Simple Editor Control 3.0.1

Does Simple Editor Control work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on .

Summary

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

Memory usage: 9.9 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 version6.8.1
PHP version8.1.12
MySQL version10.6.10
PHP memory limit512M
Plugin Info
Last updated
Active installs <10
WordPress.org page https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-editor-control/
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Pages 3

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-editor-control%2Fsimple-editor-control.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=15ec27a56a
Aspect after-activation
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.299 s
Memory usage 3.53 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Tools → Simple Editor Control

Page screenshot: Tools → Simple Editor Control
URL /wp-admin/tools.php?page=simple-editor-control
Aspect menu-item
HTTP status 200
Load time 0.263 s
Memory usage 3.51 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 0.175 s
Memory usage 3.44 MiB
JS errors None
Resource errors None

Benchmark

URL Load time Memory usage
Inactive Active Change Inactive Active Change
/wp-admin/index.php0.369 s0.303 s-0.066 s3.51 MiB3.52 MiB+ 13.23 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php0.224 s0.196 s-0.028 s3.57 MiB3.58 MiB+ 13.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php0.859 s0.653 s-0.206 s6.06 MiB6.09 MiB+ 31.22 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php0.817 s0.578 s-0.239 s3.52 MiB3.52 MiB- 4.14 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php0.233 s0.205 s-0.028 s3.5 MiB3.5 MiB- 152 bytes
/wp-admin/media-new.php0.288 s0.244 s-0.044 s3.49 MiB3.5 MiB+ 8.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category0.204 s0.212 s+0.008 s3.5 MiB3.52 MiB+ 18.72 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page0.765 s0.649 s-0.116 s6.05 MiB6.08 MiB+ 26.74 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php0.296 s0.311 s+0.015 s3.5 MiB3.5 MiB- 3.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php0.453 s0.212 s-0.241 s3.52 MiB3.52 MiB- 4.15 KiB
/0.329 s0.420 s+0.091 s3.43 MiB3.44 MiB+ 9.75 KiB
Average 0.440 s0.362 s-0.078 s3.97 MiB3.98 MiB+ 9.9 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.

JavaScript
PHP
CSS
Language % Lines of code Comment lines Files
JavaScript35.7%5493562
PHP34.7%5341854
CSS29.6%4552552
Total 1,538 796 8

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code 519
Total complexity 100
Median class complexity 0.0
Median method complexity 0.0
Most complex class
Most complex function simpleeditor_control_track_changes()
Classes 0
Methods 0
Functions 27

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

PHP Error Log 1 lines

[08-May-2025 10:46:50 UTC] WordPress database error You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ''wp_file_modifications'' at line 1 for query DROP TABLE IF EXISTS 'wp_file_modifications' made by deactivate_plugins, do_action('deactivate_simple-editor-control/simple-editor-control.php'), WP_Hook->do_action, WP_Hook->apply_filters, simpleeditor_control_drop_table_hook, simpleeditor_control_drop_table
See also: All tests for this plugin, How to Hide the "Simple Editor Control" Admin Menu