Report - Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP 5.0.28

Does "Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP" work with WordPress 6.3.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2023-08-30 12:55:42 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: 12.46 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	6.3.1
PHP version	8.1.12
MySQL version	10.6.10
PHP memory limit	512M

Plugin Info

Last updated	2026-09-04T20:53:00+00:00
Active installs	90,000+
WordPress.org page	https://wordpress.org/plugins/headers-security-advanced-hsts-wp/
Badges	Get badge code

Pages 4

Plugins ‹ Test site — WordPress

URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Requested URL	/wp-admin/plugins.php?action=activate&plugin=headers-security-advanced-hsts-wp%2Fheaders-security-advanced-hsts-wp.php&plugin_status=all&paged=1&s&_wpnonce=50cd75a0f3
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.353 s
Memory usage	2.78 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Settings → Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP

URL	/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=headers-security-advanced-hsts-wp-plugin
Aspect	menu-item
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.365 s
Memory usage	2.76 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.216 s
Memory usage	3.08 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	0.340 s
Memory usage	2.85 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.402 s	0.362 s	-0.040 s	2.82 MiB	2.85 MiB	+ 21.34 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.227 s	0.203 s	-0.024 s	2.85 MiB	2.87 MiB	+ 21.7 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.855 s	0.651 s	-0.204 s	5.21 MiB	5.24 MiB	+ 23.21 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.619 s	0.514 s	-0.105 s	2.77 MiB	2.77 MiB	+ 2.23 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.243 s	0.217 s	-0.026 s	2.76 MiB	2.76 MiB	- 5.8 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.295 s	0.237 s	-0.058 s	2.74 MiB	2.75 MiB	+ 14.42 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.215 s	0.211 s	-0.004 s	2.76 MiB	2.78 MiB	+ 19.59 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.661 s	0.580 s	-0.081 s	5.21 MiB	5.23 MiB	+ 18.8 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.235 s	0.242 s	+0.007 s	2.75 MiB	2.75 MiB	+ 2.73 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.420 s	0.237 s	-0.183 s	2.78 MiB	2.78 MiB	+ 2.23 KiB
/	0.301 s	0.210 s	-0.091 s	3.13 MiB	3.14 MiB	+ 16.61 KiB
Average	0.407 s	0.333 s	-0.074 s	3.25 MiB	3.26 MiB	+ 12.46 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.

PO File

PHP

Markdown

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PO File	56.8%	1,114	964	6
	PHP	21.7%	425	33	2
	Markdown	13.6%	266	0	1
	CSS	2.7%	53	1	2
	SVG	2.4%	48	1	1
	XML	2.1%	41	22	1
	JSON	0.7%	14	0	1
Total			1,961	1,021	14

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	428
Total complexity	39
Median class complexity	0.0
Median method complexity	0.0
Most complex class	—
Most complex function	hsts_plugin_settings_page()

Classes	0
Methods	0
Functions	18

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` 4

hsts_csp
hsts_include_subdomains
hsts_max_age
hsts_preload

Meta Boxes

{
    "dashboard": {
        "wpexplorer_dashboard_widget": {
            "title": "Headers Security Advanced &amp; HSTS WP",
            "context": "normal"
        }
    }
}

PHP Error Log

The log file is empty.

Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP 5.0.28