Report - Post Views Counter 1.3

Does Post Views Counter work with WordPress 5.2.2 and PHP 7.2.16? A smoke test was performed on 2019-07-09 22:29:21 UTC.

Summary

Errors

	No PHP errors, warnings or notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors
	Looks good! No problems were detected.

Performance

Memory usage: 162.05 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	5.2.2
PHP version	7.2.16
MySQL version	8.0.15
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-06-04T08:16:00+00:00
Active installs	200,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-views-counter/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 7

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=post-views-counter%2Fpost-views-counter.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=7338fa6ccb
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.064 s
Memory usage	3.69 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → Post Views Counter

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=post-views-counter
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.209 s
Memory usage	3.64 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → Post Views Counter → Display

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=display
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.170 s
Memory usage	3.64 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.295 s
Memory usage	3.39 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.466 s
Memory usage	3.74 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Add New Post ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/post-new.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.566 s
Memory usage	5.46 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Widgets ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/widgets.php
Aspect	new-sidebar-widgets
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.274 s
Memory usage	3.79 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.428 s	0.292 s	-0.136 s	3.6 MiB	3.74 MiB	+ 140.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.283 s	0.406 s	+0.123 s	3.63 MiB	3.77 MiB	+ 139.47 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.339 s	1.400 s	+0.061 s	5.27 MiB	5.46 MiB	+ 196.95 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.806 s	0.376 s	-0.430 s	3.46 MiB	3.65 MiB	+ 194.04 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.210 s	0.156 s	-0.054 s	3.55 MiB	3.64 MiB	+ 100.59 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.274 s	0.312 s	+0.038 s	3.45 MiB	3.64 MiB	+ 194.21 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.219 s	0.165 s	-0.054 s	3.48 MiB	3.68 MiB	+ 195.12 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.390 s	1.232 s	-0.158 s	5.25 MiB	5.45 MiB	+ 205.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.746 s	0.690 s	-0.056 s	3.45 MiB	3.64 MiB	+ 194.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.230 s	0.344 s	+0.114 s	3.55 MiB	3.68 MiB	+ 130.02 KiB
/	0.424 s	0.309 s	-0.115 s	3.3 MiB	3.39 MiB	+ 91.95 KiB
Average	0.577 s	0.517 s	-0.061 s	3.82 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 162.05 KiB

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.

Database Tables 1

wp_post_views

Options `wp_options` 4

post_views_counter_settings_display
post_views_counter_settings_general
post_views_counter_version
widget_post_views_counter_list_widget

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
post_views_counter_list_widget	Most Viewed Posts

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "pvc_dashboard": {
            "title": "Post Views",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    },
    "post": {
        "post_views_meta_box": {
            "title": "Post Views",
            "context": ""
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Post Views Counter 1.3