Starting April 1st Joomla has instigated a new method of testing pr's that will greatly benefit those on shared hosting. Or those who simply want a simple pr testing method. https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms
Use the search module anywhere in the site with a keyword wich should return one of the products from the Test category, for example "tests". If you don't see the Test product then the pludgin works. Is simple than that!