26,752	554

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	45,015
Total complexity	9,548
Median class complexity	21.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	RankMath\Admin\Importers\AIOSEO
Most complex function	RankMath\Tools\Yoast_Local_Converter::get_attributes()

Classes	296
Methods	2,770
Functions	50

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 2

wp_rank_math_internal_links
wp_rank_math_internal_meta

Options `wp_options` 13

action_scheduler_lock_async-request-runner
rank_math_db_version
rank_math_flush_rewrite
rank_math_install_date
rank_math_known_post_types
rank_math_modules
rank_math_notifications
rank_math_react_settings_ui
rank_math_version
rank-math-options-general
rank-math-options-instant-indexing
rank-math-options-sitemap
rank-math-options-titles

Custom Post Types 1

ID	Name
scheduled-action	Scheduled Actions

Capabilities 17

rank_math_edit_htaccess
rank_math_titles
rank_math_general
rank_math_sitemap
rank_math_404_monitor
rank_math_link_builder
rank_math_redirections
rank_math_role_manager
rank_math_analytics
rank_math_site_analysis
rank_math_onpage_analysis
rank_math_onpage_general
rank_math_onpage_advanced
rank_math_onpage_snippet
rank_math_onpage_social
rank_math_content_ai
rank_math_admin_bar

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[02-Dec-2025 20:55:16 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 20:55:16 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 20:55:24 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 20:55:24 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

Rank Math SEO 1.0.258