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Code Review | Falang multilanguage for WordPress

WordPress plugin Falang multilanguage for WordPress scored10%from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: falang
  • Plugin version: 1.3.43
  • PHP compatiblity: 5.6+
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 4.7-6.3
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Sep 24, 2019
  • Latest release: Oct 11, 2023
  • Number of updates: 87
  • Update frequency: every 17.0 days
  • Top authors: sbouey (100%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

74 reviews

Install metrics

1,000+ active /38,498 total downloads

Benchmarks

Plugin footprint 58% from 16 tests

Installer 0% from 1 test

🔺 Critical test (weight: 50) | All plugins must install correctly, without throwing any errors, warnings, or notices
Please fix the following installer errors
  • Install procedure validation failed for this plugin
    • > Notice in wp-content/plugins/falang/includes/class-falang-activator.php+160
    Undefined index: rtl

Server metrics [RAM: ▲1.70MB] [CPU: ▲11.71ms] Passed 4 tests

Server-side resources used by Falang multilanguage for WordPress
No issues were detected with server-side resource usage
Page Memory (MB) CPU Time (ms)
Home / 5.03 ▲1.57 59.71 ▲18.84
Dashboard /wp-admin 5.06 ▲1.75 66.13 ▲14.47
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php 5.10 ▲1.74 60.07 ▲5.20
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php 7.74 ▲1.85 98.44 ▲9.39
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php 4.97 ▲1.74 52.10 ▲17.76
Get Help /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-help 4.96 46.93
Translate Posts /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-translation 5.04 47.99
Translate Strings /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-strings 5.01 46.43
Translate Terms/Taxo /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-terms 5.00 59.09
Translate Options /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-options 5.02 48.61
Settings /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-settings 5.01 44.54
Languages /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-language 4.99 46.29
Translate Menus /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-menus 5.00 45.58

Server storage [IO: ▲4.20MB] [DB: ▲0.00MB] Passed 3 tests

How much does this plugin use your filesystem and database?
This plugin was installed successfully
Filesystem: 437 new files
Database: no new tables, 12 new options
New WordPress options
widget_falang
falang
widget_recent-comments
theysaidso_admin_options
falang_dismissed_notices
db_upgraded
widget_theysaidso_widget
falang_wpml_strings
widget_recent-posts
can_compress_scripts
...

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

An overview of browser requirements for Falang multilanguage for WordPress
Normal browser usage
Page Nodes Memory (MB) Script (ms) Layout (ms)
Home / 2,890 ▲129 14.38 ▼0.21 1.77 ▼0.06 40.87 ▼3.49
Dashboard /wp-admin 2,275 ▲98 5.71 ▲0.12 85.62 ▼14.78 87.07 ▲41.41
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php 2,187 ▲84 2.22 ▲0.20 33.99 ▼2.13 32.60 ▼2.25
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php 6,320 ▲4,794 26.04 ▲2.39 1,004.39 ▲302.77 59.13 ▲3.47
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php 1,455 ▲58 4.39 ▲0.23 101.75 ▲0.15 67.35 ▲23.11
Get Help /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-help 991 1.93 25.35 40.42
Translate Posts /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-translation 1,110 1.96 25.81 30.35
Translate Strings /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-strings 1,181 1.94 26.05 31.13
Translate Terms/Taxo /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-terms 1,053 1.94 26.66 29.00
Translate Options /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-options 1,176 1.96 26.13 34.79
Settings /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-settings 1,462 1.98 27.85 34.03
Languages /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-language 1,020 2.34 32.58 34.72
Translate Menus /wp-admin/admin.php?page=falang-menus 1,006 1.84 27.18 30.81

Uninstaller [IO: ▲0.00MB] [DB: ▲0.00MB] 75% from 4 tests

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | The uninstall procedure must remove all plugin files and extra database tables
You still need to fix the following
  • Zombie WordPress options were found after uninstall: 12 options
    • db_upgraded
    • can_compress_scripts
    • widget_recent-comments
    • falang
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • widget_falang
    • WPLANG
    • falang_wpml_strings
    • widget_theysaidso_widget
    • falang_dismissed_notices
    • ...

Smoke tests 50% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is a short smoke test looking for server-side errors
Good news, no errors were detected

SRP 0% from 2 tests

🔹 Tests weight: 20 | The single-responsibility principle applies for WordPress plugins as well - please make sure your PHP files perform no actions when accessed directly
Please fix the following
  • 3× PHP files output text when accessed directly:
    • > /wp-content/plugins/falang/admin/views/help_page.php
    • > /wp-content/plugins/falang/public/partials/falang-public-display.php
    • > /wp-content/plugins/falang/admin/views/settings_tab_informations.php
  • 46× PHP files trigger server-side errors or warnings when accessed directly (only 10 are shown):
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function Falang() in wp-content/plugins/falang/admin/views/language_edit_page.php:14
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Class 'Falang\\Core\\Links' not found in wp-content/plugins/falang/src/Falang/Core/Admin_Links.php:14
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Class 'Falang\\Core\\Falang_Rewrite' not found in wp-content/plugins/falang/admin/class-falang-admin.php:30
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Class 'Falang\\Filter\\Filters' not found in wp-content/plugins/falang/src/Falang/Filter/Admin/Filters_Columns.php:15
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Class 'Falang\\Model\\Falang_Model' not found in wp-content/plugins/falang/admin/views/settings_taxonomy_option_page.php:2
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function _e() in wp-content/plugins/falang/admin/views/settings_tab_licence.php:4
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Class 'Falang\\Filter\\Filters' not found in wp-content/plugins/falang/src/Falang/Filter/Admin/Attachment.php:15
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Class 'Falang\\Filter\\Filters' not found in wp-content/plugins/falang/src/Falang/Filter/Admin/User_Profile.php:13
    • > PHP Fatal error
      require(): Failed opening required 'ABSPATHwp-admin/options-head.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in wp-content/plugins/falang/admin/views/falang-admin-display.php on line 15
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function _e() in wp-content/plugins/falang/admin/views/settings_tab_general_settings.php:4

User-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is a shallow check for browser errors
No browser errors were detected

Optimizations

Plugin configuration 93% from 29 tests

readme.txt 88% from 16 tests

You should put a lot of thought into formatting readme.txt as it is used by WordPress.org to prepare the public listing of your plugin
Please fix the following attributes:
  • Donate link: Please fix this invalid url: "www.faboba.com/falangw/"
  • Screenshots: A description for screenshot #4 is missing in falang/assets to your readme.txt
You can look at the official readme.txt

falang/falang.php Passed 13 tests

Analyzing the main PHP file in "Falang multilanguage for WordPress" version 1.3.43
41 characters long description:
Adds multilingual capability to WordPress

Code Analysis Passed 3 tests

File types Passed 1 test

🔸 Test weight: 35 | This is an overview of file extensions present in this plugin and a short test that no dangerous files are bundled with this plugin
Good job! No executable or dangerous file extensions detected28,119 lines of code in 133 files:
Language Files Blank lines Comment lines Lines of code
PHP 104 4,001 6,123 12,541
SVG 4 1 12 9,312
PO File 5 2,198 2,568 4,600
CSS 5 101 58 871
JavaScript 12 67 81 595
XML 2 36 28 184
JSON 1 0 0 16

PHP code Passed 2 tests

A brief analysis of cyclomatic complexity and code structure for this plugin
All good! No complexity issues found
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code 0.45
Average class complexity 26.37
▷ Minimum class complexity 1.00
▷ Maximum class complexity 340.00
Average method complexity 3.81
▷ Minimum method complexity 1.00
▷ Maximum method complexity 44.00
Code structure
Namespaces 9
Interfaces 0
Traits 0
Classes 65
▷ Abstract classes 0 0.00%
▷ Concrete classes 65 100.00%
▷ Final classes 0 0.00%
Methods 587
▷ Static methods 26 4.43%
▷ Public methods 530 90.29%
▷ Protected methods 24 4.09%
▷ Private methods 33 5.62%
Functions 17
▷ Named functions 16 94.12%
▷ Anonymous functions 1 5.88%
Constants 17
▷ Global constants 9 52.94%
▷ Class constants 8 47.06%
▷ Public constants 8 100.00%

Plugin size Passed 2 tests

Image compression Passed 2 tests

All PNG images should be compressed to minimize bandwidth usage for end users
275 compressed PNG files occupy 0.17MB
Potential savings
Compression of 5 random PNG files using pngquant
File Size - original Size - compressed Savings
flags/jp.png 0.41KB 0.46KB 0.00%
flags/cc.png 0.61KB 0.70KB 0.00%
flags/ca.png 0.61KB 0.68KB 0.00%
flags/my.png 0.56KB 0.72KB 0.00%
flags/eh.png 0.50KB 0.67KB 0.00%