WP External Links 2.65

Does WP External Links work with WordPress 7.0 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
1PHP fatal errors
1PHP warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 296.57 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 version7.0
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 90,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-external-links/
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Pages 11

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=wp-external-links%2Fwp-external-links.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=c58f32bbb1
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.030 s
Memory usage 4.33 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links

Page screenshot: WP External Links
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.064 s
Memory usage 6.82 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links → Internal Links

Page screenshot: WP External Links → 
             Internal Links
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=internal-links
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.726 s
Memory usage 6.82 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links → Excluded Links

Page screenshot: WP External Links → 
             Excluded Links
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=excluded-links
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.860 s
Memory usage 6.82 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links → Exceptions

Page screenshot: WP External Links → 
             Exceptions
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=exceptions
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.592 s
Memory usage 4.22 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links → Link Rules

Page screenshot: WP External Links → 
             Link Rules
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=link-rules
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.593 s
Memory usage 4.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links → Exit Confirmation

Page screenshot: WP External Links → 
             Exit Confirmation
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=exit-confirmation
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.728 s
Memory usage 4.2 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links → Link Checker

Page screenshot: WP External Links → 
             Link Checker
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=link-checking
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.563 s
Memory usage 4.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links → PRO

Page screenshot: WP External Links → 
             PRO
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=pro
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.185 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

WP External Links → Support

Page screenshot: WP External Links → 
             Support
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpel-settings-page&tab=support
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.576 s
Memory usage 4.18 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 0.281 s
Memory usage 4.42 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.675 s0.834 s+0.159 s3.93 MiB4.22 MiB+ 305.74 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.560 s0.561 s+0.001 s3.98 MiB4.27 MiB+ 293.28 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php2.103 s1.857 s-0.246 s6.56 MiB6.9 MiB+ 348.63 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.783 s0.837 s+0.054 s3.89 MiB4.17 MiB+ 287.29 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.575 s0.543 s-0.032 s3.86 MiB4.15 MiB+ 296.78 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.607 s1.037 s+0.430 s3.85 MiB4.15 MiB+ 304.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.503 s0.575 s+0.072 s3.86 MiB4.16 MiB+ 304.34 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.791 s1.605 s-0.186 s6.55 MiB6.89 MiB+ 344.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.720 s0.721 s+0.001 s3.86 MiB4.15 MiB+ 287.78 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.552 s0.577 s+0.025 s3.89 MiB4.17 MiB+ 295.34 KiB
/0.322 s0.208 s-0.114 s4.23 MiB4.42 MiB+ 194.02 KiB
Average 0.836 s0.850 s+0.015 s4.41 MiB4.7 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.

SVG
PHP
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
SVG62.6%8,605020
PHP27.9%3,8321,60654
CSS7.2%988394
JavaScript2.3%322363
JSON0.0%202
Total 13,749 1,681 83

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 3,454
Total complexity 565
Median class complexity 11.0
Median method complexity 1.0
Most complex class WPEL_Front
Most complex function WPEL_Front::apply_link_settings()
Classes 33
Methods 237
Functions 2

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

PHP Error Log 15 lines

[21-May-2026 16:57:47 UTC] PHP Warning:  Undefined array key "fields" in /wp-content/plugins/wp-external-links/templates/partials/tab-contents/fields-default.php on line 18
[21-May-2026 16:57:47 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
See also: All tests for this plugin