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WP External Links 2.65

Does WP External Links work with WordPress 7.0.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-07-18 00:27:55 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	0.637 s	0.817 s	+0.180 s	3.92 MiB	4.22 MiB	+ 305.74 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.594 s	0.533 s	-0.061 s	3.98 MiB	4.27 MiB	+ 293.28 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	2.066 s	1.762 s	-0.304 s	6.56 MiB	6.9 MiB	+ 348.63 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.806 s	0.991 s	+0.185 s	3.89 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 287.29 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.536 s	0.570 s	+0.034 s	3.86 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 296.78 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.611 s	0.844 s	+0.233 s	3.85 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 304.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.609 s	0.548 s	-0.061 s	3.86 MiB	4.16 MiB	+ 304.34 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.776 s	1.770 s	-0.006 s	6.55 MiB	6.88 MiB	+ 344.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.803 s	0.652 s	-0.151 s	3.86 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 287.78 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.533 s	0.530 s	-0.003 s	3.88 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 295.34 KiB
/	0.308 s	0.199 s	-0.109 s	4.23 MiB	4.42 MiB	+ 194.02 KiB
Average	0.844 s	0.838 s	-0.006 s	4.4 MiB	4.69 MiB	+ 296.57 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	62.6%	8,605	0	20
	PHP	27.9%	3,832	1,606	54
	CSS	7.2%	988	39	4
	JavaScript	2.3%	322	36	3
	JSON	0.0%	2	0	2
Total			13,749	1,681	83

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

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

[18-Jul-2026 00:28:34 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "fields" in /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/templates/partials/tab-contents/fields-default.php on line 18
[18-Jul-2026 00:28:34 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(367): 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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