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Essential Widgets

by Catch Themes

Version 3.2.1 3.5 / 5 rating
Active Installs
10K+
Rating
3.5 / 5
Requires PHP
7.4
Tested Up To
7.0.4
Last Updated
Jun 18, 2026

External Links

WordPress.org plugin page Plugin website

BenchWP Test Runs

4 total

PHP 8.2 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.2 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
6s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.16s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.06s
Completed
Aug 31, 2026 6:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
212
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
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    "php_version": "8.2",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php82-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.155456,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.062718,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-08-31T18:00:08Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-08-31T18:00:13Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.203513,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.3 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.3 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
6s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.13s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.09s
Completed
Aug 31, 2026 6:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
212
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "essential-widgets",
    "php_version": "8.3",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php83-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.130348,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.088047,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-08-31T18:00:14Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-08-31T18:00:19Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.309211,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.4 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.4 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
6s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.16s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.09s
Completed
Aug 31, 2026 6:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
212
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
{
    "plugin_slug": "essential-widgets",
    "php_version": "8.4",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php84-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.163533,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.093724,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-08-31T18:00:20Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-08-31T18:00:25Z",
    "duration_seconds": 6.227404000000001,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}

PHP 8.5 / WP 7.0

PHP 8.5 · WordPress 7.0

Completed Score 100

Test Outcome

Install
Pass
Activation
Pass
Score
100
Duration
5s
Runner
wp-cli-local
Note
WP-CLI local runner completed

HTTP Checks

Homepage Status
200
Homepage Time
0.14s
Admin Status
302
Admin Time
0.06s
Completed
Aug 31, 2026 6:00 PM

Plugin Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
0
Notices
0

Runner Log Counts

Errors
0
Warnings
0
Deprecated
212
Notices
0
Raw JSON 
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    "php_version": "8.5",
    "wordpress_version": "7.0",
    "base_url": "https://php85-wp70.runner.benchwp.com",
    "install_passed": true,
    "activation_passed": true,
    "homepage_status_code": 200,
    "homepage_time_seconds": 0.138589,
    "admin_status_code": 302,
    "admin_time_seconds": 0.056453,
    "plugin_errors": 0,
    "plugin_warnings": 0,
    "plugin_deprecated": 0,
    "plugin_notices": 0,
    "runner_errors": 0,
    "runner_warnings": 0,
    "runner_deprecated": 212,
    "runner_notices": 0,
    "debug_errors": 0,
    "debug_warnings": 0,
    "debug_deprecated": 0,
    "debug_notices": 0,
    "score": 100,
    "started_at": "2026-08-31T18:00:26Z",
    "completed_at": "2026-08-31T18:00:30Z",
    "duration_seconds": 5.810514,
    "runner": "wp-cli-local",
    "note": "WP-CLI local runner completed"
}