Post Views Counter 1.5.9

Does Post Views Counter work with WordPress 6.9 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

Errors
4PHP deprecation warnings
No JavaScript exceptions
All test pages loaded successfully
No resource errors
Performance

Memory usage: 332.14 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 version6.9
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 200,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-views-counter/
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Pages 9

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=558389aa18
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.455 s
Memory usage 4.07 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Post Views

Page screenshot: Post Views
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.285 s
Memory usage 4.02 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Post Views → Display

Page screenshot: Post Views → Display
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=display
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.269 s
Memory usage 4.02 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Post Views → Display → Counting

Page screenshot: Post Views → Display → Counting
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=general
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.264 s
Memory usage 4.02 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Post Views → Reports

Page screenshot: Post Views → Reports
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=reports
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.380 s
Memory usage 4.02 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Post Views → Other

Page screenshot: Post Views → Other
URL /wp-admin/admin.php?page=post-views-counter&tab=other
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.247 s
Memory usage 4.02 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 0.225 s
Memory usage 4.27 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 0.449 s
Memory usage 4.11 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 1.148 s
Memory usage 6.41 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.414 s0.539 s+0.125 s3.78 MiB4.11 MiB+ 341.78 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.354 s0.323 s-0.031 s3.78 MiB4.16 MiB+ 389.52 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.839 s0.878 s+0.039 s6.31 MiB6.72 MiB+ 427.44 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.630 s0.606 s-0.024 s3.74 MiB4.04 MiB+ 313.05 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.332 s0.453 s+0.121 s3.71 MiB4.02 MiB+ 316.73 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.485 s0.283 s-0.202 s3.7 MiB4.02 MiB+ 324.92 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.322 s0.280 s-0.042 s3.72 MiB4.04 MiB+ 335.56 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.751 s0.677 s-0.074 s6.3 MiB6.71 MiB+ 421.24 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.412 s0.410 s-0.002 s3.71 MiB4.02 MiB+ 313.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.318 s0.338 s+0.020 s3.73 MiB4.04 MiB+ 312.73 KiB
/0.274 s0.202 s-0.072 s4.12 MiB4.27 MiB+ 157.3 KiB
Average 0.466 s0.454 s-0.013 s4.24 MiB4.56 MiB+ 332.14 KiB

Code Statistics

Note: Third-party libraries and minified JS/CSS files are excluded from these statistics where possible, so the numbers you see here may be lower than those reported by other tools.

PHP
JavaScript
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
PHP77.6%6,6422,66419
JavaScript10.8%92223814
CSS8.9%763204
JSON2.7%23006
Total 8,557 2,922 43

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 6,665
Total complexity 1,429
Median class complexity 50.5
Median method complexity 3.5
Most complex class Post_Views_Counter_Counter
Most complex function Post_Views_Counter_Crawler_Detect::get_crawlers_list()
Classes 16
Methods 212
Functions 10

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 6

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
post_views_counter_list_widgetMost Viewed Posts

Meta Boxes

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

PHP Error Log 4 lines

[02-Dec-2025 22:28:27 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:28:27 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:28:36 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
[02-Dec-2025 22:28:36 UTC] PHP Deprecated:  Function WP_Dependencies-&gt;add_data() was called with an argument that is <strong>deprecated</strong> since version 6.9.0! IE conditional comments are ignored by all supported browsers. in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide Post Views Counter Admin Menus and Widgets