Report - Simple Author Box 2.42

Does Simple Author Box work with WordPress 5.8.2 and PHP 7.4.8? A smoke test was performed on 2021-11-10 23:57:56 UTC.

Summary

Errors

1	PHP notices
	No JavaScript exceptions
	All test pages loaded successfully
	No resource errors

Performance

Memory usage: 119.01 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	5.8.2
PHP version	7.4.8
MySQL version	8.0.21
PHP memory limit	256M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-07-31T14:44:00+00:00
Active installs	70,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-box/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 13

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=simple-author-box%2Fsimple-author-box.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=0add6ae376
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.418 s
Memory usage	3.18 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.886 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Elements

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.546 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Appearance

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.522 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Author Box Tabs

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.505 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Colors

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.495 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Typography

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.482 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Guest Author

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.542 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Advanced

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.476 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Support

URL	https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-box/
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	1.147 s
Memory usage	N/A
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Get PRO

URL	/wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect	menu-item-tab
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.802 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.256 s
Memory usage	2.95 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	1.497 s
Memory usage	4.55 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.288 s	0.370 s	+0.082 s	3.08 MiB	3.22 MiB	+ 143.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.174 s	0.199 s	+0.025 s	3.11 MiB	3.25 MiB	+ 143 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.732 s	1.011 s	+0.279 s	5.27 MiB	5.37 MiB	+ 100.74 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.349 s	0.290 s	-0.059 s	3.03 MiB	3.17 MiB	+ 141.24 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.298 s	0.152 s	-0.146 s	3.02 MiB	3.15 MiB	+ 125.22 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.317 s	0.160 s	-0.157 s	3.01 MiB	3.15 MiB	+ 142.04 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.174 s	0.286 s	+0.112 s	3.04 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 142.32 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.568 s	0.638 s	+0.070 s	5.26 MiB	5.35 MiB	+ 95.75 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.245 s	0.223 s	-0.022 s	3 MiB	3.14 MiB	+ 142.35 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.197 s	0.197 s	+0.000 s	3.04 MiB	3.18 MiB	+ 141.23 KiB
/	0.255 s	0.240 s	-0.015 s	2.96 MiB	2.95 MiB	- 8.42 KiB
Average	0.327 s	0.342 s	+0.015 s	3.44 MiB	3.55 MiB	+ 119.01 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
	PHP	43.5%	4,362	274	15
	JavaScript	34.0%	3,405	164	11
	CSS	19.0%	1,907	24	4
	Sass	3.4%	337	0	1
	JSON	0.1%	13	0	1
Total			10,024	462	32

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	4,172
Total complexity	628
Median class complexity	40.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Simple_Author_Box_Social
Most complex function	Simple_Author_Box_Admin_Page::generate_setting_field()

Classes	11
Methods	91
Functions	3

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.

Options `wp_options` 2

sab_version
widget_simple_author_box_widget_lite

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID	Name
simple_author_box_widget_lite	Simple Author Box

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[10-Nov-2021 23:58:33 UTC] PHP Notice:  wp_enqueue_script() was called <strong>incorrectly</strong>. "wp-editor" script should not be enqueued together with the new widgets editor (wp-edit-widgets or wp-customize-widgets). Please see <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/debugging-in-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 5.8.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 5663

Simple Author Box 2.42