Report - Simple History 5.16.0

Does Simple History work with WordPress 6.8.3 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2025-09-30 21:01:11 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: 730.34 KiB
The average PHP memory usage increased by this amount after activating by the plugin.

Page speed impact: 0.117 seconds
The average page load time increased by this amount after activating the plugin.

Environment

WordPress version	6.8.3
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2025-09-02T15:04:00+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=2a524be86c
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.727 s
Memory usage	4.5 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	0.776 s
Memory usage	4.64 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Simple History → History Insights

URL	/wp-admin/admin.php?page=simple_history_stats_page
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.585 s
Memory usage	4.16 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	0.545 s
Memory usage	4.16 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	0.525 s
Memory usage	4.16 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	0.394 s
Memory usage	4.16 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	0.343 s
Memory usage	4.16 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.394 s
Memory usage	4.01 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	0.591 s
Memory usage	4.19 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.304 s	0.656 s	+0.352 s	3.51 MiB	4.19 MiB	+ 699.45 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.203 s	0.427 s	+0.224 s	3.57 MiB	4.26 MiB	+ 708.38 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.759 s	0.934 s	+0.175 s	6.06 MiB	7.05 MiB	+ 1012.84 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.626 s	0.573 s	-0.053 s	3.52 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 666.3 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.222 s	0.342 s	+0.120 s	3.5 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 666.45 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.261 s	0.386 s	+0.125 s	3.49 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 674.65 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.249 s	0.315 s	+0.066 s	3.5 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 679.91 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.600 s	0.646 s	+0.046 s	6.05 MiB	7.04 MiB	+ 1008.27 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.475 s	0.520 s	+0.045 s	3.5 MiB	4.15 MiB	+ 663.63 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.236 s	0.377 s	+0.141 s	3.52 MiB	4.17 MiB	+ 662.66 KiB
/	0.302 s	0.343 s	+0.041 s	3.43 MiB	4.01 MiB	+ 591.19 KiB
Average	0.385 s	0.502 s	+0.117 s	3.97 MiB	4.68 MiB	+ 730.34 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	83.6%	22,723	11,940	131
	CSS	10.1%	2,755	251	9
	Markdown	5.1%	1,396	0	3
	JavaScript	0.9%	249	27	5
	SVG	0.2%	66	0	54
Total			27,189	12,218	202

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	21,515
Total complexity	3,302
Median class complexity	13.0
Median method complexity	2.0
Most complex class	Simple_History\Loggers\Post_Logger
Most complex function	Simple_History\Log_Query::prepare_args()

Classes	119
Methods	1,052
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 5.16.0