Report - Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP 5.3.5

Does "Headers Security Advanced & HSTS WP" work with WordPress 7.1 and PHP 8.1.12? A smoke test was performed on 2026-09-04 21:12:33 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: 87.43 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=adc9507169
Aspect	after-activation
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.737 s
Memory usage	4.37 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	0.833 s
Memory usage	4.33 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Test site – Just another WordPress site

URL	/
Aspect	front-page
HTTP status	200
Load time	0.302 s
Memory usage	4.64 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	1.003 s
Memory usage	4.32 MiB
JS errors	None
Resource errors	None

Benchmark

URL	Load time			Memory usage
URL	Inactive	Active	Change	Inactive	Active	Change
/wp-admin/index.php	1.536 s	0.617 s	-0.919 s	4.23 MiB	4.32 MiB	+ 100.7 KiB
/wp-admin/edit.php	0.563 s	0.531 s	-0.032 s	4.28 MiB	4.38 MiB	+ 99.5 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php	2.488 s	1.896 s	-0.592 s	6.78 MiB	6.88 MiB	+ 104.14 KiB
/wp-admin/upload.php	1.556 s	1.184 s	-0.372 s	4.25 MiB	4.33 MiB	+ 85.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php	0.581 s	0.889 s	+0.308 s	4.22 MiB	4.3 MiB	+ 85.34 KiB
/wp-admin/media-new.php	0.843 s	0.582 s	-0.261 s	4.21 MiB	4.3 MiB	+ 93.54 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category	0.586 s	0.537 s	-0.049 s	4.22 MiB	4.32 MiB	+ 98.71 KiB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page	2.030 s	1.973 s	-0.057 s	6.76 MiB	6.85 MiB	+ 98.41 KiB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php	0.871 s	0.965 s	+0.094 s	4.23 MiB	4.3 MiB	+ 77.85 KiB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php	0.665 s	0.573 s	-0.092 s	4.24 MiB	4.32 MiB	+ 81.36 KiB
/	0.320 s	0.234 s	-0.086 s	4.6 MiB	4.64 MiB	+ 36.7 KiB
Average	1.094 s	0.907 s	-0.187 s	4.73 MiB	4.81 MiB	+ 87.43 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	88.8%	16,252	4,936	13
	PHP	10.7%	1,954	755	15
	CSS	0.3%	58	1	2
	SVG	0.3%	48	1	1
Total			18,312	5,693	31

PHP Code Analysis | More results »

Lines of code	2,057
Total complexity	375
Median class complexity	0.0
Median method complexity	0.0
Most complex class	—
Most complex function	hsts_plugin_render_probe_result()

Classes	0
Methods	0
Functions	84

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` 10

hsts_backend_endpoint
hsts_csp
hsts_detected_server
hsts_htaccess_written_headers
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 5.3.5