Report - Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP 5.0.40

Does "Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP" work with WordPress 6.6.2 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2024-09-10 22:41:41 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: 48.86 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	6.6.2
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=60c1f836f2
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.329 s
Memory usage	3.53 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	0.356 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.303 s
Memory usage	3.43 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	0.357 s
Memory usage	3.52 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.365 s	0.316 s	-0.049 s	3.47 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 45.22 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.216 s	0.197 s	-0.019 s	3.54 MiB	3.58 MiB	+ 45.27 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	0.804 s	0.622 s	-0.182 s	5.75 MiB	5.8 MiB	+ 47.4 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.680 s	0.548 s	-0.132 s	3.49 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 26.11 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.206 s	0.276 s	+0.070 s	3.41 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 88.91 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.243 s	0.265 s	+0.022 s	3.4 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 102.3 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.201 s	0.204 s	+0.003 s	3.47 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 48.96 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	0.617 s	0.591 s	-0.026 s	5.75 MiB	5.79 MiB	+ 42.98 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.243 s	0.260 s	+0.017 s	3.41 MiB	3.5 MiB	+ 90.6 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.230 s	0.220 s	-0.010 s	3.49 MiB	3.52 MiB	+ 26.1 KiB
/	0.330 s	0.216 s	-0.114 s	3.45 MiB	3.43 MiB	- 26.45 KiB
Average	0.376 s	0.338 s	-0.038 s	3.88 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 48.86 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

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PO File	59.8%	1,114	964	6
	PHP	31.6%	588	24	2
	CSS	3.1%	58	1	2
	SVG	2.6%	48	1	1
	XML	2.2%	41	22	1
	JSON	0.8%	14	0	1
Total			1,863	1,012	13

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	601
Total complexity	56
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	21

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` 6

hsts_csp
hsts_include_subdomains
hsts_max_age
hsts_pp
hsts_preload
hsts_x_frame_options

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 5.0.40