Update Comments Count 1.0

Does Update Comments Count work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
2PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: -74.18 bytes
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 version6.8.3
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 200+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/update-comments-count/
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Pages 3

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=update-comments-count%2Fupdate-comments-count.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=8b0427d65a
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.288 s
Memory usage 3.53 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Update Comments Count

Page screenshot: Tools → Update Comments Count
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=update-comments-count
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.160 s
Memory usage 3.5 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 0.200 s
Memory usage 3.43 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.317 s0.273 s-0.044 s3.51 MiB3.51 MiB+ 5.88 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.200 s0.205 s+0.005 s3.57 MiB3.58 MiB+ 5.88 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.774 s0.658 s-0.116 s6.06 MiB6.07 MiB+ 10.3 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.638 s0.387 s-0.251 s3.52 MiB3.51 MiB- 11.53 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.226 s0.401 s+0.175 s3.5 MiB3.49 MiB- 7.54 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.327 s0.238 s-0.089 s3.49 MiB3.49 MiB+ 672 bytes
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.219 s0.202 s-0.017 s3.5 MiB3.52 MiB+ 11.33 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.618 s0.598 s-0.020 s6.05 MiB6.06 MiB+ 5.83 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.317 s0.231 s-0.086 s3.5 MiB3.49 MiB- 11.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.219 s0.199 s-0.020 s3.52 MiB3.51 MiB- 11.54 KiB
/0.496 s0.209 s-0.287 s3.43 MiB3.44 MiB+ 1008 bytes
Average 0.396 s0.327 s-0.068 s3.97 MiB3.97 MiB- 74.18 bytes

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
PO File
JavaScript
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP62.5%1951211
PO File19.9%62171
JavaScript17.6%5501
Total 312 138 3

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 214
Total complexity 60
Median class complexity 60.0
Median method complexity 3.0
Most complex class BE_Update_Comments_Count
Most complex function BE_Update_Comments_Count::ajax_comments_count_update()
Classes 1
Methods 15
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.

No new entries found.

PHP Error Log 2 lines

[12-Oct-2025 19:10:18 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function screen_icon is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.8.0 with no alternative available. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
[12-Oct-2025 19:10:18 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function get_screen_icon is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 3.8.0 with no alternative available. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Update Comments Count" Admin Menu