Smart Custom Fields 5.0.5

Does Smart Custom Fields 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: 148.27 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.296 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

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/smart-custom-fields/
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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=smart-custom-fields%2Fsmart-custom-fields.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=89bb17c13f
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.847 s
Memory usage 3.93 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Smart Custom Fields

Page screenshot: Smart Custom Fields
URL /wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=smart-custom-fields
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.580 s
Memory usage 3.9 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Smart Custom Fields → Add New

Page screenshot: Smart Custom Fields → Add New
URL /wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=smart-custom-fields
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.100 s
Memory usage 3.94 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 0.238 s
Memory usage 4.19 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.453 s0.652 s+0.199 s3.77 MiB3.92 MiB+ 152.53 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.354 s0.605 s+0.251 s3.78 MiB4.01 MiB+ 233.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.825 s0.902 s+0.077 s6.3 MiB6.49 MiB+ 193.97 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.615 s0.766 s+0.151 s3.74 MiB3.84 MiB+ 103.77 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.312 s0.581 s+0.269 s3.71 MiB3.83 MiB+ 125.42 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.511 s0.597 s+0.086 s3.7 MiB3.82 MiB+ 127.02 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.292 s0.558 s+0.266 s3.71 MiB3.87 MiB+ 165.49 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.878 s2.372 s+1.494 s6.29 MiB6.48 MiB+ 187.45 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.392 s0.620 s+0.228 s3.71 MiB3.83 MiB+ 124.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.306 s0.614 s+0.308 s3.73 MiB3.86 MiB+ 128.28 KiB
/0.254 s0.184 s-0.070 s4.1 MiB4.19 MiB+ 88.97 KiB
Average 0.472 s0.768 s+0.296 s4.23 MiB4.38 MiB+ 148.27 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
PHP44.2%4,6051,95134
JavaScript43.3%4,5141,66014
CSS6.1%6312098
PO File3.4%3502722
Markdown2.8%29103
JSON0.3%3501
Total 10,426 4,092 62

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 4,623
Total complexity 743
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 1.5
Most complex class SCF
Most complex function Smart_Custom_Fields_Controller_Settings::save_post()
Classes 34
Methods 250
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.

Custom Post Types 1

ID Name
smart-custom-fieldsSmart Custom Fields

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 02:57:15 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 02:57:15 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 02:57:27 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 02:57:27 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 Smart Custom Fields Admin Menus