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Code Review | Popup Builder by OptinMonster - WordPress Popups for Optins, Email Newsletters and Lead Generation

WordPress plugin Popup Builder by OptinMonster - WordPress Popups for Optins, Email Newsletters and Lead Generation scored70%from 54 tests.

About plugin

  • Plugin page: optinmonster
  • Plugin version: 2.15.0
  • PHP compatiblity: 5.3+
  • PHP version: 7.4.16
  • WordPress compatibility: 3.2-6.4
  • WordPress version: 6.3.1
  • First release: Apr 26, 2015
  • Latest release: Nov 15, 2023
  • Number of updates: 340
  • Update frequency: every 9.2 days
  • Top authors: jtsternberg (36.47%)griffinjt (28.53%)thebrandonallen (16.47%)channeleaton (9.12%)dvinson (4.12%)

Code review

54 tests

User reviews

710 reviews

Install metrics

1,000,000+ active /95,956,693 total downloads

Benchmarks

Plugin footprint 82% from 16 tests

Installer Passed 1 test

🔺 Critical test (weight: 50) | It is important to correctly install your plugin, without throwing errors or notices
This plugin's installer ran successfully

Server metrics [RAM: ▲0.25MB] [CPU: ▲5.20ms] Passed 4 tests

Server-side resources used by Popup Builder by OptinMonster - WordPress Popups for Optins, Email Newsletters and Lead Generation
Server-side resource usage in normal parameters
Page Memory (MB) CPU Time (ms)
Home / 3.58 ▲0.12 40.28 ▲0.08
Dashboard /wp-admin 3.61 ▲0.31 51.95 ▲3.30
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php 3.67 ▲0.31 54.82 ▲5.93
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php 6.30 ▲0.41 677.06 ▲589.73
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php 3.47 ▲0.25 43.20 ▲11.50
Integrations /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-integrations 3.51 38.84
Campaigns /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-campaigns 3.48 40.12
OptinMonster /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-api-settings 3.33 29.14
University /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-university 3.48 37.11
Subscribers /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-monsterleads 3.48 37.04
Dashboard /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-dashboard 3.48 36.30
Onboarding Wizard /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-onboarding-wizard 3.48 34.11
Personalization /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-personalization 3.48 38.05
Playbooks /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-playbooks 3.48 36.32
Templates /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-templates 3.48 37.73

Server storage [IO: ▲37.21MB] [DB: ▲0.13MB] 67% from 3 tests

Analyzing filesystem and database footprints of this plugin
It is recommended to fix the following issues
  • The filesystem usage should be lower than 25MB (currently using 37.21MB)
Filesystem: 379 new files
Database: no new tables, 10 new options
New WordPress options
widget_theysaidso_widget
optin_monster_api
widget_recent-posts
theysaidso_admin_options
widget_recent-comments
can_compress_scripts
omapi_review
optinmonster_upgrade_completed
db_upgraded
widget_optin-monster-api

Browser metrics Passed 4 tests

A check of browser resources used by Popup Builder by OptinMonster - WordPress Popups for Optins, Email Newsletters and Lead Generation
Minimal impact on browser resources
Page Nodes Memory (MB) Script (ms) Layout (ms)
Home / 2,963 ▲201 14.77 ▲0.49 1.81 ▼0.03 41.56 ▼4.33
Dashboard /wp-admin 2,368 ▲188 5.77 ▲0.13 97.63 ▲3.74 87.29 ▲43.56
Posts /wp-admin/edit.php 2,252 ▲149 2.17 ▲0.20 43.24 ▲5.81 42.27 ▲7.70
Add New Post /wp-admin/post-new.php 1,870 ▲344 27.10 ▲3.56 780.43 ▲69.28 42.75 ▼12.48
Media Library /wp-admin/upload.php 1,549 ▲146 4.34 ▲0.16 102.22 ▲3.52 48.33 ▲3.07
Integrations /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-integrations 2,680 18.96 321.73 69.13
Campaigns /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-campaigns 1,277 9.86 300.00 46.66
OptinMonster /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-api-settings 1,810 10.57 135.33 63.22
University /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-university 1,423 10.34 130.78 48.60
Subscribers /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-monsterleads 1,271 9.71 127.98 43.67
Dashboard /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-dashboard 1,810 10.55 127.96 51.50
Onboarding Wizard /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-onboarding-wizard 1,259 9.72 137.10 64.42
Personalization /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-personalization 1,356 10.11 128.52 45.74
Playbooks /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-playbooks 2,929 14.64 141.94 90.51
Templates /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-templates 10,406 33.25 150.17 67.27

Uninstaller [IO: ▲0.00MB] [DB: ▲0.14MB] 75% from 4 tests

🔸 Tests weight: 35 | Verifying that this plugin uninstalls completely without leaving any traces
The following items require your attention
  • This plugin did not uninstall successfully, leaving 9 options in the database
    • optinmonster_upgrade_completed
    • db_upgraded
    • can_compress_scripts
    • widget_recent-comments
    • omapi_review
    • widget_recent-posts
    • theysaidso_admin_options
    • widget_optin-monster-api
    • widget_theysaidso_widget

Smoke tests 25% from 4 tests

Server-side errors Passed 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | Just a short smoke test targeting errors on the server (in the Apache logs)
The smoke test was a success, however most plugin functionality was not tested

SRP 0% from 2 tests

🔹 Tests weight: 20 | It is important to ensure that your PHP files perform no action when accessed directly, respecting the single-responsibility principle
Please fix the following
  • 5× PHP files output non-empty strings when accessed directly via GET requests:
    • > /wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/upgrade-link-css.php
    • > /wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/jiggle-css.php
    • > /wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/woocommerce-marketing-card-css.php
    • > /wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/shortcode-modal-css.php
    • > /wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/archie-loading.php
  • 15× PHP files trigger server-side errors or warnings when accessed directly (only 10 are shown):
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function esc_url() in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/plugin-banner.php:8
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function esc_html_e() in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/seedprod-settings-page.php:3
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wp_kses() in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/monsterlink-campaign-shortcode-modal.php:6
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Class 'Elementor\\Widget_Button' not found in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/OMAPI/Elementor/ButtonWidget.php:20
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Using $this when not in object context in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/trustpulse-settings-page.php:5
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function plugin_dir_path() in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/product-metabox.php:7
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wp_kses() in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/inline-campaign-shortcode-modal.php:5
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function wp_enqueue_script() in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/install-plugin-form.php:2
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function plugin_dir_path() in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/coupon-metabox.php:8
    • > PHP Fatal error
      Uncaught Error: Using $this when not in object context in wp-content/plugins/optinmonster/views/woocommerce-marketing-card.php:9

User-side errors 0% from 1 test

🔹 Test weight: 20 | This is just a short smoke test looking for browser issues
Please fix the following user-side errors
    • > GET request to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-playbooks
    • > Network (severe)
    https://api.omwpapi.com/v2/embed/130236?d=wp.com - Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 401 ()
    • > GET request to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=optin-monster-playbooks
    • > Console-api (severe) in unknown
    https://a.omwpapi.com/app/js/api.min.js 0:24793 "[OptinMonster]" "This account is not currently active. It is either expired, paused, archived, cancelled or temporarily suspended."

Optimizations

Plugin configuration 73% from 29 tests

readme.txt 88% from 16 tests

The readme.txt file is important because it is parsed by WordPress.org for the public listing of your plugin
Attributes that need to be fixed:
  • Tags: You are using too many tags: 13 tag instead of maximum 10
  • Screenshots: Screenshot #1 (Select a Campaign type (popup, full screen, floating bar, slide-in, inline or Gamified)) image required
You can take inspiration from this readme.txt

optinmonster/optin-monster-wp-api.php 54% from 13 tests

The primary PHP file in "Popup Builder by OptinMonster - WordPress Popups for Optins, Email Newsletters and Lead Generation" version 2.15.0 is used by WordPress to initiate all plugin functionality
The following require your attention:
  • Main file name: Even though not officially enforced, the main plugin file should be the same as the plugin slug ("optinmonster.php" instead of "optin-monster-wp-api.php")
  • Requires at least: Required version must be the same as the one declared in readme.txt ("4.7.0" instead of "3.2")
  • Description: The description should be shorter than 140 characters (currently 175 characters long)
  • Text Domain: The text domain is optional since WordPress version 4.6; if you do specify it, it must be the same as the plugin slug
  • Domain Path: The domain path must begin with a forward slash character ("/languages")
  • Domain Path: You should use only dashes and lowercase characters for the domain path ("languages")

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
Success! There were no dangerous files found in this plugin14,948 lines of code in 275 files:
Language Files Blank lines Comment lines Lines of code
PHP 91 2,768 8,458 10,880
SVG 90 1 2 2,019
JavaScript 67 210 890 1,244
Markdown 1 166 0 631
JSON 2 0 0 150
CSS 24 0 3 24

PHP code Passed 2 tests

A brief analysis of cyclomatic complexity and code structure for this plugin
Although this was not an exhaustive test, there were no cyclomatic complexity issues detected
Cyclomatic complexity
Average complexity per logical line of code 0.43
Average class complexity 20.38
▷ Minimum class complexity 1.00
▷ Maximum class complexity 102.00
Average method complexity 3.16
▷ Minimum method complexity 1.00
▷ Maximum method complexity 28.00
Code structure
Namespaces 0
Interfaces 0
Traits 0
Classes 72
▷ Abstract classes 4 5.56%
▷ Concrete classes 68 94.44%
▷ Final classes 0 0.00%
Methods 652
▷ Static methods 115 17.64%
▷ Public methods 594 91.10%
▷ Protected methods 54 8.28%
▷ Private methods 4 0.61%
Functions 6
▷ Named functions 4 66.67%
▷ Anonymous functions 2 33.33%
Constants 24
▷ Global constants 11 45.83%
▷ Class constants 13 54.17%
▷ Public constants 13 100.00%

Plugin size Passed 2 tests

Image compression Passed 2 tests

PNG files should be compressed to save space and minimize bandwidth usage
45 compressed PNG files occupy 4.14MB
Potential savings
Compression of 5 random PNG files using pngquant
File Size - original Size - compressed Savings
assets/css/images/om-step-3-sm.png 13.79KB 12.35KB ▼ 10.44%
assets/css/images/om-step-1-sm.png 17.33KB 16.40KB ▼ 5.32%
assets/css/images/gravity-forms.png 35.69KB 20.37KB ▼ 42.92%
vue/dist/img/measuring.b5e3f58e.png 17.81KB 18.13KB 0.00%
assets/css/images/logo-formidable.png 3.80KB 4.23KB 0.00%