Report - Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP 5.3.4

Does "Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP" work with WordPress 7.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-08-20 02:37:28 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: 76.64 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	7.1
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=f23ddb7a62
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.793 s
Memory usage	4.33 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	0.906 s
Memory usage	4.32 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.326 s
Memory usage	4.63 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	0.625 s
Memory usage	4.31 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	0.934 s	0.622 s	-0.312 s	4.23 MiB	4.31 MiB	+ 89.91 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.537 s	0.515 s	-0.022 s	4.28 MiB	4.37 MiB	+ 88.71 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	2.131 s	1.909 s	-0.222 s	6.78 MiB	6.87 MiB	+ 92.73 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	1.321 s	1.382 s	+0.061 s	4.25 MiB	4.32 MiB	+ 74.63 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.565 s	0.513 s	-0.052 s	4.22 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 74.55 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.606 s	0.570 s	-0.036 s	4.21 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 82.75 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.542 s	0.881 s	+0.339 s	4.22 MiB	4.31 MiB	+ 87.92 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	1.778 s	1.775 s	-0.003 s	6.76 MiB	6.84 MiB	+ 88.26 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	1.187 s	1.029 s	-0.158 s	4.23 MiB	4.29 MiB	+ 67.06 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.516 s	0.535 s	+0.019 s	4.24 MiB	4.31 MiB	+ 70.57 KiB
/	0.360 s	0.224 s	-0.136 s	4.6 MiB	4.63 MiB	+ 25.95 KiB
Average	0.952 s	0.905 s	-0.047 s	4.73 MiB	4.8 MiB	+ 76.64 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	93.2%	16,252	4,936	13
	PHP	6.2%	1,076	250	14
	CSS	0.3%	58	1	2
	SVG	0.3%	48	1	1
Total			17,434	5,188	30

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	1,227
Total complexity	129
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	45

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` 7

hsts_csp
hsts_include_subdomains
hsts_max_age
hsts_plugin_db_version
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 5.3.4