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 .

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 version5.2.2
PHP version7.2.16
MySQL version8.0.15
PHP memory limit256M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 200,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-views-counter/
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Pages 7

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

Page screenshot: 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

Page screenshot: 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

Page screenshot: 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

Page screenshot: 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

Page screenshot: 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

Page screenshot: 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

Page screenshot: 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
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.428 s0.292 s-0.136 s3.6 MiB3.74 MiB+ 140.55 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.283 s0.406 s+0.123 s3.63 MiB3.77 MiB+ 139.47 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php1.339 s1.400 s+0.061 s5.27 MiB5.46 MiB+ 196.95 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.806 s0.376 s-0.430 s3.46 MiB3.65 MiB+ 194.04 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.210 s0.156 s-0.054 s3.55 MiB3.64 MiB+ 100.59 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.274 s0.312 s+0.038 s3.45 MiB3.64 MiB+ 194.21 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.219 s0.165 s-0.054 s3.48 MiB3.68 MiB+ 195.12 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page1.390 s1.232 s-0.158 s5.25 MiB5.45 MiB+ 205.12 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.746 s0.690 s-0.056 s3.45 MiB3.64 MiB+ 194.48 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.230 s0.344 s+0.114 s3.55 MiB3.68 MiB+ 130.02 KiB
/0.424 s0.309 s-0.115 s3.3 MiB3.39 MiB+ 91.95 KiB
Average 0.577 s0.517 s-0.061 s3.82 MiB3.98 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

Options wp_options 4

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
post_views_counter_list_widgetMost 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.

See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Post Views Counter Admin Menus and Widgets