WPGraphQL 2.5.3

Does WPGraphQL 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: 259.81 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 version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 30,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-graphql/
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Pages 6

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-graphql%2Fwp-graphql.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=34a02e9ecc
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.446 s
Memory usage 4.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

GraphQL

Page screenshot: GraphQL
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=graphiql-ide
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.796 s
Memory usage 3.95 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

GraphQL → Settings

Page screenshot: GraphQL → Settings
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=graphql-settings
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.664 s
Memory usage 3.97 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

GraphQL → Settings → Experiments 🧪

Page screenshot: GraphQL → Settings → Experiments 🧪
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=graphql-settings
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.455 s
Memory usage 3.97 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

GraphQL → Extensions

Page screenshot: GraphQL → Extensions
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpgraphql-extensions
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.329 s
Memory usage 3.96 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 0.262 s
Memory usage 4.25 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.482 s0.492 s+0.010 s3.77 MiB4.03 MiB+ 259.81 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.379 s0.328 s-0.051 s3.78 MiB4.08 MiB+ 308.01 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.807 s0.826 s+0.019 s6.3 MiB6.62 MiB+ 329.41 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.487 s0.455 s-0.032 s3.73 MiB3.97 MiB+ 242.52 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.363 s0.401 s+0.038 s3.71 MiB3.95 MiB+ 245.89 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.531 s0.346 s-0.185 s3.7 MiB3.95 MiB+ 254.09 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.342 s0.335 s-0.007 s3.71 MiB3.97 MiB+ 259.99 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.721 s0.714 s-0.007 s6.29 MiB6.61 MiB+ 322.16 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.350 s0.532 s+0.182 s3.71 MiB3.95 MiB+ 242.39 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.343 s0.359 s+0.016 s3.73 MiB3.97 MiB+ 241.89 KiB
/0.304 s0.202 s-0.102 s4.1 MiB4.25 MiB+ 151.7 KiB
Average 0.464 s0.454 s-0.011 s4.23 MiB4.48 MiB+ 259.81 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
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP97.7%25,50315,079241
Markdown1.9%48702
JavaScript0.3%85031
CSS0.0%12010
SVG0.0%801
XML0.0%721
Total 26,102 15,081 286

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 25,528
Total complexity 4,330
Median class complexity 9.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class WPGraphQL\Model\Post
Most complex function WPGraphQL\Model\Post::init()
Classes 228
Methods 1,026
Functions 51

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 3

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 07:18:25 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 07:18:25 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 07:18:35 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 07:18:35 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 WPGraphQL Admin Menus