Report - WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration 4.4.0

Does "WP STAGING WordPress Backup Plugin - Backup Duplicator & Migration" work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-12-03 00:13:40 UTC.

Summary

Errors

4	PHP deprecation warnings
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 753.83 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 version	6.9
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-03-18T15:07:00+00:00
Active installs	100,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-staging/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 8

WP Staging - Welcome ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpstg-welcome
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=wp-staging%2Fwp-staging.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=28630a2219
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.956 s
Memory usage	4.6 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP Staging

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpstg_clone
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.772 s
Memory usage	4.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP Staging → Backup & Migration

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpstg_backup
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.441 s
Memory usage	4.44 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP Staging → Temporary Logins

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpstg-settings&tab=temporary-login
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.498 s
Memory usage	4.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP Staging → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpstg-settings
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.457 s
Memory usage	4.65 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP Staging → System Info

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpstg-tools
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.831 s
Memory usage	4.95 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

WP Staging → Get WP Staging Pro

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpstg-welcome
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.335 s
Memory usage	4.44 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.257 s
Memory usage	4.69 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.443 s	0.482 s	+0.039 s	3.77 MiB	4.58 MiB	+ 827.52 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.354 s	0.341 s	-0.013 s	3.78 MiB	4.57 MiB	+ 807.94 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.927 s	1.048 s	+0.121 s	6.3 MiB	7.12 MiB	+ 838.36 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.478 s	0.489 s	+0.011 s	3.73 MiB	4.45 MiB	+ 730.34 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.360 s	0.333 s	-0.027 s	3.71 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 723.5 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.894 s	0.503 s	-0.391 s	3.7 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 731.7 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.314 s	0.323 s	+0.009 s	3.71 MiB	4.44 MiB	+ 742.05 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.698 s	0.709 s	+0.011 s	6.29 MiB	7.11 MiB	+ 831.84 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.360 s	0.504 s	+0.144 s	3.71 MiB	4.41 MiB	+ 719.69 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.347 s	0.350 s	+0.003 s	3.73 MiB	4.45 MiB	+ 738.66 KiB
/	0.270 s	0.183 s	-0.087 s	4.1 MiB	4.69 MiB	+ 600.52 KiB
Average	0.495 s	0.479 s	-0.016 s	4.23 MiB	4.97 MiB	+ 753.83 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
	PHP	93.6%	94,365	49,878	1,125
	PO File	5.4%	5,432	2,034	1
	SVG	0.9%	871	1	96
	Markdown	0.1%	117	0	3
	XML	0.0%	19	0	1
	Bourne Shell	0.0%	3	0	1
Total			100,807	51,913	1,227

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	86,044
Total complexity	18,142
Median class complexity	6.0
Median method complexity	1.0
Most complex class	WPStaging\Vendor\phpseclib3\File\X509
Most complex function	WPStaging\Vendor\phpseclib3\Net\SSH2::key_exchange()

Classes	848
Methods	5,748
Functions	82

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` 11

wpstg_access_token
wpstg_backup_schedules_report_email
wpstg_backup_schedules_send_error_report
wpstg_default_os_color_mode
wpstg_free_install_date
wpstg_free_upgrade_date
wpstg_installDate
wpstg_missing_cloneName_routine_executed
wpstg_settings
wpstg_version
wpstg_version_upgraded_from

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[03-Dec-2025 00:14:12 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 00:14:12 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 00:14:22 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 00:14:22 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

WP STAGING – WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration 4.4.0