Report - Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP 5.3.3

Does "Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP" work with WordPress 7.0.4 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-08-12 21:19:53 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: 51.07 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	7.0.4
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=309676b978
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.805 s
Memory usage	3.94 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	0.604 s
Memory usage	3.93 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.338 s
Memory usage	4.26 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	0.937 s
Memory usage	3.98 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.651 s	0.760 s	+0.109 s	3.93 MiB	3.98 MiB	+ 56.98 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.603 s	0.523 s	-0.080 s	3.98 MiB	4.04 MiB	+ 58.03 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	2.064 s	1.918 s	-0.146 s	6.56 MiB	6.63 MiB	+ 78.62 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	0.745 s	0.747 s	+0.002 s	3.89 MiB	3.93 MiB	+ 38.18 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.550 s	0.513 s	-0.037 s	3.86 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 41.86 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.589 s	0.618 s	+0.029 s	3.85 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 50.05 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.593 s	0.516 s	-0.077 s	3.87 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 55.23 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.790 s	1.426 s	-0.364 s	6.55 MiB	6.62 MiB	+ 74.15 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.802 s	0.648 s	-0.154 s	3.87 MiB	3.9 MiB	+ 38.36 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.549 s	0.533 s	-0.016 s	3.89 MiB	3.92 MiB	+ 37.86 KiB
/	0.306 s	0.209 s	-0.097 s	4.23 MiB	4.26 MiB	+ 32.46 KiB
Average	0.840 s	0.765 s	-0.076 s	4.41 MiB	4.46 MiB	+ 51.07 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

Language		%	Lines of code	Comment lines	Files
	PO File	93.7%	16,252	4,936	13
	PHP	5.7%	982	51	14
	CSS	0.3%	58	1	2
	SVG	0.3%	48	1	1
Total			17,340	4,989	30

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	1,147
Total complexity	92
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	34

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 5.3.3