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WP External Links 2.63

Does WP External Links work with WordPress 6.9.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-03-11 20:36:58 UTC.

Summary

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Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

WP External Links

WP External Links → Internal Links

WP External Links → Excluded Links

WP External Links → Exceptions

WP External Links → Link Rules

WP External Links → Exit Confirmation

WP External Links → Link Checker

WP External Links → PRO

WP External Links → Support

Test site – Just another WordPress site

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.437 s	0.362 s	-0.075 s	3.78 MiB	4.07 MiB	+ 303.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.370 s	0.397 s	+0.027 s	3.78 MiB	4.12 MiB	+ 347.32 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.873 s	0.838 s	-0.035 s	6.31 MiB	6.68 MiB	+ 385.18 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.476 s	0.446 s	-0.030 s	3.74 MiB	4.02 MiB	+ 283.63 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.338 s	0.341 s	+0.003 s	3.71 MiB	3.99 MiB	+ 288.34 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.515 s	0.539 s	+0.024 s	3.7 MiB	3.99 MiB	+ 296.53 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.354 s	0.318 s	-0.036 s	3.72 MiB	4.02 MiB	+ 306.98 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.718 s	0.674 s	-0.044 s	6.3 MiB	6.63 MiB	+ 341.13 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.357 s	0.339 s	-0.018 s	3.71 MiB	3.99 MiB	+ 284.84 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.351 s	0.381 s	+0.030 s	3.74 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 284.43 KiB
/	0.291 s	0.193 s	-0.098 s	4.11 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 170.74 KiB
Average	0.462 s	0.439 s	-0.023 s	4.24 MiB	4.53 MiB	+ 299.29 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.

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	SVG	63.1%	8,605	0	20
	PHP	27.6%	3,761	1,605	54
	CSS	7.0%	960	39	4
	JavaScript	2.3%	313	35	3
	JSON	0.0%	2	0	2
Total			13,641	1,679	83

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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 7

• wpel-admin-settings
• wpel-exceptions-settings
• wpel-excluded-link-settings
• wpel-external-link-settings
• wpel-first-install
• wpel-internal-link-settings
• wpel-version

PHP Error Log 15 lines

[11-Mar-2026 20:37:28 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "fields" in /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/templates/partials/tab-contents/fields-default.php on line 18
[11-Mar-2026 20:37:28 UTC] PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get_setting() on null in /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/templates/partials/tab-contents/fields-default.php:20
Stack trace:
#0 /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/libs/wprun/class-wprun-base.php(156): include()
#1 /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/templates/settings-page/main.php(49): WPRun_Base_1x0x0::show_template()
#2 /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/libs/wprun/class-wprun-base.php(156): include('...')
#3 /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/includes/admin/class-wpel-settings-page.php(292): WPRun_Base_1x0x0::show_template()
#4 /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/libs/wprun/class-wprun-base.php(250): WPEL_Settings_Page->show_admin_page()
#5 /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/libs/wprun/class-wprun-base.php(218): WPRun_Base_1x0x0::magic_call()
#6 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(341): WPRun_Base_1x0x0::__callStatic()
#7 /wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(365): WP_Hook->apply_filters()
#8 /wp-includes/plugin.php(522): WP_Hook->do_action()
#9 /wp-admin/admin.php(264): do_action()
#10 {main}
  thrown in /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/templates/partials/tab-contents/fields-default.php on line 20

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