Simple Author Box 2.59

Does Simple Author Box work with WordPress 6.8.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 142.64 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 version6.8.2
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs 70,000+
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-author-box/
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Pages 13

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=simple-author-box%2Fsimple-author-box.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=d808abe053
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.298 s
Memory usage 3.68 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box
URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.093 s
Memory usage 4.16 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Elements

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box → Elements
URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.726 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Appearance

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box → Appearance
URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.707 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Author Box Tabs

Page screenshot: 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 0.698 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Colors

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box → Colors
URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.692 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Typography

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box → Typography
URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.705 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Guest Author

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box → Guest Author
URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.700 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Advanced

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box → Advanced
URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.702 s
Memory usage 4.1 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Support

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box → Support
URL https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-author-box/
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.746 s
Memory usage N/A
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Appearance → Simple Author Box → Get PRO

Page screenshot: Appearance → Simple Author Box → Get PRO
URL /wp-admin/themes.php?page=simple-author-box
Aspect menu-item-tab
HTTP status 200
Load time 1.093 s
Memory usage 4.1 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 0.350 s
Memory usage 3.48 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 1.570 s
Memory usage 5.9 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.360 s0.475 s+0.115 s3.51 MiB3.66 MiB+ 160.77 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.210 s0.227 s+0.017 s3.57 MiB3.73 MiB+ 158.09 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.854 s1.063 s+0.209 s6.06 MiB6.28 MiB+ 225.84 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.777 s0.351 s-0.426 s3.52 MiB3.66 MiB+ 141.22 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.231 s0.388 s+0.157 s3.5 MiB3.64 MiB+ 144.99 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.284 s0.201 s-0.083 s3.49 MiB3.64 MiB+ 153.19 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.196 s0.240 s+0.044 s3.5 MiB3.66 MiB+ 163.95 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.768 s1.042 s+0.274 s6.05 MiB6.2 MiB+ 157.37 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.278 s0.298 s+0.020 s3.5 MiB3.64 MiB+ 141.49 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.447 s0.219 s-0.228 s3.52 MiB3.66 MiB+ 141.15 KiB
/0.322 s0.212 s-0.110 s3.5 MiB3.48 MiB- 19.05 KiB
Average 0.430 s0.429 s-0.001 s3.98 MiB4.11 MiB+ 142.64 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
PHP46.5%4,83828017
JavaScript30.5%3,17317812
CSS19.7%2,049285
Sass3.1%32201
JSON0.1%1301
Total 10,395 486 36

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 4,629
Total complexity 631
Median class complexity 33.0
Median method complexity 2.0
Most complex class Simple_Author_Box_Social
Most complex function Simple_Author_Box_Admin_Page::generate_setting_field()
Classes 12
Methods 97
Functions 4

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

Sidebar Widgets 1

ID Name
simple_author_box_widget_liteSimple Author Box

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[31-Jul-2025 14:58:08 UTC] PHP Notice:  Function 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://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/debug/debug-wordpress/">Debugging in WordPress</a> for more information. (This message was added in version 5.8.0.) in /wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Simple Author Box" Admin Menu