Report - Simple History 5.12.0

Does Simple History work with WordPress 6.8.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-05-31 13:58:05 UTC.

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: 679.26 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	6.8.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-05-31T13:53:00+00:00
Active installs	300,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-history/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 9

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-history%2Findex.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=8bb9e7b78b
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.999 s
Memory usage	4.47 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_admin_menu_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.982 s
Memory usage	4.54 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → Settings

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_settings_page&selected-tab=general_settings_subtab_general&selected-sub-tab=general_settings_subtab_settings_general
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_settings_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.917 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → History Insights New

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_stats_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.912 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → Help & Support

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_help_support&selected-tab=simple_history_help_support_general&selected-sub-tab=simple_history_help_support_general
Requested URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_help_support
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.765 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → Export

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_export_history
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.638 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → Get Premium

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_promo_upsell
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.651 s
Memory usage	4.13 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.721 s
Memory usage	3.99 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Dashboard ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/index.php
Aspect	new-meta-boxes
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.919 s
Memory usage	4.17 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.683 s	1.025 s	+0.342 s	3.51 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 674.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.451 s	0.401 s	-0.050 s	3.57 MiB	4.24 MiB	+ 683.46 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	1.407 s	1.163 s	-0.244 s	6.07 MiB	6.89 MiB	+ 839.5 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	1.116 s	0.934 s	-0.182 s	3.52 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 641.81 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.374 s	0.398 s	+0.024 s	3.5 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 641.96 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.443 s	0.604 s	+0.161 s	3.49 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 650.16 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.380 s	0.487 s	+0.107 s	3.5 MiB	4.14 MiB	+ 655.42 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.096 s	1.167 s	+0.071 s	6.05 MiB	6.87 MiB	+ 839.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.451 s	0.605 s	+0.154 s	3.5 MiB	4.13 MiB	+ 639.08 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.719 s	0.511 s	-0.208 s	3.52 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 638.12 KiB
/	0.500 s	0.494 s	-0.006 s	3.43 MiB	3.99 MiB	+ 568.03 KiB
Average	0.693 s	0.708 s	+0.015 s	3.97 MiB	4.63 MiB	+ 679.26 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

CSS

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PHP	82.7%	20,344	10,861	123
	CSS	11.1%	2,723	237	8
	Markdown	5.0%	1,233	0	2
	JavaScript	1.0%	244	27	5
	SVG	0.3%	65	0	53
Total			24,609	11,125	191

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	19,504
Total complexity	3,010
Median class complexity	12.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Simple_History\Loggers\Post_Logger
Most complex function	Simple_History\Log_Query::prepare_args()

Classes	112
Methods	951
Functions	5

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 2

wp_simple_history
wp_simple_history_contexts

Options `wp_options` 11

simple_history_db_version
simple_history_detective_mode_enabled
simple_history_enable_rss_feed
simple_history_experimental_features_enabled
simple_history_install_date_gmt
simple_history_menu_page_location
simple_history_rss_secret
simple_history_show_as_page
simple_history_show_in_admin_bar
simple_history_show_on_dashboard
simple_history_total_logged_events_count

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "simple_history_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Simple History",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Simple History 5.12.0